Kokoda Challenge
On Saturday 3 June, in rather warm conditions, 30 students, three staff and seven parents hit the hills of D’Aguilar National Park for the 5th annual 48km Brisbane Kokoda Challenge. The nine teams have been training hard since October 2022, starting with after school walks around North Lakes and progressing to weekend hikes on the Sunshine Coast in late February 2023. Battling hills, dust, heat, illness, injury and exhaustion, the teams never gave up. When the going got tough everyone dug deep…
TLCCC shortlisted as an Excellence Awardee at the 2023 Australian Education Awards
Congratulations to The Lakes College who have been shortlisted as an Excellence Awardee for the 2023 Australian Education Awards - Best Co-Curricular Program. The annual Australian Education Awards showcase our country’s top-performing schools, principals, department heads and teachers for their outstanding achievements and transformative work that make a profound difference to the lives of young people across Australia. The Lakes College Culinary Club (TLCCC) have been recognised at a…
NAPLAN results are in - TLC are the top performing Secondary School in the region!
The Lakes College are the top performing Secondary School in the 2022 NAPLAN, with the average result of 603.6. At The Lakes College, we believe in growing learners focused on achieving their personal best. Our view is one of excellence over perfection, so like an athlete, our learners are encouraged to reach for their personal best inside and outside of the classroom. If as a College our young people are focused on their individual PB’s then we are lucky to reap the collective benefits of…
Class of 2022 Academic Results
Congratulations to our 2022 Year 12 cohort for the commitment they have shown to their studies and the excellent results they have achieved in their (ATAR) outcomes, their senior subjects and their certificate courses. We are very proud of their accomplishments and the mature learning habits underpinning them. As always, we are delighted to share with you a snapshot summary of our 2022 Year 12 student outcomes. Our students are to be congratulated for the commitment they have shown to their…
Sharing the Christmas Spirit
Thank you to the Redcliffe Breakfast Club for providing opportunities like these for our young people to put the needs of others before their own. It is heartening to see the Christmas Spirit being shared with those most vulnerable in our local community.
Future: Ready, Set, Go
We are very proud of the 19 recent graduates from the Year 12 2022 cohort who received an early offer for their first preference course at university. The institutions our students received these early offers from include QUT, Griffith University, ACU, USC and JMC. Ensuring that our students graduate with purpose and with opportunities underpins our approach to teaching and learning at TLC. We have worked hard to build an understanding of the qualities, skills and capabilities our community…
Congratulations to our 2022 Seniors
Congratulations to the Graduating Class of 2022! We have seen you Magnify your Collective Worth across your time at TLC. You have embodied the Character of our College Community by ensuring this has been a place of Belonging, of Believing and for Becoming. As you prepare to start the next journey in your life, remember who you are, remember the family you come from and the values that have been central to your lives. We have seen what you are capable of and we have witnessed first hand your…
Brand new Multi-Purpose Hall for The Lakes College
The Lakes College community celebrated the official opening of its $7.8 million Multi-Purpose Hall on Thursday 20 October. The official opening was not only an occasion to celebrate the new building but also reflect on the vision and determination to make it happen, and how far the College has come since it opened in 2005. “Our story is 18 years old this year and to have such a magnificent facility where we can meet as a whole community, have additional teaching spaces, share in celebrations…
TLC Mooting Team win the UniSQ Secondary Schools Moot Competition
Our TLC Mooting Team (Molly T, Octavia C and Carys L) won the UniSQ Secondary Schools Moot Competition for 2022, overcoming Fairholme College in the grand final at the Ipswich Magistrates Court before District Court Judge, His Honour Judge Alexander Horneman-Wren SC; District Court Judge, His Honour Judge Ian Dearden and UniSQ Head of School, Law and Justice, Professor Reid Mortensen. Not only was the team victorious, but Octavia was regarded as the best single advocate of the Grand Final. Each…