Parent Connect

Parent Connect is the school-wide parent community support group focused on nurturing the fun and family-centric side of school life. We provide valuable support services through formal and informal networks across the School. We intentionally communicate, connect, coordinate services and facilitate wellbeing support for our families and the greater community. Click here to view on myChurchie

Join Parent Connect

Join here. The Churchie parent community has a long-standing initiative to enable the sharing of contact details for those who opt-in and provide consent. Joining the Parent Connect database is easy. Once you have joined, you will receive communication from your parent coordinators, access to your cohort’s parent contact list and membership to the private Facebook groups.

Parent Connect contacts

Click here to meet the executive team and coordinator community of volunteer parents. Each Year, House and Service activity has dedicated, friendly peer contacts for parents, helping them navigate school life, host social connections and administer private Facebook groups.

Services and volunteer engagement

Community Cookers is a confidential service that provides meals for families within our community. Meals are dropped off and picked up via the staff at The Arches. Maddie Legget is the parent coordinator. Click here to volunteer or request support.

Any member of the Churchie community (parents, Old Boys, friends and staff) can participate in these services or make a confidential request for wellbeing support.

Upcoming events

We host several events throughout the year to unite our community and we would love for you to join us. Our upcoming events include:

• Wednesday 31 July | Parent BBQ & Wellbeing Speaker Series Event | Lecture Theatre | 5:30 pm
• Friday 16 August | Mansfield Goat Burger Day | Churchie | from 12 noon
• Sunday 18 August | Kingsley Parent catch up | Revel Rivermakers | 3 to 6 pm | RSVP
• Wednesday 11 September | Mothers Spring Lunch | Greek Club | 11:30 am
• Wednesday 25 to 28 September | Zei Balas Rugby Supporter | ABF QLD Murri Carnival | TBA
• Thursday 12 September | Year 12 Father & Son Breakfast

Student-led initiative – Zei Balas (Bonded Brothers) rugby team

Thanks to the growing community of supporters within Churchie who generously gave to help the team hit the next milestone of paying for their uniforms. We are excited for you to see the team uniform. It is their own story, creatively designed by Bema Nona (Year 8) with artist Wendy Rix. This is the artist telling of the logo designed for Zei Balas by Churchie parent Tex O’Neil:

‘Young men from all over the nations on this continent gather at the Turrbal lands that Churchie sits on; to learn, grow and share over the course of their journey with the School. The oval is a key meeting place that feeds their competitive and team spirits; it is also an analogy for the way in which Churchie rounds off a youth into a man through mind, body and soul. The Us represents the young men from many different communities they come from. In the centre of the oval is the symbol with the two circles and the lines connecting them are waterholes and running water between them (Maiwar/Brisbane River). Like the young men, running water moves and works together but also, like a river, individual paths are carved through determination and support; while always remaining connected. The young men remain always connected through the time they spent together at Churchie. The lines indicate their belonging both at home and in the world and how Churchie holds and nurtures their young minds and encourages their dreams.’

You can support the team by learning more, following their story and contributing via GoFundMe.

Best wishes, Parent Connect Executive Team and Coordinator Community.