The CAC-Cast: Recent Episodes
Coomera Anglican College
The CAC-Cast is a Coomera Anglican College podcast, providing another avenue to connect with all that is happening in the life of the College.
With only a few months left as CAC students, our 2024 College Captains Poppi & Tyler drop by the CAC Cast to reflect on their journey at the school, share some of their favourite memories, and fill us in on all that lies ahead.
For our Term 2 episode of the CAC Cast, former student, current teacher, and two-time AFLW premiership player Taylor Smith joins us to talk about her journey here at CAC, which teacher had the biggest impact on her, and which of her two premierships with the Brisbane Lions means the most.
Welcome to the first CAC Cast episode for 2024!
To kick things off, we're joined by the College's Head of Student Leadership & Culture, Mrs Bronwyn Moore, for a discussion on how she ended up at CAC, what motivated her to pursue teaching, and what it is she loves so much about working with our student leaders.
All the way from our class of 2012, Scott Dalton joins this episode of the CAC Cast for a conversation around following your dreams, songwriting, and his memories from his time at the College.
As our Class of 2023 prepare for their final exams & graduation, the College's Head of Year 12 Mr Lee Molyneux joins the CAC Cast to talk through how we approach this momentous time in our students' lives and more broadly how we journey with students through all the ups and downs of their final year of schooling.
In our final episode of the CAC Cast for Term 3, a member of the College's graduating class of 2008 joins us fifteen years on from her time at the College.
Madeleine Green reflects on how the College shaped her, how much CAC has changed between then and now, and shares about a number of her incredibly exciting adventures in the field of archaeology since leaving high school.
In our first episode for Term 3, we're joined by the College's Deputy Head of Primary (Wellbeing & Operations) Mr Ben Campbell.
We talk positive psychology, student wellbeing, and the new Primary playground that is nearing completion.
In our final CAC-Cast for term 2, our 2023 student leaders join the show for a conversation about their journey through the College so far, as well as all that lies ahead in their remaining months as year 12 students.
This episode features College Captains Lindsey White & Llewellyn Coetzee and SRC Chair Charlotte Black.
Only days out from the opening of the College's 2023 musical Bring It On, Mrs Kirsty Terry joins the CAC Cast to talk through some of Coomera Anglican College's musical history, as well as preview the brilliant production about to launch.
Tickets to Bring It On are available here: https://events.humanitix.com/bring-it-on-the-musical-82ulp1cf
In this episode of the CAC Cast, our new College Chair (and former College Chaplain!) Rev. Mary-Anne Rulfs joins us to reflect on her time as Chaplain here, as well as her excitement for all that lies ahead in her new position.
The CAC-Cast is back for 2023!
In our first episode of the year, our new Principal Mr Patrick Innes-Hill joins the podcast.
Listen in to hear about his journey to the College, his hopes and plans for our future, and to get to know a little more about him as a person!
In his final weeks before retirement, our Foundation Principal Dr Sly joins the CAC-Cast again to reflect on his years at the College.
Mr Gareth Manson will be our Acting Head of Teaching and Learning in 2023. He joins the CAC-Cast to talk about his upbringing in regional Australia, his love of maths, and what the new role will hold for him.
Father Richard Browning was the foundational Chaplain at the College, and these days is Director of Mission at the Anglican Schools Commission Queensland.
Fr. Richard joins the CAC-Cast to share memories from the earliest days of the College, as well as to explore his current work looking at the core of what we're educating for in Anglican schools.
Mrs Kerry Brown is our Innovation & Literacy Specialist (and soon to be Acting Head of Learning & Teaching in the Primary Campus), and also a brilliant children’s author.
Mrs Brown joins the CAC-Cast to share her life story and her expertise on reading, writing, and creativity.
Our Head of Junior Secondary, Mr Greg Golder, joins us to share his fascinating journey from playing rugby league around the world to moving into education, as well as talking through all the exciting things that are happening in the Junior Secondary Campus.
In our latest episode of the CAC Cast, College Psychologist Ms Lauren Hagedorn joins us to discuss all things mental health and wellbeing here at CAC.
In our final CAC Cast for 2021, our new Head of Primary Mrs Carolyn Thistlethwaite drops by for a conversation about her time at the College and to fill us in on all that is happening in the Primary Campus.
This week on the CAC Cast, Mrs Virginia Warner (Deputy Principal – Strategy and Innovation) joins the podcast for a conversation about her childhood growing up in rural Canada, how she has seen Coomera Anglican College grow and change over her time here, and what excites her most about the future of our College.
In this week's episode of the CAC Cast, our 2021 Year 12 Student Executive drop by ahead of their external exams for a conversation about their schooling journey so far and all that lies ahead.
This episode features 2021 College Captains Shanelle Murray and Joseph McVey, as well as 2021 SRC Chair Caitlin Brims.
In this first episode of the new Coomera Anglican College CAC Cast, College Principal Dr Mark Sly joins us for a conversation about the past, present, and future of our College.
New episodes of the CAC Cast will be released every second Thursday throughout term. Subscribe in your podcast feed to stay up to date!