WELCOME TO RADFORD COLLEGE

The College is now approaching its 29th year of existence and continues to thrive.  Our total enrolment exceeds 1600 and the community here is bound together in a clear minded commitment to enhance the learning experience of every student. The strong learning culture that was formed by the College founders almost three decades ago continues to deepen. As I begin my third year as Principal, it is this learning culture that still marks this school’s identity – an identity characterised by the personal engagement of all students, staff and parents to the learning experiences offered by Radford College. To put it another way, at Radford it’s cool to care – to care about learning and to care about achieving to your full potential in a holistic manner and to care about our community and the world beyond our own campus.

The newly occupied Year 4 learning facilities brought about by Building the Education Revolution grants have added to the already impressive resources of the Junior School. The College was delighted to receive a Commendation Award in the ACT Architecture Awards for 2011 in the highly competitive Public Architecture Category. Earlier in the year our Senior School received the financial support of our Parents and Friends Association to refurbish our Lecture Theatre. The College Board resolved to name this space the “Leyshon Lecture Theatre”, in honour of the outstanding and incalculable contribution of the Head of Senior School and Deputy Principal, John Leyshon, who will retire from this position after two decades of service at the end of 2011.

Not content with a narrow educational experience, our students continue to be involved in a plethora of activities. The sounds of the much-anticipated 2011 Year 12 Revue are filtering through my windows as I write this greeting, reminding me that this popular event will soon be staged. It is always a highlight for every Radford Year 12 group. Added to the customary array of sporting teams, community service, Team Support, RAID, Oratory, music performance groups and DanceFest groups, the College is committed to providing leadership experience to students through participation in decision making and planning. Of particular delight this year has been our successful participation in the Model United Nations Youth Assembly, where several of our students have been selected to travel to The Hague to participate in the 2012 International UNYA Conference.

I am delighted to welcome visitors to Radford College. Come along and enjoy the breathtaking accomplishments of the past decades and join us as we look to the future.

PJJ Heath
BA (Hons), MA (Hons), DipEd, FACE, MACEL 
PRINCIPAL