At this stage of the year the two most important things on everyone’s mind are the upcoming reports and the end of year activities.

Reports

By the time you read this, our Year 9 students will have completed their first lot of end of year exams. It is really important that when they receive feedback on these from their teachers, they take it on board as it starts to help them develop a set of skills to prepare, plan and then complete an exam. They will have exams in Year 10 and depending on their pathway in Year 11 and onwards, they may have exams in Year 11 and 12 as well. Exams are just one part of our assessment program in Middle school so if you have any questions about them then I urge you to make contact with either the subject teacher or the Head of Learning Area.

When you receive your child’s report I think the best place to start is by looking at columns at the end of each subject and see where the ticks have been placed. These columns are our A (Attitude), B (Behaviour) and E (Effort) indicators and if students have the majority of ticks in the Consistently and Often columns then they are applying themselves in class really well which is giving them a better chance of success.

End of Year Activities

As a part of the Good Standing Program we are offering students in Years 7, 8 and 9 the opportunity to participate in the end of year activities. The Year 7s will be having movie and lunch excursion, on Monday 12 December. Ms Walker will be running a Year 8 Outdoor Cinema here at school on Wednesday 14 December. The Year 9s will have their annual River Rock on Tuesday 13 December. Permission notes and costs will have been sent home already but for a student to be eligible to attend any of the above activities they must have their Good Standing at: Year 7 – 3pm Thursday 8th December, Year 8 – 3pm Wednesday 14 December, Year 9 – 3pm Tuesday 13 December.

Remember that if you have any questions then please contact the relevant Year Coordinator at school on 9293 6400 (Year 7 – Sarah Adams; Year 8 – Kelly Walker and Year 9 – Alana Ferguson).