Student Planner

As a reminder, can you please ensure that your students have their Student Planner and are using it. A great way to check is to write a note in it and have them get the teachers to sign it. This is a great communication tool and also helps to develop those planning skills which are becoming more vital in an ever changing employment market. Year 9 and 10 students will need top start planning for things like work placement journal and log books so utilising their Planner is a great way to start practicing this skill.

Cybersafety

I have been fielding some questions on Cybersafety lately so I want to remind you about the Office of E-safety . This is a wonderful resource for all ages and discusses very real examples of how to keep your child safe in an Online world.  The web site is:  https://www.esafety.gov.au/

Year 9 and 10 Planning

As we start to finish term 1, it is really important to start having discussion with your student about what they are hoping to achieve at school. Year 9 grades will have an impact on the type of pathway that they may be able to follow into Year 10 and then Year 11 and 12. Year 10’s next term will start to look at their subjects for year 11 and 12 and many subject pre-requisites are based on Semester 1 results in Year 10 so it is super important to make sure that this semester they really apply themselves. What this does is opens up opportunities for them in terms of subject selection into year 11.

If you have any questions then please contact me or the Year 9 (Teagen Smith) or Year 10 ( Gemma Laskey ) Coordinators to discuss or if you have any concerns about your student.