Students in the Academic Excellence Program classes have continued to be challenged and enriched, exploring a range of topics and completing and receiving feedback on their first assessments of the year.

During Meeting period, the Year 11 ATAR students participated in a mini-seminar on Managing Expectations and Receiving Difficult Feedback. The timing of this seminar was designed to coincide with the ATAR students receiving results and feedback for their first assessments in their ATAR classes. We discussed what ‘good’ progress looks like in the ATAR pathway, and constructive strategies for responding to and using feedback to improve future performance. The Year 11 ATAR Meeting period teachers have also been checking in with students one on one in our student conferences, an integral component of the Year 11 ATAR Support program. Students also have also been using this time to receive extra tuition and support from their ATAR teachers who have generously donated their time to supporting their students’ academic progress.

In the Primary Academic Excellence Program this term, the subject focus is Mathematics. The Year 6 students have completed their program, investigating numbers and patterns. In their final session, students explored the Mathematics of bees. The students practiced their grid enlargement skills to work as a 'colony' to create a ‘bee art’ collage. The Year 5 students commenced their first session on Monday 11^th March, followed by their Welcome Afternoon Tea held in the Staffroom, where students were presented with their program certificates by our Deputy Principal, Mrs Melissa Shepherd. The Year 5 group are focusing on codes and ciphers this term and have been learning about the shift cipher and the Enigma machine.

Ms Orietta Stokes

Academic Excellence Coordinator