Attention Year 7 & 9 Parents - NAPLAN is here!

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests will be conducted on Tuesday 9th May through to Thursday 11th May for all students in Years 7 and 9. The NAPLAN tests will cover the areas of Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (grammar, spelling, punctuation) and Numeracy (non-calculator & calculator tests).

Later in the year you will receive your child’s individual report outlining how they performed in each test area.

For more information about the tests, please visit the VCAA website at www.vcaa.vic.edu.au or the NAPLAN website at www.naplan.edu.au.

If you wish to withdraw your daughter from the NAPLAN 2017 send a letter requesting this addressed to Mrs Robyn Cameron before the 29th of April and a Student Withdrawal Form will be sent home for completion.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the College and speak to Mrs Robyn Cameron.

Introducing Qkr

Tournament of the Minds 2017

About Tournament of Minds

Tournament of Minds is a problem solving program for teams of students. They are required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from one of the following disciplines:

• Science Technology
• Engineering Mathematics
• Social Sciences
• Language Literature

Tournament of Minds is an opportunity for students with a passion for learning and problem solving to demonstrate their skills and talents in an exciting, vibrant and public way.

Tournament of Minds has been one of the fastest growing national inter-school programs to challenge the youth of Australia and is now expanding internationally.

Our Aim

Tournament's aim is to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment.

Encouraging Teamwork

Teams are required to work together on a Long Term Challenge for six weeks without assistance from teachers, parents or peers. They are encouraged to explore possibilities and experiment with ideas as they endeavour to produce their best possible solution. Students present the product of their ideas - their challenge solution - to a panel of judges and an audience on Tournament Day. They have ten minutes in which to present and must do so within a 3 metre by 3 metre performance area.

The teams must also participate in an unseen Spontaneous Challenge on Tournament Day. This challenge requires rapid interchange of ideas, the ability to think creatively and well developed group cooperation skills.

Interested?

If you are in Yr 7, 8 or 9 and are interested in being a part of a MFG Tournament of Minds team this year, please see Mrs Toone or email her. Toone.joanne.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

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