Brookhill

                    Mr David Murphy

Year 11 Presentation Ball

In preparation for the annual Year 11 Presentation Ball, dance lessons will start on Monday 14 May. The ball will be held on Saturday 25 August. Students will once again be under the guidance of dance teacher, Mr Sebastian Riscica and will have ten lessons and a full day rehearsal at Moonee Valley on Tuesday 21 August. There will be three dance practice time slots: Mondays 3.30pm to 4.40pm; Tuesdays 3.30pm to 4.30pm and Wednesdays 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Participating students will receive notification shortly of which session they are allocated to. Invitations for families to attend the Ball will be mailed to families towards the end of term. Tickets will be purchased through Trybooking online booking; detailed instructions of booking procedures will also be mailed to families.

Mid-Year Exams

Mid-year exams are approaching. Year 10 and Year 11 exams will take place from Friday 15 June to Thursday 21 June. The GAT, for all students studying a Unit 3-4 subject, is on Wednesday 13 June. It is very important that all students make mid-year exams their highest priority over this period of time. The exam timetable is quite tight and students will have more than one exam on a day on some occasions. This means that Year 10 and 11 students will have to prioritise study over the next few weeks. Organisational skills and forward planning will be important; study cannot be left to the night before an exam especially if there are two exams on a particular day.

I strongly encourage all parents to talk to their children about their preparation for the upcoming exams. At this stressful time, students need loving support and gentle encouragement from their families; parents should focus on helping children to achieve their own personal best performance. The following advice from Elevate Education, who provide Study Skills education to Aitken College is pertinent. Notes should be completed at least 2 weeks before the exam. You need good notes for final preparation, but making notes in the last couple of weeks is less effective. Elevate recommends the following process for effective use of notes:

1. Write notes
2. Review notes within minutes of completing them
3. Review the same notes after 24 hours
4. Review the same notes twice in that week.

Use colour in your notes and use key trigger words to aid memory recall. Do not try and memorise large chunks of notes, but develop recall techniques around trigger words and phrases and colour.

Brookhill House Athletics Day

The day was a great success with beautiful weather. Please see attached photos.