Learning & Teaching

It's been a long and very productive semester in Learning and Teaching, and moving into next term there are many important events and activities to note. 

Semester 1 Reports Published 

Thu 24 July 

Due to staff and students’ illness, and many school events in final weeks of the Term 2, the Semester 1 reports will now be available at the later date of 4pm,  Thu 24 July, on Compass and Maestro. Many thanks for your understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  

Term 3 Curriculum Day

Thu 24 July

This is one of four Student Free Days that schools are allowed to take to engage in professional learning and curriculum development.

Curriculum & Pathways Info Night

5:45pm - 8.15pm, Tue 29 July

This is an important evening for students and families to gather information about pathways and subject offerings at the College and beyond.

Mid-Year Awards Night

5pm - 7:15pm, Mon 4 August

Celebrating Academic Excellence across Years 7 to 11 and NAPLAN Achievement for students in Years 7 & 9.

Term 3 Academic Review Conferences

Wed 21 August

No classes on this day.

The Respect Project – Year 9 

On Wednesday, Year 9 students participated in 3 workshops on how to recognise and deal with sexual harassments, how to resolve conflict and how to maintain safe and healthy bonds and boundaries in relationships. The student’s positive participation was exceptional, and we commend them for it. We trust that the key learnings from these workshops help students to remain safe at work, school and in future relationships. 

Thanks to Mr Ganesan, Mrs Collings, Mr Black, Mr Horner, Miss Robinson and Mrs Moran for their huge effort in preparing and presenting on the day. Here are a couple of slides to consider on sexual harassment and consent.

Student Attitudes to School Data Improvements

We are very pleased with the improved data from our Attitudes to Schools students survey feedback this term which shows big improvements in students experience in the classroom. 

The work that teachers and leaders have done in maintaining high expectations of student, behaviour, attention and classroom participation have been having a positive impact. This work will continue through the teacher Professional Learning Communities program next term. In fact, our work next term will increase expectations of all our students to attend, engage and show evidence of their learning throughout every lesson. We will continue to build a culture of high participation and collective accountability. 

To support this work, we ask for parent support to ensure your child comes to every class Ready To Learn - on time, in full school uniform, with charged laptops and a fully equipped pencil case. 

Semester 1 Reports 

Year 7-10 Reports - two parts:

1.Compass - Learning Behaviour Reports and Summative Assessment Grades (from A+ to E) - parents can download the learning behaviours reports from Compass.  More information about components on the Compass reports, will accompany the reports.

2.Maestro - Victorian Curriculum Reports accessible on Maestro. Maestro report will give accurate information about a student’s Victorian Curriculum level of achievement and their achievement relative to their peers. Parents will need to log into their Maestro Accounts to access these reports. Please see the attached guide to assist you. 

VCE Reports - On Compass 

The VCE semester reports for each subject include:

• Learning behaviours reports 

• Unit and outcome results S (satisfactory) and N (unsatisfactory) and 

• Letter grades (from A+ to E) for each of the SAC and SAT assessment tasks. 

More information about components on the Compass reports, will accompany the reports.

Natalie Manser 

Assistant Principal

mar@wantirnacollege.vic.gov.au