Principal's Report

Staff v Student Memorial Cricket Match

Today, the 15th annual ‘Daniel Draper Memorial Cricket Match’ is being held on the College oval (next to Whites Lane). The match, between staff and students, is played in the memory of Daniel (pictured) who sadly passed away in December 2004. Daniel was a keen cricketer and sportsman who had just completed Year 9 at Brentwood. On this day both staff and students take time to reflect on a life cut short and recognise the support, encouragement and hope we all share as part of the Brentwood community.

The first ever staff v student cricket match started badly for the staff when our wicket keeper failed to appreciate the lightning pace of the opening bowler, Mark Oudshoorn. The poor wicket keeper’s mouth and teeth have now largely recovered from the damage caused by that very first ball in the first match. However, the demands of the game in the Australian context have finally caught up with this UK expat and he has decided to retire as a player and umpire this year’s game instead.

Surprisingly, and perhaps with the assistance of some favourable umpiring, the staff have been very competitive over the history of the past 14 matches. The current score stands at 7 – 6 in favour of the students (with one drawn match). All students, parents and friends of the College are invited to watch this spectacle. The Twenty20 match will start at 2.45pm and finish at around 5.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there. May the best team win. And finally, good luck to Mr Exton in his new role as umpire of today’s game.

Pivot Student Survey

This year Brentwood teachers will select a class to survey using a Pivot Student Survey. The survey is designed to provide actionable feedback to the teacher about their teaching practice. The topic statements students will be asked to consider include:

• This teacher treats me with respect
• This teacher cares about students’ point of view
• This teacher models different ways or strategies for learning new concepts
• This teacher knows when the class understands, and when we do not
• This teacher is knowledgeable about the topics in this subject
• This teacher explains difficult things clearly
• This teacher pushes me to set challenging learning goals
• In this subject, the teacher helps me to build my vocabulary
• This teacher makes what we are learning interesting
• This teacher pushes me to think instead of just giving me the answers
• This teacher asks me to explain my answers - why I think what I think
• This teacher explains why we are learning what we are learning
• This teacher gives us time to explain our ideas
• I know what I am supposed to do in this class
• This teacher’s use of technology helps me learn in this class
• This teacher encourages me to share my ideas or opinions about what we are learning in the class
• I feel comfortable asking this teacher for individual help about the things we are learning
• I understand how my work will be assessed in this class
• The comments that I get on my work in this class help me understand how to improve
• I know how well I am doing in this class

Notice of Election And Call for Nominations

An election is to be conducted for members of the School Council of Brentwood Secondary College. There are two DET employee member vacancies, three parent member vacancies and one student member vacancy. The term of office for all six positions is two years.

Nominations must be lodged at the school by 4.00pm, Friday 1 March 2019.

Further information is published below.

Peter Rhodes, Associate Principal