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EDUCATION

Tech Support

As the school moves into this new year we have our students engaging in new subjects and a number of new parents added to the our learning platforms, Compass and Canvas. I’ll acknowledge here that new Year 7 parents will be added toward the end of this term as we support our students to engage with these platforms with confidence. In this this post I’ve put together a short & simple video to assist with the navigation of Canvas from a parents/observer's perspective, it covers the following.

  • Dashboard
  • Types of Notifications
  • Course Pages
  • Marks

You will also find links to support information for a range of topics below as well.

There will be a follow up post for new year 7 families to support them to access and engage with Canvas.

 

The video can be found at this link - https://bit.ly/3b9nahL 

The page where all posts will be stored is - https://bit.ly/3jzBzXz 

To access Canvas visit - http://www.surfcoastsecondarycollege.vic.edu.au/canvas.html

You can find more information on the observer role at - https://bit.ly/2YNYRAS 

 

Regards, Shaun Miller.

Digital Learning Specialist.

Numeracy at Home

Sustainability

Many of us are feeling the pressures of the cost of living and it is important our young ones understand how they can reduce these pressures now and for their own future. 

 

A great numeracy task to do with your student is to look at the energy consumption and waste production of your home. Investigate ways of minimising, which will involve understanding units of measurement, costs per unit, peak periods of energy consumption.

 

Questions might include, for example, the viability of solar energy from a cost and efficiency perspective.

 

Others might be:

  • How is waste produced; e.g. from packaging?
  • Expiry dates compared with “best-by-dates”?
  • How far is this piece of produce/product from where it was grown or produced? 
  • Recycling, from a cost analysis perspective; for example transporting and storage, energy used to recycle?
  • How much can we save on our electricity bill if everyone had 3 minute showers?

 

Adapted from DET Numeracy Guide 

Teen Writing Bootcamp!

In March next year the State Library of Victoria is running a series of Writer Bootcamps. Come along to an online information session in Feb (dates below) to hear more about this fantastic opportunity. 

 

You will need to register here, and remember to get your parent's consent.

 

BCYF Parenting Education Calendar