What an interesting year it has been! It felt like we just settled in and then for the first time in living memory students weren’t able to participate in on site learning and everyone's technology experiences and skills have been improved by remote learning.

Middle Years Leadership would like to thank the families for supporting their children during remote learning. We know it was very difficult for some and it took some time to adjust and for others it was much easier and they were highly engaged in learning.

Teachers have been working hard with students to ensure they feel supported as we settle back into on site learning.

The Middle Years Team would like to thank all the students for the high levels of positivity in the past few weeks and their ability to settle back into the routines at school. We know for some this has been very difficult given some unusual sleeping patterns developed while on remote learning. Many of the teachers were also going to bed very early in the first week back after having to adjust to a full school day.

The Middle School Team would like to thank all the students who have been wearing the correct uniform and would like to remind students that term 3 will require all students to wear full winter uniform.

Girls Winter Uniform:

Blue stocking
School white shirt
School jumper
School blazer
School tie
School skirt OR grey pants
Black leather school shoes

Boys Winter Uniform:

School white shirt
School jumper
Blazer
School tie
Black leather school shoes

Sports Uniform:

School polo shirt
School sports jacket
School tracksuit pants or shorts
School rugby jumper
Suitable runners

The Middle School Team has been working with our Curriculum and Pedagogy leader, Sara, to develop exciting selectives for our future year 10 students and 2021 year 9 students. We have held student led workshops to gain insight into what students are interested in learning and how we as a College can help create selectives that will engage their interests. Students were given the opportunity to review a range of selectives and provide feedback to teachers. More information regarding the process students will follow for selecting their subject for 2021 will come at a later date.

During the last few weeks of school students have been participating in some exciting learning opportunities that weren’t able to be experienced during remote learning.

Middle Years Leadership Team would like to recognize the following students for their remarkable commitment to our school value of “Embrace Learning” during

remote learning. The students have been recognized by their Science and Humanities teachers and earned their house 1000 points!

Science Awards:

Year 7

Alisha Sharma for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Babaljot Virk for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Manjir Karmacharya for continuously improving his skills during remote learning.

Ebanie Seers for seeking to continuously improve her skills during remote learning.

Kumail Atewandinourbakhsh for coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Heba Alsaidie for continuously aiming to improve her skills by seeking feedback and taking on board all comments (applying them to her work).

Saeed Hirsi for coming to class each lesson ready to engage and learn. He completes all classwork on time and listens to all instructions provided.

Kriti Jaryal for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Phoenix Noble for seeking to continuously improve his skills during remote learning.

Isabella Hilario for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Michael Duroux for seeking to continuously improve his skills during remote learning.

Abdulmosen Als-Shamery for continuously improving his skills during remote learning.

Letka Sherifi for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Elyzia San Martin for coming to each class ready to learn as well as enthusiastically taking on board all feedback provided and submitting work to a high standard during remote learning

Adem Yon for positively changed his mindset in Science, now coming to class ready to learn and communicating about his progress during remote learning

Navjot Kaur for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Kunsh Malik for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Year 8

Aman Singh for always asking for assistance and working hard to gain an understanding of new information during remote learning.

Matilda Shamouael for always attending class ready to complete all learning activities during remote learning.

Aalan Tawfiq for completing all learning tasks and showing a strong understanding of the information during remote learning.

Ashley Butrakoska for always attending class ready to participate in learning activities and learn new information during remote learning.

Kane Tutundzievski for coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Harnoor Bhangu for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Ali Al Salloum for coming to every class ready to learn. He is prompt, completes all work by the due date and updates on his progress. As well as, being extremely respectful when communicating.

Kloe Camporedondo for continuously improving her skills by taking on board feedback and applying it to future tasks. Kloe comes to each class ready to learn and is very enthusiastic .

Manish Nantaa Kumar for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Mila Apostolovska for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Kiara De Luca for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Raihan Khan for coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Year 9

Youssef Chehade for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Aziza Halabi for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Jovan Antony for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Sienna Petrovski for seeking to continuously improve her skills during remote learning.

Hanan Hirsi for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Chris Bobby for seeking to continuously improve his skills during remote learning.

Mehr (May) Chadha for continuously improving her scientific report writing skills during remote learning.

Daniel Sousa for coming to class ready to learn and being a responsible digital citizen during remote learning.

Peter Saade for coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Elysse Christofis for coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

James Dimech for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Lillian Abdulrahman for seeking to continuously improve her skills during remote learning.

Humanities Awards:

Year 7

Manjir Karmacharya for always coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Sherya Monga for always coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Kumail Atewandinourbakhsh for always engaging with remote learning ready to learn.

Victoria Le for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Heba Alsaidie for consistently challenging herself and working positively in Humanities during remote learning.

Chris Hayes for embracing challenges and working hard to do his best in Humanities during remote learning.

Emre Kolik for seeking to continuously improve his skills and always being a responsible digital citizen during remote learning.

Alara Brown for coming to class ready to learn and seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Nishtha Shama for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Rayn Khan for always coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Ali Ibrahim for always coming to remote learning class prepared to learn.

Dajana Dimoska for seeking to continuously improve her skills during remote learning.

Anthony Khwaja for embracing the new learning style and continuously trying to improve his digital skills (as well as seeking feedback) during remote learning.

Elyzia San Martin for being a responsible digital citizen and seeking new knowledge and embracing extension work during remote learning.

Navjot Kuar for continuously improving her skills and being a responsible digital citizen during remote learning.

Hader Al-Zaabary for coming to class ready to learn and seeking feedback during remote learning.

Year 8:

Aliza Kane for coming to class and being ready to learn during remote learning.

Calvin Nguyen for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Alexander Bondor for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Jacinta Gionta for always coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Muhammad Moeladawailah for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Manreet Kaur for always coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Ali Al Salloum for being a responsible digital citizen and seeking feedback during remote learning.

Kloe Camporedondo always coming to remote learning lessons prepared with questions during remote learning.

Ilhan Shaik Mohamed for engaging in his learning, committing to being a digitally responsible citizen and striving to succeed despite being in another country during remote learning.

Sana Khodadadi for striving to improve her engagement and learning while at home.

Turker Cakal for seek to continuously improve his skills during remote learning.

Allana Ahluwalia for always coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

Raihan Khan for seeking to continuously improve his skills during remote learning.

Leyla Zdraveska for being a responsible digital citizen during remote learning.

Year 9:

Aziza Halabi for continuously improving her skills during remote learning.

Atar Singh for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Jovan Antony for seeking out new knowledge and ideas with enthusiasm during remote learning.

Sienna Petrovski for seeking to continuously improve her skills and logging in every class.

Koen B for embracing the challenge of online learning and putting his learning first during remote learning.

Jorgia S for challenging herself to complete all tasks at a high standard and responding positively to feedback during remote learning.

Talha Yurtsver for always coming to remote learning ready to learn with enthusiasm.

Assal Sakhrawi for always seeking out feedback to continuously improve skills during remote learning.

Shaikha Shaik Mohamed for coming to class ready to learn during remote learning (from all the way over seas).

Peter Saade for seeking to continuously improve his skills during remote learning.

Lillian Abdulrahman for continuously improving her skills during remote learning.

Arnie Aulakh

for coming to class ready to learn during remote learning.

by Middle School Team (Rachael, Belinda, Tanele & Phil).

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