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Year 5 -10 Semester 2 2022 Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards

Last Friday, our College celebrated our Inaugural Mass and Semester 2 2022 Year 5-10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards. 

To receive an Academic award in Years 5 -6, students must have achieved 4 or more As and nothing lower than a B in their core subjects on their Semester 2 report card.

The Semester 2, 2022 Academic Achievement Awards were presented to-

Year 5

Severiano Ahlholm, Pedro Chadud, Cooper Chaseling, Nicolas Cienfuegos, Jimmy Corbett, Oliver Crowley, Matthew Davies, Jackson Davis, Jack Donohue, Frankie Hain, George Holland, Tristan Krueger, Harrison Leigh, Fletcher Maddox, Lachlan McDonough, Oliver Milner, Benjamin Nolan, Isaac Ruffini, Hugo Russo, Noah Watherston

Year 6

Edward  Armstrong, George Ball, William Broughton, Jack Davis, James Doolan, Vincent Heenan, Damon Johnston, Michael Jones, Reilly Keane, Charlie Kelly, Kayden Kyoung, Felix LawIsaac Long, Christian Manning, William Marshall, Connor O'Rourke, Riordan Patterson, Harry Player, Royden Power, Gabriel Pua, Thomas Ryan, Remington Sakzewski, Thomas Shaxson, Edwin Thompson, Oliver Ve, Andrew Vetter, Henry Walker, William Webster, Lucas Weigl

To receive an Academic Achievement award in Years 7-10, students must have achieved 6 or more As and nothing lower than a C on their Semester 2, 2022 report card.

Year 7

Owen Aldridge, Luca Bordignon, Elliott Broadfoot, Jesse Brunning, Theo Calder, Connor Campbell, Jack Cannon, Julian Cassar, Lachlan Chandler, Curtis Cuddihy, Callum Curtin, Euan Davidson, Ashdyn Doda, Harry Eccleston, Archer Engstrom, Benjamin Fernan, Ben Flanagan, Marshall Hair, Jeremy Harvey, Cooper Heather, Harrison Hind, Tarkyn Howard, Jack Liddell, Gus Maclean, Aidan Mansul, Samuel Mapledoram, Thomas Masel, Max McBride, Finn McCabe, Maximillian McRae, Dustin Miller, Jacob Newman, Joseph Niere, Aiden O'Reilly, Loughlan Patterson, Ike Rowland, Samuel Russo, Adrian Simon, William Stigter, Thomas Stute, Arthur Sweedman, Matthew Travers, Nathan Ware, Alastair Williams

Year 8

Aiden Agnew, Benjamin Allpass, Archer Altun, Hugh Ambrose, Tyson Baker, Oliver Bishop, Eli Briza, William Davis, James Dee, Lucas Dempsey, Toby Doolan, Oliver Eaton, Levi Fisher, Harper Frazier, James Garden, Luke Garvey, Oliver Hayes, Alessander Javier, Cade Kelly, William Lambley, Connor Leet, Toby McCormack, Bryn Morgan, Ryan Mullin, Joseph Murphy, Lachlan Nisbett, Lachlan Pawsey, Archie Powell, Jack Purcell, Samuel Robertson, Jackson Skinner, Ruben Smythe, Matthew Stower, Daniel Thirgood, Baxter Thompson, Fletcher Wessling, Ewan Wood

Year 9

Timothy Bennett, George Collyer, Isaac Deem, Kian Dickman, Max Gallagher, Sebastian Gardiner, Owen Hair, Max Jones, Daniel Kelly, Bailey Lawrence, Maxwell Macready, Cooper McGinn, Benjamin Mead, Micah Netzler, Isaac Ortiz, Aidan Phillips, Maxwell Reibelt, Matthew Rowston, Elliot Schanzl, Francis Schutt, Lewis Tunny, Lachlan Vink, Andrew Woodward

Year 10

Alex Apelt, Maximillian Bathersby, Oli Betts, George Bishop, Liam Bourke, James Brandon, Phillip-John Catalano, Zane Cooper, Charles Cowlishaw, Daniel Cusack, Rupert Driml, Harrison Dyer, Dominic Forbes, Tom Grinham, Hugh Irwin, Ashley Kani, Harrison Lee, James Leigh, Matthew Nisbett, Rory O'Keeffe, Jesse Pattel-Brown, Henry Purcell, Samuel Wilcox, Edward Wild, Tristan Woods

Congratulations to all these students on their consistency, dedication and hard work in Semester 2, 2022.

Elevate Parent Seminars

We’re excited to announce that on Wednesday 15 February Elevate Education will be hosting its first free webinar of the year for parents.

Elevate Education works with our students, delivering high-impact workshops on study skills, motivation, well-being, and exam preparation. By tuning into their webinar series, you will learn how you can help better support your children at home by reinforcing the skills they learn at school:  

Webinar: How to Help Get (and Keep!) Your Child Motivated

Date: Wednesday 15 February

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm (AEDT)

Cost: Free

✅ What impact does praise and reassurance have on your child’s motivation?

✅ What are the best types of goals to set with your child? 

✅ How can you help your child create meaningful and lasting motivation?

Click here to register for free

Year 12 Night Study Sessions

The Night Study Sessions are weekly study times available to Year 12 students who wish to work in collaboration with their peers for assessment, complete revision, revisit classwork or work on external exam preparation. The Night Study Session recommenced on Wednesday 1 February, further details outlined below.

When: Every Wednesday during term time from 5:00pm-8:00pm

Where: Senior Library

Who: 2023 Year 12’s only

Requirements:

• Current ID card is to be presented on arrival
• All students must sign in and out of the library
• All standard library rules are to be followed (including no eating)
• Normal student behaviour expectations apply; if these cannot be met, boys will be prohibited from returning to future sessions
• Students are free to wear full College uniform or plain clothes
• Students are free to arrive and leave as they see fit. Supervision is only provided in the library between 5:00pm-8:00pm.

A librarian will be on duty from 5:00pm-8:00pm to assist if required; however, these are not tutoring sessions. Students are encouraged to work collaboratively. Thank you to Mrs Mary Stirling and the wonderful librarians for staffing these valuable study opportunities for our 2023 Year 12 students.

Year 10-12 Monitoring – Week 3 

This week, all students in Years 10-12 will meet with their pastoral teacher to discuss their academic goals for 2023.  They will write these goals into their diaries – Subject Smart Goals (page 46). I encourage all parents and carers to discuss these goals with your son and set some steps to help him achieve them. 

NAPLAN

Across Week 2 and 3 we conducted school readiness testing for NAPLAN.  Can I please remind all parents to ensure that their sons are coming prepared for these assessments.  There were several students who came without a fully charged laptop, or headphones.  Both are an essential for the tests. 

NAPLAN will take place during Week 8 of Term 1 this year.  Information regarding specific timetabling will be released in Week 7.

Academic Care Interviews – Middle School

The academic care team are continuing to meet individually with students regarding their academic progress.  These interviews are for students only and take approximately 10 minutes.  Boys will receive an email outlining date and time and need to ensure they are turning up to these interviews.  Communication will then be shared with parents, teachers and students. 

2023 Calendar

The College calendar provided to each family outlines the scheduled exam blocks across the year for students in Years 7-12. Please ensure you check these Exam Block dates before booking any holidays, as they are an essential and compulsory part of the learning process at the College. Leave is not granted to students during this time. 

Assessment Schedules 

By the end of this week, your son will have access to his assessment schedule. These schedules can be located on Student Café and the Parent Portal. Your son is encouraged to download this schedule and transfer assessment dates to his College Diary. 

Study Hall – All Year Levels

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, teacher librarians in the senior library offer study hall sessions from 7:45am to 8:30am. These are designed to build the student’s capacity to study independently by teaching them critical skills for the first 15 minutes of the session, then offering independent supported study for the remainder of the time.

Please find below the outline for the Study Hall for Term 1. We encourage students of all year levels to attend these valuable sessions.