Middle School Report

Middle School News

Welcome back everyone. The coordinators and myself were saying that it was very pleasing to see so many parents and students at the Parent/Teacher/Student conferences this week. Hopefully students were able to reflect on how they work in class and what they can do to improve. Students need to remember that a lot of the skills they learn in one class can be transferred into other classes or in life. 

Please keep an eye on the calendar and compass as their are many important events coming up this Term. 

Year 7

On the first day day back students watched a performance called Verbal Combat from Brainstorm Productions. It gave the students an opportunity to consider and reflect the impact that bullying can have on others. Seeing a topic in a different medium can sometimes make an impact and therefore allows  students to take in the information and look at it from a different perspective. 

Have a discussion with your child about whether the following situations would be classified as bullying.

Staring        Telling secrets      Teasing     Intimidation           Un-friending                Mimicry        Peer pressure       Pushing around      Slapping            Blocking              Taking things             Text Messages  Name calling        Rumours                  Posting photos

Threats           Abusive phone calls    Rude gestures    Discrimination       Anonymous posts

As parents, sometimes we don't know how to approach issues that our child may encounter on social media. Please look at the following website for some ideas.

www.esafety.gov.au/iparent 

Thank-you to Lillian K and Jordan G who volunteered to take up the wreaths at the whole school assembly. 

Year 8

The year 8 students have had no major events  this fortnight, but I remind them as part of the year to do their Personal Best. This could be in the classroom, in a sports team, a member of the School Production or even helping out at home. 

This term I would like all Year 8 students to work on what homework looks like. Sometimes homework is set by the teacher but also we ask student to revise and reflect. As parents you can help your child with this. Instead of asking "How was school today, do you have any homework?" rather "What subjects did you have today and what happened in them". This will open up the conversation, which will then lead to them letting you know what they have learned and then you can challenge them on extra things such as organizing their work or sparking ideas in their minds.

Year 9

The students had the opportunity to attend the Elevate session looking at techniques such as memory and  mnemonics. Most of the students got skills from the sessions that they hopefully will use as they do their exams at the end of the Term ( 17th and 18th of June). They looked at attention, storage and retrieval. 

Ask your child what they learnt and how they are going to apply it in everyday life as the more they practice, the better they will get at the new techniques.

Mrs Melissa Robinson

Middle School Leader