JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWS

Steven Quinn

Junior Sub School Manager

Exam Preparation

The Year 7-9 exam week is fast approaching. They will be conducted during week 8 but now is the time students should start their preparations. It is essential that they understand exactly what content will be covered and make sure they catch up on any outstanding work or information they may have missed. Revision is also crucial. Small but regular interaction with class notes and homework is far more effective for knowledge retention than cramming the day before they exam. This should be happening throughout the semester but there is no time like the present to focus these efforts if they have been absent to this point.

IMPORTANT: No materials will be provided to students during the exam period. Students must come prepared with all the required materials including pens, pencils, erasers, calculators and any other necessary items for the specific subjects. 

Multicultural Day

Friday, 25 October, saw the weather hold out and allow us to enjoy another hugely successful Multicultural Day. The day was filled with music, stalls, rides, good food and good times. Congratulations to the members of the Junior Sub-School who contributed to the day by running stalls, setting up and packing up, participating in the much anticipated Staff vs Students football match and numerous other jobs and responsibilities.

Positive Focus

I would like to draw attention to a newsletter entry I made towards the end of term 3:

‘For the rest of the term a College focus will be placed on positive interactions. It is an increasing concern in our world today full of technology and social media that our ability to respectfully and confidently interact with others is at risk. So let’s try to greet one another each morning and ask how they are. Let’s hold a door open or pick something up for them. Let’s make sure our words and actions each day make others days better because being kind is very easy to do!’

It is still as important as ever at this point in the year and a focus that we must continue to have at the forefront of our minds each day. The 2019 school year is fast approaching an end so lets be sure it finishes on a high!