Year 10 News

Year 10, Term 4, 2024

2024 Finale December

As 2024 concludes and students move forward into Senior School, we have created ongoing partnerships between students, staff and families that will continue into 2025. Thanks to their unwavering efforts, our team has ensured an exceptional Year 10 student experience. These experiences have included the final Elevate Study Skills, collaboration with Darren Perrera on Success Integrated and awards celebrations.

We are proud to say that the student experience was capped at the end of the year with both work experience and awards celebrations. After two years of work in the Middle School, with the wise guidance of Mr. McGavisk, we will continue our journey of student engagement both in and out of the college. But once again most importantly, we cherish and celebrate each day as leaders through actions of kindness, care and compassion so that our cohort will continue as exemplars of leadership among our students. On behalf of the Year 10 team, we wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

Mr. Justin Wu,

Year 10 Pedagogy Engagement and Leading Teacher.

Term 1, 2025 Key Dates

Thursday Jan 30th, Year 11 classes commence.

Monday 3rd Feb, Form Teacher interviews.

Tuesday 4th Feb, whole school assembly.

Wednesday 12th Feb, house colours day.

Tuesday 18th Feb, swimming carnival.

Wednesday 2nd April, parent teacher interviews.

Friday 4th April, last day term 1, 2025.

Summer Uniform Reminder

As the weather becomes warmer, a courtesy reminder that summer uniforms will gradually need to be worn. During this term and leading into Term 1 2025, we expect the summer uniform will start to be worn. There is the expectation that P.E. uniforms will be worn only on designated sport days. Students are also expected to bring in their Ready to Learn Materials to form and classes throughout the day. Our form and classroom teachers will continue to support your child by conducting regular checks in form to ensure your child has the necessary support in bringing their equipment to class. 

STUDY SKILLS PROGRAM 

Following on from our success in the year-long Study Skills program, we will continue this work and support your child’s learning with new themes from Elevate Education in 2025.

Here are key essential tips and skills for parents and families to engage with their child at home during the summer holidays:

• Understanding Personal Study Habits: identify individual study preferences and determine the most effective study methods.
• Homework Completion: encourage students to dedicate a minimum of 30 minutes per subject daily to homework tasks.
• Work-Life Balance: how to balance any part-time job responsibilities with schoolwork and other commitments (e.g. sports training).
• Practising Subject Skills: by regularly practising core and elective subjects, students will build mastery of content and skills needed for successful outcomes. Students will also understand how practise leads to finesse in learning.
• Managing Stress: Whilst we all encounter stress in our lifetime, it is just as important to have plenty of rest, eat well and prioritize what areas need to be reviewed on the day of study.
• Short and Long Term Goals: Whilst goal setting is important, prioritizing goals is also vital to ensure that immediate and future needs are met in quick and real time. Short term goals could include completion of more homework daily or routinely bringing equipment to class, whilst long term goals would be improving attendance and achieving a GPA above 3.5. This is now the opportunity to look at what goals need to be achieved in Year 11 to ensure success. 

STUDENT OF THE WEEK 

As of Week 9, I mention with great pride that every form group has multiple students who have received a Student of the Week Award on a weekly basis. Altogether, we have had 200 students with a total of 589 nominations. This ultimately works out to 2-3 nominations a week for each of these students. A well-deserved congratulations to form groups 10A, 10B (Ms. Singh) and 10E (Ms. Ibrahim), with 10G (Mr. Jaffal) as runner up in securing the highest number of nominations.  A special acknowledgement to the form teachers who helped make this possible!   

Furthermore, personal congratulations to the following students who received an average of 8 or more Student of the Week awards this term:

Mr. Asim Ali of 10A

Mr. Khoshaba Alkobi of 10A

Miss. Rand Alrabian of 10A

Miss. Zara Alzafiri of 10A

Miss. Marylene Afaese of 10A

Mr. Mahir Yusuf of 10A

Mr. James Barakat of 10B

Miss. Isabella Di Berardino of 10B 

Miss. Angelina Curcio of 10B

Miss. Alara Zeybekoglu of 10C

Mr. Imad Hammoud of 10D

Miss. Angel Orii-Mingi of 10E

Mr. Mohammed Rizvi of 10F

Mr. Riley Semmens of 10F

Miss. Sahraya Tapatu of 10G

GPA Celebrations Term 4

As of Week 9, GPA results have been released and made accessible to all students and their families. The Year 10 team is proud to continue promoting the academic and social growth of our students, particularly those who have shown significant improvement in their last GPA assessment. As we enter the next year, we encourage parents, families, guardians and students to communicate with subject teachers regarding academic progress, especially in senior school.

Without further ado, congratulations to the following students who have made the most growth for the final cycle:

I am proud to also announce form groups 10B, 10F and 10G have achieved the highest growth rates with an average of 10-50% per form growth overall this cycle! This shows our ongoing work in promoting positive calmer classrooms and working relationships between teachers and students can lead to greater outcomes.

Finally, a special congratulations to the top 4 students who achieved a near perfect 4.0 GPA for this term:

Mr. James Barakat of 10B

Miss. Teriza Mati of 10E

Miss. Angel Orii-Mingi of 10E

Miss. Alisha Yang of 10F