Mount Beauty Secondary College

Principal's Report

Simone Roy

Term 3 Begins

I hope everyone had a great break in preparation for jumping straight back into a busy term. The first Snowsports day kicked off our seasonal program on Wednesday, then we held the Senior School Subject Expo and Information Night on Thursday. We've also processed changes for Middle School classes and finalised them this week. All this combined with wet weather days means there is rarely a dull moment at school!

Child Safety

This is my regular reminder about Child Safety; we take the safety of all children seriously. Please remember when you visit our school that not all students or staff might know you. As such, we ask all visitors to go straight to the office, via the front doors wherever possible, to reduce the incidence of ‘strangers’ wandering through the corridors. If you need to leave something for your child please deliver it to the office, or if you need to see them, a member of staff will collect them for you.

Student Free Day 

Monday was a jam packed day, and we are grateful to have had this time together as a staff! These are some of things we got up to:

  • Staff worked collaboratively on reviewing the Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) activities from Term 2. 
  • Everyone was involved in a review of the Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO) 2.0. This forms part of the initial work towards the School Review in Term 4.
  • Staff spent time working on our Professional Learning Culture, continuing with some work from Tracey Ezard’s The Buzz.
  • We had a recap of Child Safety requirements, including the related policies and a refresher on how to manage anaphylaxis. 
  • Teachers spent time on Wellbeing, Engagement and Inclusion, looking at the data wall and preparing class profiles for Semester 2. 
  • The day rounded out with Teaching and Learning reminders and some time for curriculum development and planning.

It was a full on day, packed with a lot of recapping, reviewing, preparation and planning time, and lots of laughter. While we often say the holidays go by too quickly, it was easy to see that people were happy to be back!