Learning & Teaching
Important Academic Dates
Fri 6 Feb: Yr 12 Parent Teacher interview bookings open
Wed 11 Feb: Year 12 Honour Roll Assembly
Thu 19 Feb: Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews and VCE Information Sessions
Fri 20 Feb: College Assessment Schedule for Semester 1 available on Compass
Tue 10 Mar: ARC Conference bookings open on Compass
Fri 20 Mar: ARCs Year 7 - 11
Fri 20 Mar: Learning Redemption Day 1
VCE DATA - Teacher Meetings
Each year, our teaching team analyses the previous year's VCE data to identify strengths and areas for development. It is a fascinating process and supports all teachers to understand the skills and knowledge our students need to master to be most successful in their final year.
One of the most interesting anecdotes from the data so far is that students who performed above what they were predicted to achieve (based on the GAT result), were students who regularly attended study boost. It was great to see so many students at VCE study boost on Thursday this week - a great start!
Year 7 Family Night
It was great to see so many of our new families and students coming along to Family Night to meet teachers, hear about our programs and curriculum, and attend the Parent Engagement Presentations. One important message to parents in the evening was the huge amount of information parents can gather about their child's learning, and learning behaviours, from Maestro Dashboards. I encourage all parents to log on and take a look.
Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews and VCE Parent Engagement & Information Presentations
*Save the Date*
Thursday 19 Feb
3:30pm - 7:30pm (dinner break 5:00-5:43pm)
Interviews will be held on-site in theSenior Center and Byrne House. They will be 7 min interviews timeslots.
The purpose of the interviews is to:
Meet & greet teachers in person
Learn more about subject / teacher expectations
Discuss information relevant to support student learning
Share initial insights into students' evidence of student learning and current learning behaviours
Bookings are now open to parents of Year 12 & Early Start students to book through Compass.
We also ask all parents and students currently enrolled in a VCE subject (this includes Year 10 Early Start Students) to please attend one of the following VCE Parent Engagement and VCE Information Presentations in the Theatre.
5:00-6:00pm
6:30-7:30pm
Feedback from parents and students from our other parent engagement presentations has been that parents found the information very interesting and helpful.
Student Resources
To support all students, engage successfully in their learning they require the necessary learning resources and without these items students cannot learn effectively. Please ensure your child has the following basic equipment as per our student resource list:
Pens, Pencils, Ruler
Calculators
Workbooks - As per each subject request
Textbooks and English Novels
Digital Learning Programs - Mathspace, Smart Lab, Education Perfect and Edrolo
A Mini-Whiteboard, Texta and Eraser. Mini-whiteboards are an excellent teaching tool used to support students to understand, encode and recall key knowledge and skills during the lesson. Whiteboards are in every class.
Additional Equipment for Elective Subjects
All items can be purchased through the Campion Student Resource List.
Link to Resource List: Wantirna - Campion Online Ordering Portal
Access Code: 6XMJ
Resource List PDFs are accessible in Compass in 'School Documentation' in the 'People' Menu. If you have any questions about the resource list, please email Jag Ferdinands:
jfe@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
Campion Booklist Orders Close at the End of February.
Natalie Manser
Assistant Principal
mar@wantirnacollege.vic.gov.au