Principal's Report

 The start of the new school year can be characterised as one of positivity, focus and connection.

Our staff returned from the summer break feeling refreshed and we immersed ourselves in two full days of professional learning, as we continue to build a strong culture of ongoing improvement. The theme for this year is “Getting Better Together” where, as a learning community, we will strengthen our school culture by understanding our individual responsibility and maximising our collective impact. As a staff, our focus for this year is the introduction of the Reservoir High School Lesson Model, which incorporates Explicit Instruction, Application and Mastery and Intervention. We are also working with our students this year in having every learner understand their responsibility in the classroom, building self-regulation and independence. 

Our students returned with a renewed focus on learning and our Year 12 students have shown impressive commitment and dedication to their studies in their final year of schooling.  

It has been a joy to welcome our new Year 7 students and their families to Reservoir High School. They have very quickly become connected to the staff and other students at our school. The Year 7 Camp, held in week 3, was a fantastic opportunity for our year 7s to make friends across the year level, engage with their teachers in outdoor activities and games and, most importantly, have fun. The Year 7 Parent BBQ was a delightful evening with most of our Year 7 parents and students attending. We toured through the new Science and Technology Centre before sharing a meal together and being entertained by live music. Parents, students and staff were able to mingle, get to know one another and establish new partnerships. 

I had the pleasure of attending the Lions Club Youth of the Year event, in which Vivien Tang and Jake Proctor of Year 12 competed. There were five students in total, three from Northcote High.  Both Jake and Vivien were confident, poised, articulate and the quality of their speeches, both prepared and those they had to deliver with no pre-planning, were magnificent. Vivien was announced as the overall winner and she will progress to the next round.

The Fair Go Sports Carnival, which took place last Friday was a true celebration of everything that makes Reservoir High School an inclusive, compassionate and supportive community.  Our students who competed in the different events demonstrated athletic skill and strength while many others cheered and supported the competitors. 

Our whole-school Badges Assembly is taking place in the second last week of this term and is an opportunity for us to celebrate student achievement and leadership. Parents of the students selected for Leadership positions have been invited, as have our VCE High-Achievers from last year. It will be a wonderful way to finish up the term, one that has been characterised by excellence. 

Kind regards,

Katie Watmough

Principal