Assistant Principal 

- Teaching and Learning

Wedderburn College Mountain Bike Program 

Thanks to generous community donations and grants, Wedderburn College has been able to purchase a fleet of high-quality mountain bikes. These bikes have been used in our Bike Ed program, during our year 7/8 Friday Rotations, and in our My9 Duke of Ed program. 

We have also organised two trips to the Creswick Mountain Bike Trails (Djuwang Baring) for interested students. The Creswick trails were built for the cancelled Commonwealth Games, and as such are world-class. Our latest trip in week 2 of this term saw students continue to develop their confidence and skills on the trails, while also improving their team work, resilience, and safely challenging their personal limits. They also had a heap of fun! These trips will be semi-regular features of our school year. Please get in touch if you would like further information about this program.  

Active Learning 

Our school is undertaking a push to ensure our students are active learners. The attached active learner matrix is present in all classrooms. In Huddle this week, most students will be doing an activity that focuses on one of the behaviours that drives active learning. We hope that all students will come to understand and embrace what it means to be an active learner. 

Homework Club

Homework Club runs at lunchtime on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Students are encouraged to come along and get their homework completed, catch up on missed work, or get some help. There’s teacher support in a quiet space and is open to all secondary students. 

Literacy 

Reading Tips of the Week

Primary: What Would You Change?

After reading together, ask: "If you could change one thing about this story (a character, a decision, an ending) what would it be and why?" Let them talk it through, then ask what else might change as a result of that one change.

Secondary: Whose Voice is Missing?

After your teen reads anything (a novel chapter, a news article, even a social media post) ask: "Whose perspective isn't represented here? Who isn't being heard?" Discuss what the text might look like if that voice were included.

Numeracy 

Tip of the week:  

Use a height measurer marked in centimetres for children to keep track of their height, and encourage them to measure things at home, like spacing seedlings when planting in the garden and weighing ingredients during cooking.