Mount Ridley P-12 College

From the Principal 

 

Class Team 

Dear MRC community, 

 

The last few weeks of Term 2 have seen staff and students working together to finalise end of Term assessments, Learning Tasks and mid-year examinations. All semester reports along with GPA have now been published. These can be accessed via Compass. Please take the time to read these with your child and celebrate their successes. 

 

As we move into Semester 2, we kindly remind families that some Early and Senior Years classes have been combined due to staff changes. This will affect students' Semester 2 timetables. College leaders are committed to supporting the handover process and ensuring that any impacted students receive continued support throughout the semester.

 

General Achievement Test

 

Students completing a Unit 3 & 4 VCE or VCE VM study have now completed the General Achievement Test (GAT). The GAT provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their literacy and numeracy skills which will be required to move on to further study, training or employment.

 

On Tuesday 18th June Students who are completing a Unit 3 & 4 VCE or VCE VM study undertook the annual General Achievement Test (GAT). The GAT now is undertaken as two examinations, a Part A and a Part B. The GAT Part A provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their literacy and numeracy skills which will be required to move onto further study, training or employment. Whereas, the GAT Part B is a general achievement test where the results are used in the end of year examinations as a support method to ensure accurate and fair assessment of students and for the use of a Derived Examination score, if required.

 

Year 12 Formal

 

On Thursday 27th June, our Year 12 students attended Lakeside Banquet and Convention Centre to celebrate their formal. This milestone event was an opportunity for students to dress up and celebrate the completion of Unit 3 and semester 1. The celebrations of this evening mark the preparation for Unit 4 and the final end of year VCAA examinations. Students has a fantastic time relaxing and celebrating this milestone in preparation for the push for second semester and Unit 4. 

 

Parent Teacher interviews

 

The VCE/VET/VCE VM Parent Teacher interviews took place last week, on Thursday 20th June. As always, this provided students, parents and staff the opportunity to reflect on performance throughout the semester and to reset goals and strategies to achieve further success. 

 

Additionally, during this Parent Teacher interviews, the College trialled a new approach suggested by the student leadership, where time was provided to students to have a one-on-one feedback session with their teacher. This approach was extremely well received in it’s first implementation, providing students and staff an approaching to provide and receive feedback in preparation for Unit 2 and 4.

 

 

School Production is coming

 

In other exciting news MRC presents: Moana Jr!

 

 

Students have been working hard preparing for the 2024 College Production. This year we are excited to host our college production in our brand-new theatre located in the Nottingham Building! More information regarding tickets and dates will be posted on Compass at the Start of term 3. 

 

 

 

 

School Excursions and Incursiosn

This term we have seen the return of many incursions and excursions are fantastic experiences for students in supporting their Curriculum programs. The list below highlights only some of the excursions and incursions undertaken across the College in Term 2, with many more planned for Term 3:

Incursions

  • Year 5: Colonisation and Federation Guest Speaker
  • Year 10: Police Incursion
  • Year 4: Water Watchers
  • Year 11: Psychology Sleep Incursion
  • Australian History Competition 
  • Year 10: Bully Zero Incursion
  • Year 7: Wild Action Biology Incursion

 

Excursions

  • Dante Alighieri Poetry Recitation Competition
  • Beacon ‘Perform’ Program 
  • Top Designs Excursion
  • Year 11 Drama – South Bank Theatre 

Finally, please take the opportunity to relax and spend time over the break with your family ready for the start of Term 3.  

 

A reminder that students need to remain in Winter uniform during Term 3. Please utilise the holidays to purchase missing items from our uniform supplier PSW.

 

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the College.

Have a great break.

 

 

 

 

 

Gurjit Singh

Assistant Principal: Curriculum Programs (Years 7 – 12)