Clyde North Campus News
Welcome back to Term 2.
Following on from a very successful Term 1 with student adapting really well to the new Classroom Routines, we look forward to an even better Term 2, that will present as productive and even challenging students to push themselves to fully engage in all aspects of school life.
As the weather starts to turn, and daylight fades very quickly in the afternoon, we do see a rise in absenteeism from school and lateness to school.
Every day counts is the clear message from leading educational experts, educational research, and the department of Education.
Going to school every day is the single most important part of your teenager’s education. Students learn new things at school every day – missing school puts them behind.
Why is it so important? For young people to get a great education, the building blocks starts with attending school every day. Young people develop good habits by going to school every day – habits that are necessary to succeed after school, whether in the workplace or in further study. Missing school can have a big impact on students academically and socially. It can affect their test results, including VCE & VCE VM, and, just as importantly, it can affect their relationships with other students, and lead to social isolation.
There is no safe number of days for missing school. Each missed day is associated with falling behind in subject topics and assessment tasks, and lead to fewer subject choices and may impact on achievement in years 11 and 12 and post-school pathways. It is never too late to improveattendance. Even in the middle years, when school can seem the most challenging for students and when attendance rates can be at their lowest, going to school more often can make a big difference. Every day counts.
When looking at the table below, we can all agree how just a little absence from school through lateness can have a negative impact on the level of engagement in learning for our young people.
Students must be on time for school, it sets them up for a productive day and models what is expected in the work force. I urge all parents and guardians to support the punctuality of their child to school every day, we need your support on this.
This week we were very blessed tocome together in the Piazza for two important reasons:
The Student Representative Council were present with their badges and officially pledged their commitment to this critical role, their peers, and the school community. The SRC pledge is rich and critical in building a positive, harmonious, inclusive and productive school environment for every student. I thank them on behalf of our college community for their willingness to embrace the servant leadership model that underpins our college.
Pledge of Student Representative Council
We, the Student Representative Council, promise to represent the interests of all students and to promote student understanding.
We will strive to lead by example, so that all students can thrive at St Peter’s College to build positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, achievement, and health.
We will Be Not Afraid in our leadership.
We were blessed with beautiful weather to hold our SRC presentation and ANZAC service. The sunshone brightly on us as the Piazza became our reflective and safe space in which to pay homage to those who gave of their life so we can live in freedom and peace.
My special thanks to the VCE VM students and College Captains who conducted this beautiful andmoving ANZAC service. The service concluded with the Last Post and Reveille were played by Ms Brooke Masse, leaving no doubt in all our hearts the significance of the sacrifice that was made so our lives are free. Thank you to our wonderful singers for their moving rendition of the National Anthem.
Coffee Corner is launched!
We are very excited that stage one of our new canteen opened this week, the Coffee Corner.
This is a small café designed to support staff and senior students before school and during recess.
As the scope of the café is limited, we will still continue to have the Tasty Trucks at lunchtime to service the rest of the student body.
We look forward to the opening of the larger Canteen later this term. The college captains and Mr Black enjoyed the first of the coffees/hot chocolate to be served. We welcome Bec as head of the Coffee Corner.
Mother's Day Breakfast - Save the date
We will again be inviting our mothers and significant women to join us on Monday 13th May from 8am. Invitations to follow.
Mrs Julie Banda
Head of Clyde North Campus