Leader of Learning
Mrs Lynne Slater
Stage 4 Assessment
This term will see our Year 7 and 8 students have their first assessment blocks. These are mini blocks aimed at a slow transition to the more rigorous assessment periods that exist in older year groups. The exams will take place in the hall and will be scattered across two weeks, weeks 7 and 8. A timetable will be issued next week.
To assist with family scheduling here is the term 3 assessment overview for all year groups. Attendance throughout the term is paramount to learning growth and should be a high priority for all assessments. Evidence suggests students who sit exams after their cohort are more stressed going into the exam and usually perform below their usual standard.
I am so proud of our Year 12 students and the diligent way they have prepared for their Trial HSC exams. They are working through practice papers and utilising the extended opening hours of their Learning Centre.
Book Week
The theme of this year’s Book Week is ‘Book An Adventure’. This year staff and students are encouraged to dress as their favourite book character on Friday, 22 August.
2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Younger Readers Shortlist …
- Aggie Flea Steals the Show by Tania Ingram, illustrated by A. Yi (Scholastic Australia)
- Fluff: Mess Up! by Matt Stanton, illustrated by Matt Stanton (ABC Books)
- Laughter is the Best Ending by Maryam Master, illustrated by Astred Hicks (Pan Australia)
- Saskia Spark-Lee: Fundraiser Fail by Rebecka Sharpe Shelberg, illustrated by Sofya Karmazina (Walker Books Australia)
- Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger by Jackie French (HarperCollins AU)
- To and Fro by Anton Clifford-Motopi (A&U Books for Children and Young Adults)
Presenting the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Older Readers Shortlist …
- A Wreck of Seabirds by Karleah Olson (Fremantle Press)
- Birdy by Sharon Kernot (Text Publishing)
- Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody (A&U Books for Children and Young Adults)
- I’m Not Really Here by Gary Lonesborough (A&U Books for Children and Young Adults)
- Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
The Skin I’m In by Steph Tisdell (Macmillan Australia)
Junior Thinkers Conference
On Thursday, 7 August a number of students from year 7 and 8 attended the Junior Thinkers Conference at Ascham School in Edgecliff. The event was an opportunity to explore thought provoking ideas across philosophy, science and ethics. It promoted interdisciplinary learning, encouraging students to think outside the box by engaging with the world of concepts and ideas.
