Learning

End of Semester Reports

Parents of students from Prep to Year 11 will be issued an end-of-semester report today, accessible via the Parent Portal. The report is intended as a summary of student achievement in all subjects throughout Semester Two. Further details about individual assessment tasks, including assessment criteria and comments about the progress a student is making and areas for further improvement, can be found on My Aitken in the “Marks and Feedback” section for each of your children. 

iPad Onboarding

All 2024 Year 3 students and all new students who are entering Years 4 to 9 in 2024 will need to prepare their iPads for use at school, before Term 1 starts. Information about how to connect to the College Wi-Fi, how to install the required security certificates and how to set up email and My Aitken access will be provided to parents via a website. You will be able to work through the steps in a self-serve process. You will be sent your child’s Aitken College login details and a link to the set-up website in an email in January. 

We will also have a remote help desk staffed by our IT support team in late January, which you can access via Zoom if you need assistance. All details will be provided via email as soon as they are ready to share.

Returning students in all other year levels will be given instructions on how to set up their iPads and Macbooks (for students in Years 10 – 12 only) for 2024 Wi-Fi access and how to download their digital books, in class on the first day of school.

We will also have a number of IT technicians available to help students overcome any IT problems in the first week of school. Details on how to access this IT help will be advertised to students via their homeroom teachers.

Resource Lists

Resource lists orders for students commencing in Prep to Year 10 in 2024 are due by 17 December for delivery in time for the start of Term 1. Any orders placed after the due date will still be processed by Campion, but delivery may be delayed.

Full details are available on My Aitken and on AIMS. More details and links were emailed to all parents earlier this week.

Signing Off

From the beginning of 2024, I will no longer be Assistant Principal (Learning). After 25 years of school leadership and eight years in my current role, I have made the decision to reduce my workload in order to have more time for other interests and responsibilities. I am excited about returning to a regular, part-time teaching role in 2024, and look forward to continuing to share my passion for language and literature with students in the classroom. I will retain the responsibility for co-ordinating AIMS, our new learning management system, and will no doubt still be sending emails to parents about how to use AIMS in 2024. 

Announcements about the new Assistant Principal for 2024 will be made by others in due course. In the meantime, thank you for the privilege of serving you as Assistant Principal. 

I wish you all a very happy, refreshing and safe summer break!

Ms Kerri Batch

Assistant Principal (Learning)