Term 4 Week 5

A short but eventful week this week. Things are really ramping up here in preparation for 2027 and today we have been able to share the 2027 subject selections with our Explore and Extend students for next year. This marks an incredible achievement on behalf of all of the staff who have been working behind the scenes to prepare our new electives and build our brand new timetable structure. Please see my Compass post with more details about what happens next.

In addition to thinking about next year students have been very busy this week getting lots of their assessments completed, visiting classes this week it has been great to see all the high quality work being produced.

We also had our Pizza Party celebration for the Winning House Team for 2026 - Congratulations to Maram, I hope you enjoyed your delicious reward.

I was also lucky enough to attend the Melbourne Metrics Conference this week and connect with a number of other schools and universities who are working with the UniMelb team on the New Metrics assessments. The work we are doing with our year 7-10 portfolios is leading the way and it was great to see other schools looking to us for their next steps in how to bring student agency into reality.

Looking ahead to next week

Monday 9th: Great Fitzroy Bake-off Semifinals - whose Jam roll will reign supreme. I am very much looking forward to helping out by being on the judging panel.

Tuesday 10th: Extend Drama performance at lunchtime, who is Fitzroy's next great actor? I guess we are about to find out? PAT Maths assessments on Tuesday as well - an you thought drama performance was enough high octane excitement for one day.

Wednesday 11th: Games Club is running at Lunchtime and so is the student representative team meeting. If you are thinking about getting involved in the SRT next year find Adrian and have a chat to him. As if that isn't enough, on Wednesday we are also celebrating our Literacy Enrichment crew who will be showing off their work in Session 1 in the Library.

Friday 13th (spooky): Last day of Year 10 classes before the exams begin. Year 10 students need to check their exam schedule and make sure they are ready to demonstrate all that accumulated knowledge.

Looking even Further Ahead

Thursday 19th November: 4:30 - 7pm - put it in your diaries - Our Semester 2 showcase and Year 10 Graduation. This is a brand new event for the school but one that we are hoping will become a cornerstone of the FHS experience. Year 8 and 10 students will be presenting their portfolios, Year 7 and 9 student work will be on display and we will be holding a graduation ceremony for our Year 10 students to mark their transition to our senior campus. There will be sausages and drinks available for purchase, performances by our music students and great vibes. We are looking forward to seeing you there.