Principals' Report
Cobram Secondary College
From the principal’s desk
What a busy fortnight it’s been! We’ve had Illuminate Book Fairs, Year 12 Camp, Student Leadership Induction assembly and morning tea with parents, Advance Camp, our Swimming Carnival and students representing us at the Victorian SRC Student Voice workshop in Wodonga.
Our swimming carnival was a sight to see. Most of our students competed at some point, either in the races or the continuous house lane. I was impressed by the team chants and team spirit happening throughout the day and by the participation of all or our students and staff. A big congratulations to the winners, Shadforth house!
I was pleased to induct our student leaders into their school leadership and especially pleased to see so many parents and grandparents come to witness their child’s achievement. Leadership is no easy task, and I’m looking forward to watching our leaders grow and develop. I was impressed by our house leaders at swimming carnival and impressed by the zeal with which the SRC are taking on the challenge of evaluating our current uniform. Please keep your eye out for parent surveys as the SRC are tasked with surveying our college community.
Staff News
Kate Bird, Assistant Principal for Middle School, is on leave until the end of term. We welcome Nakita Langman, who will work with Kate’s classes this term. John Thompson has been appointed ICT Team leader.
Our staff priorities this year are to improve the growth of every student in Numeracy and Literacy and to work on Assessment and Reporting. Our staff have introduced Illuminate – now in its second year. All of our staff are committed to improving reading comprehension as it affects students’ progress in EVERY subject. All teaching staff engage in professional development on reading comprehension strategies. On Wednesdays, our staff work in curriculum teams to plan engaging curriculum and are currently working hard to develop an assessment and reporting schedule to give timely feedback to students and parents.
Information evenings
Next week we have two parent sessions:
Tuesday 27th February, we have Year 7 parents invited to a BBQ and band recruitment session at 6pm.
Thursday 1st March, we have an information night for Unit 3& 4 VCE & VCAL Intermediate Certificate students and parents commencing at 5.40pm.
PBA Reports
PBA reports will not be printed and can be accessed via the Compass Parent Portal. The first round will be released on Wednesday 7th March, 2018. Please contact the office if you require your login details for Compass.
Year 7 parents will be shown how to access Compass at the Information Night on Tuesday 27th February, 2018. The ICT team will be set up in S1/S2 and are happy to help.
You can access Compass via the following link:
https://cobramsc-vic.compass.education/login.aspx
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