MIDDLE SCHOOL

IMPORTANT DATES

Friday 24 August

School Production

Saturday 25 August

School Production 

Monday 27August (27 to 29)

Peer Support Camp

Friday 7 September

9H Yarra Ranges Tech School Excursion

Monday 10 September

9I Yarra Ranges Tech School Excursion

Tuesday 11 September

9J Yarra Ranges Tech School Excursion

Thursday 13 September

9K Yarra Ranges Tech School Excursion

Year 9 & 10 Student Led Assembly

Friday 14 September

Yarra Ranges Tech School Excursion

Monday 17 September

9E Yarra Ranges Tech School Excursion

Tuesday 18 September

9N Yarra Ranges Tech School Excursion

Year 9 Resilience Project

Thursday 20 September

3 Ways Conferences/Teacher/Parent/Student

Friday 21 September

Last Day Term 3 (2.30 pm Finish)

Friday 12 October

Year 10 Formal

Please also refer to the Middle School Calendar on the school website for the full list of important dates/events.

Year 9 Camp - Final Payment

Consent and Final Payment $490 due by 14/9/2018 on COMPASS.

Please note:   We expected the final  payment to be approximately $500, subject to cost of flights and the Spirit of Tasmania prices at the time of booking.

Year 9 Camp

Monday 12 November to Friday 16 November

Students will be given the opportunity to explore a range of aspects throughout Tasmania. Strong links will be made to the Science, Humanities, English and PASE faculties as well as opportunities to develop both personal and interpersonal skills.

Year 10 Formal

The 2018 Year 10 Formal will be held on Friday 12 October at Linley Estate, Kilsyth.

Time: 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm

Cost: $70

Payment Due By: Friday 14 September                               

The cost of $70 includes hire of the venue, a 3 course meal, soft drinks, DJ, decorations and event prizes. 

If your son/daughter wishes to attend the evening, payment and consent can be provided online through Compass (Parent Portal). 

No payments will be accepted after, Friday 14 September.

Full details of the evening are available on Compass for parents/guardians and students.

If you have any questions regarding the evening, please contact Liz Nevins on 9735 5644.

Year 9 Captains' Report

There are many activities and events going on around the school at this time of year; Science Week,  Book Week, The Great Book Swap, students visiting the Tech school and the next round of Athletics is coming up.

Last week, was Science Week.  There were a few activities running around the school and during Home Group. There was a Science quiz every day, where people got to try their knowledge in the hopes of winning a prize. Also there was a competition of who could name the most elements from the periodic table of elements in the shortest time possible.

This week is Book Week, where there is a fun activity running every day.  “Find Your Treasure” is on, where you name the book you treasured the most to receive a prize.  On Tuesday, there was the “Muppet Treasure Island” movie running in the Library.

The 'Great Book Swap' is an initiative to raise funds to buy books for remote indigenous schools and address the literacy gap in remote Australia.  We have been collecting books since Term 1.  Yesterday, all the books were available in the Library to be purchased for a gold coin donation.

And lastly, today there was a 'Scavenger Hunt'  in the Library, where you take your clues to search for a reward. 

Congratulations to all students who have made it through to the next round of Athletics, in either track or field to be held on September 4.  We are sure you will all make us proud and we wish you all the best of luck. 

Throughout the last two weeks, students have been going to the Yarra Valley Tech School at  Box Hill Institute. Students have had the opportunity to create their own wearable technology using little bits, from creating something that can help a person, to something that can help you in sport;  like an alarm clock that wakes you up nicely, to creating a heat and cooling shoe insole. Students got to work in teams of three to brainstorm ideas, then try to build the ideas, and  the  once created the devise,  presented it in front of the class.

Zac Hoiles and Sophie Mastaing

Home Group 9D English class

On Tuesday 14 August, Ms Hudson's 9D English class went outside to the cherry blossom trees to practice some poetry and descriptive writing! 

Unapproved Absences

Parents and guardians are asked to please approve your child's absences on COMPASS. 

It is DEECD (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) policy that all student absences are accounted for.

If you have forgotten your Compass username and password, please contact Lauren Kelso in the Middle School Office.

Middle School Coordinators