Around the School
After School Maths Sessions
This year after school Maths sessions will be running once again. These are great for students who want some extra help with their Maths or who just want to complete some Maths study in a quiet space. The sessions will take place in room 102 unless indicated otherwise.
Sessions for year 7–10 students will run on Wednesdays from 3.30 until 4.30 (commencing on the 15th of February).
Sessions for year 10–12 students will run on Thursdays from 3.30 until 4.30 (commencing on the 9th of February).
Tim Johnson
Bounce in 2017!
I am really happy to be co-ordinating this program in 2017. Over the year, Bounce will run on a weekly basis with the same teacher for the whole year. There will be year level assemblies and House activities dispersed throughout the term also. The aim of Bounce is to provide students with the opportunity to practice strategies to develop resilience, positive mental health practices as well as developing positive relationships with peers and staff.
It is really important to develop resilience in our young people for a number of reasons.
- To develop the ability to learn from experiences. To bounce back and beyond (post traumatic growth)
- Resilience leads to ‘happiness’ and therefore increased cognitive capacity
- Fosters and promotes a growth mindset
- Increased confidence and self-belief (decision making, peer pressure etc)
The focus for term 1 is as follows:
Year 7 and 10 – Relationships - Supportive Friends Program working together
Year 8 and 9 - Emotional Literacy
Year 11 – Surviving VCE
Year 12 – Study Skills
Emotional Literacy is vital for students as emotions, feelings and relationships become increasingly complex through adolescence. If students are able to label the emotion they are experiencing at the time they are experiencing it, it can significantly reduce the negative impact that emotion has on the body. It also provides students the ability to find a solution to the problem, thereby promoting a growth mindset and increasing hope. If your child is struggling to articulate their feelings, a good strategy to help them would be to ask them to recognize the physical responses in their body first. This might help you to understand the emotion they are experiencing and then increase their vocabulary and emotion recognition.
Later in the year, we will be holding information sessions and workshops for parents to attend. Please keep an eye out for a Compass invitation.
If you are concerned about your child, please contact the House co-ordinator or Wellbeing team.
Kati Recinos
Bounce Co-ordinator
Art at RSC
Interested in Art - Come visit Room 5 on a Tuesday Lunchtime
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Our International Student Program continues to develop and this year we welcome the following students to RSC.
YEAR 9
Jiayi (Jenny) Lyu
Xinye (Helen) Xu
YEAR 10
Jiayang (Eddy) Du
Charles Yang Hong
Bun Loung (Ronan) Meng
Qiyue (Keira) Wang
Haiyong (Anthony) Xu
Jiayun (Jia) Zhang
YEAR 11
Wei (Carrie) Chu
Xinyin (Emily) Gu
Kim Toan (Jarvis) Lai
Borui (Eric) Li
Yujia Liu
Peiyi (Betty) Tang
Hoang Lan Trinh
Chaoxin (Charles) Wang
Penghui Wang
Songdi (Stephanie) Wang
Ningyu (Glen) Xie
Xutao (Damon) Yao
Minghui (Vivian) Zhou
Yifan (Yvette) Zhu
HOMESTAY FAMILIES
As our program increases, so does the need for Homestay Providers. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a homestay family to an international student, please contact our Homestay Coordinator, Marie Maloney on mmaloney@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au
From Careers
Welcome back to Ringwood Secondary College in 2017. The careers team would firstly like to extend our best wishes to all of our year 12 students and those in their final year of VCAL. We wish students much success for your final year at the college, and look forward to supporting you with your career decisions. Parents with students in year 12 should note that a careers bulletin will be emailed to students every fortnight. This bulletin contains crucial information about Universities, TAFE’s, work options and career advice. Parents have also been emailed a link a careers information site.
Currently the careers team is beginning the process of managing the individual pathways (MIPs) of all students from years 10 – 12 by conducting individual interviews. Career interviews with students in years 10 and 12 will begin in term 1. Interviews for year 11 students will commence in term 2. The focus of the interviews will be to discuss student intended pathways and explore courses and careers. It is suggested that students who are unsure of their pathways undertake some interests test prior to these interviews. Information on undertaking interest tests can be found in the careers room.
Tertiary Studies here we come!
What an exciting time it’s been over the past couple of weeks with the release of tertiary placements. 93.26% of our Year 12 students have gained positions at University or TAFE Colleges. Students selected a range of courses including Sports Management, Law, Education, Nursing, Engineering, Hospitality, Physiotherapy and Science. Most popular course areas include Commerce, Arts and Health Science.
The College wishes all of our past students the very best in their chosen pathways and we welcome any students who would like advice to visit us throughout the year. Coping with the transition from secondary to tertiary can be daunting so don’t hesitate to seek help.
We hope that 2017 is a successful year for all of our students, and look forward to working with many of them in planning their future pathways.
The Careers Team