Year 8 News

Welcome Back!

Wow, where has term 1 gone? Welcome back to Term 2, we hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday and you are excited to be back. Below are a few reminders to ensure that we finish the year semester on a positive note. 

Term 2 

Term 2 is a short term and change over of semester will take place before the end of term. Term 2 will bring with it new topics and assessments for the Year 8s. At the end of this term students will receive a report with a standard level given. To ensure that students are able to meet their full potential please ensure you are encouraging students to stay on top of their work requirements and CATs. If they have any concerns please get them to reach out to their teachers or other staff. Students can also attend Maths and English support sessions after school on Wednesday’s from 3:30 in M13.  With this in mind assessment tasks will start taking place in most subjects if they haven’t already and students may start to feel the pressure. If students need help or support, they can see the following:

• Classroom teachers
• FG teacher
• YLC Coordinators (Mr Hoffmann or Mr Chilver)
• Wellbeing or academic support (Kara or Bonita)
• Leading teacher or Assistant Principal (Mr Block or Mr Argall)

Values Awards

Well done to the following students for earning the most values awards in the last 3 weeks – they all received a canteen voucher for their efforts: 

•  Eli Bailey
• Myla Johnstone
• Lara Webb

General Reminders

• Respect is our Year 8 focus for this term
• No phones are to be outside of student lockers between 8:45am – 3:20pm
• Diaries are to be brought to every class
• Only 1 student to leave class at once

Uniform

As the weather starts to cool down, please remember that the uniform is a Horsham College top, blue shorts/pants with HC logo, black shoes with white or black socks. We have noticed a few non Horsham College hoodies/puffer jackets, hats and t-shirts in the yard. Please check in with your students that they are wearing the correct school uniform.  

Social Media

Student relationships are complicated and forever changing. With the increased uses of social media by students the complexities of managing these relationships have increased. We ask families to please have a conversation with your child about safe, appropriate and kind use of social media. Please reiterate with your students how to keep themselves safe on social media platforms. Additionally, please reiterate the importance of reporting any harassment and bullying online to carers so it can be followed up appropriately. 

Locks

There are still several people who don’t have locks on their locker, please ensure you have a lock, so that your books etc are protected. We recommended a combination lock however if you have a lock and key please ensure it has a spare and bring the spare lock to the Year 7 office for YLCs to hold. 

We hope you have a great term 2!

Mr Hoffmann & Mr Chilver