Year 7 & 8 News

Year 7 Camp

Year 7 Camp is currently being held at Camp Coolamatong, with about three-quarters of the year level, or nearly 90 students, boarding the buses on Tuesday and making their way down to the peninsula.

The photos show student teams encouraging each other on the survival and ropes courses, lakeside search, bush cooking and night activities, which is wonderful to see. 

Several students braved the rock wall climb, some making it to the top, others rightfully proud of a couple of meters. Students will certainly remember the trip. 

In our next newsletter, we will include a student report with more photographs of camp activities.

KPA

Across our college we have an attendance target of 95%. KPA (Kurnai Positive Acknowledgments) Year 7 and 8 students continue to lead the way across our campus with their record-setting achievements of Positive Green Write Up’s. I would like to recognise that across Year 7 and 8 students continue to set positive chronical entry records and I ask that you continue to congratulate your learner every night when they receive a positive KPA from their teachers.

Attendance

I would like to take this opportunity to promote attendance going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education. Students learn new things at school every day. Attending and participating in school will help your child develop important skills and knowledge to help them learn social and emotional skills, such as good communication, resilience and team work. Children who attend school every day and complete Year 12 have better health, better job opportunities and higher income across their lives. There is no safe number of days for missing school. Each day a student misses puts them behind.

Daniel Murphy

Junior Sub-School Assistant Principal

Year7/8 Team Leader