Learning  

Dear Parents /Guardians,

Welcome back to Term 3, we find that this term is where we have one foot in the present and one foot in the future, especially for our senior students who are currently thinking about what they might like to do next year whilst managing the pressures of learning and understanding what they are currently studying. This can be a challenging time for students and also the parents and where students often have to try to pull on their resilience and coping strategies. At the Academy, we have a lot of support available and work as a three way partnership with you and your child.

NAPLAN: Literacy and Numeracy 2023 

We have received the individual NAPLAN results for Year 7 and 9 students and have sent these out to parents along with an information sheet about the new reporting standards. We have also received a large number of Certificates of Achievement for Year 9 students for excellent performance. These are given for students who meet the ‘Exceeding standard’ in Reading and/or Numeracy. These will be handed out in an assembly later this term. 

Subject Selection 

Subject Selection for 2024 is well underway. Students who are moving into Year 9 –12 in 2024 (current Year 8–11) should submit their subject preferences by midnight Sunday 20 August. This allows students and parents to use the Student Parent Teacher conferences to discuss their progress with the teacher and receive advice about subjects for next year. 

The advice we give all students is to ‘pick subjects you enjoy, subjects you are good at and subjects that meet the prerequisites of any future courses you are interested in.’ This will help create an interesting, engaging and successful program for each individual.

If you are a family with Year 9 - 12 students please read more on the Middle School & Senior School pages

We have a series of event and support structures to help students with their subject selection.

There is a VTAC night for Year 12 parents and students on Monday 31 July followed by VTAC workshops and individual student meetings to discuss preferences with our careers practitioner, Ms Lauren Sach. 

Year 11s have had an assembly about 2024 Year 12 Subject selection and are having individual meetings with staff who can support them.

Year 10 students were engaged in the Expo, workshop, assembly and online parent and student session on 20 July to learn about VCE and options for Year 11 2024 and beyond. They begin their individual subject meetings next week. 

We will meet with Year 8 and 9 students in the coming weeks to discuss their options for 2024 Year 9 and 10.

We encourage parents and students to make use of the resources available and talk to staff at school and including the Academy Senior Subject Hub which gives details about the VCE program at the Academy. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 

Ms Lucy Neil

Deputy Principal, Learning & Teaching