Junior School Report

Term 3 continues to be filled with exciting extra-curricular events for the Junior Sub- School. Students are in the midst of assessment tasks and tests, and learning is well underway.

Year 8 Parent Information Evening

On Thursday, 16 August, the Junior Sub School held the Year 8 Parent information Evening. Parents and students were invited to this important evening to hear from students about their Learning at St Albans, The Wellbeing team, Camps and parents were entertained by performances from the Mac Club. The evening’s main purpose was to explain to parents about subject course selection process for Year 9, 2019.  The information was informative and explained how students choose subjects. If you have any more questions about this please contact Ms Honeycombe or Ms Cassar in the Junior School.

Progress Reports

Teachers have just completed writing progress reports. Any student who is failing more than 2 subjects will be contacted by the Coordinator. Students whose progress is unsatisfactory in any subject will be interviewed by the Coordinator with a view to improving results.

Lateness

It is important that our students arrive to school on time in the morning. Just a reminder that students who are continuously late to school in the morning will be required to attend after school detentions.  After 4 lates, students will be required to attend a two hour Friday night detention. It has been pleasing to see the number of late Junior school students has dropped significantly. Let’s try to have no more Friday night detentions in the Junior School.

Digital thumbprint

Year 7 and 8 will participate in Optus’ Free education program, Digital Thumbprint will deliver their workshops to our Year 7 & 8 students. Delivered in class to students by a facilitator, the program’s fun and interactive workshops are tailored to the needs of specific year groups. Designed to empower and inform Australian’s young digital natives, the workshops will teach students the advantages of having a positive online presence and arm them with the vital information they need to stay safe online.

Our school has proudly joined Optus Digital Thumbprint program in its commitment to ensuring our students are savvy, responsible and proactive members of Australia’s online community. Overall the program will prove to be highly beneficial. For more information on the program and each of the workshops we encourage you to visit www.digitalthumbprint.com.au

Year 7 research launchpad

Students have participated in the Research launch Pad at the State Library. Students had a tour of the Library and learned some important historical aspects about Victoria. They learned about Ned Kelly’s Death Mask and other important parts of our history. Students then created a short movie on ANIMOTO. It was an enjoyable experience for all and a useful experience in learning how to research effectively.

Lauren Honeycombe

Junior Sub School leader