MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
Mr Allister Hill
Middle Sub School Manager
This term is flying! We are approaching examinations, final assessment tasks are being completed, orientation classes will soon be commencing and before long, we will be celebrating with activities week and hopefully, a sunny Beach Day.
Examination and Orientation Classes
As you would be aware, our examinations and orientation classes are approaching. This year, our examinations will be modified due to the impacts of online learning and COVID restrictions. In saying that, students should have started some of their revision, at home and in the classroom, by now. Please continue to work with your classroom teachers and utilise the knowledge, skills and resources you have at hand. All examination and orientation information can be found on the Compass news feed for parents and students.
Progress Reports
Parents and students would have recently received the Term 4, Week 4, Progress Reports. Hopefully, you noticed the re-introduction of all the learning behaviours and in particular, the attendance data to the report template. This time around, we were only able to use the three weeks of face to face attendance date, which also included two public holidays. This has meant, if a student missed one or two days due to illness, their progress report data would have been impacted more.
However, the results students have delivered over the last four weeks have been outstanding. Naturally, with the return to face to face learning, we have seen improvements overall academically, but also in peoples general wellbeing.
Our Year 9 students continued to set really high standards. I would like to individually acknowledge these students for their outstanding progress reports, achieving 3.85 or above:
- Harrison VASILJEVIC
- Levi BOWDEN
- Natasha TABE
- Omid BAHADURI
- Elisabeth PERRETT
- Faith QOON
- Anna PAGTOLON-AN
- Boe Reh BOE REH
- James SMITH
- Rose BELL
- Kirra ROBINSON
- Madison O'CONNOR
- Ishanika ARUMUGANATHAN
- Mason LEE
- Emily HEITMANN
- Haisong Qi
- Jett PEART
Our Year 10 students have demonstrated big improvements also. I would also like to individually acknowledge these students for their outstanding progress reports, achieving 3.85 or above:
- Ae Tablay HTOO
- Jonathan YAU
- Nya Win THEIN
- Jorjah BROWN
- Carli WINCH
- Ceylan ONTURK
- Logan WILLOUGHBY
- Makenzie CUMPER
- Nooria NOORIA
- Emily BLISS
- Jack WARELOW
- K Law Wah Say K LAW WAH SAY MOO DOH SOE
- Philippa WATSON
- Colbey ERJAVEC
- Duong TRAN
- Harper CLIFTON
- Jason JAPUNDZIC
- Lauren WALDER
- Molly D'ELIA
- Morteza AHMADI
- Tanveer SINGH
- Vincent WEATHERLY
- Abby D'ANDRIA
- Aimee WOOKEY
- Chanduru RANJITHKUMAR
- Darcy SZAKIEL
- Ellie COLES
- Ivan CVRLJEVIC
Hopefully, you are all enjoying some warmer weather and the increased opportunities to get back into your sport and extracurricular hobbies.
In the Trenches
By 9G Humanities students: Jonah Darmenia, Ben Kirchner, Will Connor, Faith Qoon,
Madi O’Connor, Irene Mulilo and Fabial Farsi
On the 2nd of November, students in 9G participated in an applied learning activity to experience what the Australian soldiers in World War One had to endure every moment during their time in the war. During the week, we had Humanities classes learning about the fighting on the Western Front and the hardships in the trenches. Once we had our own attempt at digging a trench, we understood that it wasn’t an easy job for the soldiers and many of them sacrificed more than just their lives.
The soldiers fighting in the war suffered a lot. Most people don’t know that a lot of soldiers died, not just from being shot, but from diseases they caught in the trenches. If we were in the war, it would take every student in the school, one whole school day to dig a trench around the school oval. Soldiers during World War One dug 2500 kilometres of trenches, while they were shot at.
This year, the COVID restrictions have been tough but the conditions the soldiers went through in the trenches during World War One were much more extreme. They gave their lives in war so we, the future generations, would be safe and free. Lest we forget.
This year, the Black Lives Matter movement has had a big impact around the world. It’s also NAIDOC Week this week, so it is a good time to remember how Aboriginal soldiers were treated during World War One. They fought in the trenches with white Australian soldiers, but came home to find the Government had taken their children and they weren’t allowed to march.
As young people, we need to challenge ourselves to get rid of racism, it doesn’t just hurt us, it hurts our friends and families and conflict started by division between countries and world leaders results in wars like World War One that hurt everyone. As a community we can do better.
One of our school values is Diversity. Despite our differences, we need to work together to get through challenging times and remember that it always was and always will be Aboriginal Land that we live on.
