Year 7 News

Brainstorm Performance ‘Wired’

The recent performance followed the journey of two students who were struggling to manage their mental health, relationships, and online experiences. When their worlds collide, the audience, Years 7 and 8, helped them find a different path.

‘Wired’ was an interactive theatre experience tackling some of the big issues affecting Australian students, including social isolation, anxiety, stress, depression, (cyber)bullying, online safety, school stressors, and pressure from social media. It addressed barriers to help-seeking and provided strategies for resilience, problem-solving, goal-setting, and positive mental health. 

‘Wired' is part of our student wellbeing curriculum and was developed by education and mental health professionals. This engaging live show used humour, audience participation, relatable characters, and real student experiences to spark conversations. This is currently being followed up in homegroup sessions.

Tuesday and Thursday Lunchtime Catch-Ups 

If students do not complete class work, the Campus Principal supervises a lunchtime catch up visited by the teacher who has enrolled the student. All students are aware that attendance is compulsory. This ensures that students use class time effectively to complete tasks focused at their learning level.

Learning Behaviour Update Reports

Students have been reminded that scores reflect their ability to make a consistent effort across their subjects. This is important feedback to students, their family, teachers and the Year 7 Team. 

Student work completion, participation, aiming to improve, getting to class on time, and being organised will be reviewed and, where necessary, strategies put in place to support improvement in Semester 2. This might include locker clean-ups, equipment checklists, goal setting, seating plans, class-to-class check-in check-out sheets, class changes, and student/parent interviews. Of course, students are being rewarded for their improvement as part of the Positive Behaviour Support Program.

Raising Expectations in Term 3

It is fair to say that students are now aware of the routines at Kurnai. There should be one workbook for each subject. This ensures students have easy access to their notes, can look back on content to practise skills and take pride in their effort and progress. Could parents please help us check that students also have a well-stocked pencil case, water bottle, leave home in uniform and charge their laptop overnight. 

Art

Students have been learning about art appropriation and how to be respectful when using another artist’s work as a reference. They have chosen a known cartoon and mixed features from their cartoon with features from the ‘Mona Lisa’ painting by Leonardo DaVinci. 

Darren Campbell

Tear 7 Team Leader