Junior School

Term 2 in Junior School

A warm welcome back to the Junior School students.

The start of Term 2 continued to see our students experience opportunities which enhance their learning outside of the classroom. All Year 7- 10 students witnessed an exciting production titled Cyberia which addresses cyber bullying in schools and helps to improve student mental health and wellbeing. This showcase was thoroughly enjoyed by all and promoted discussion about the perils of the digital age. It is encouraged that parents engage in open conversations with their children about their use of social media.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank those junior school students who helped out with Open Night. It was a resounding success and it was great to see our students take a leadership role and engage with the community.

Term 2 will be a busy time for students as they continue to work hard in order to complete all work requirements and assessment tasks for the semester and to prepare for any tests. Students in Year 9 will also be studying for exams in English and Maths which will be conducted over two days, on Wednesday 14 June and Thursday 15 June.

Learning & Bullying Audit

In the last two weeks, we have conducted a learning and bullying audit to gauge how our students are feeling and to allow them to give some sense of their experiences to date. Their responses were anonymous. The purpose of such an audit is to get a real snapshot of what needs to be done to support our students collectively.

Such audits are not uncommon. We have conducted them in the past at all year levels including this year at Years 7 to 12.

The results of this semester’s audits for Junior School students highlight some real positives: students working well, not being interrupted by others, engaged in their learning, connecting with their peers and their teachers. The results also point to areas that we need to address as a school and that as parents, you need to be aware of. For example, a few students indicated that even though they were not being bullied at this school, they were being bullied online by students from other schools.

The performance “CYBERIA” which Year 7 to 10 students attended at the beginning of this term was in direct response to concerns around Cyberbullying that all schools face.

We will conduct a similar audit once again in Semester 2.

Michael Alexis

Head of Junior School