Junior School
SCHOOL IS BETTER WHEN YOUR CHILD IS HERE
Why It's Important
We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day.
Students develop good habits by going to school every day – habits that are necessary to succeed after school, whether in the workplace or in further study.
Missing school can have a big impact on students academically and socially. It can affect their test results, including VCE & VCAL, and, just as importantly, it can affect their relationships with other students, and lead to social isolation.
There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes.
Each missed day is associated with falling behind in subject topics and assessment tasks, and lead to fewer subject choices and may impact on achievement in years 11 and 12 and post-school pathways.
Getting in early
It’s never too late to improve attendance. Even in the middle years, when school can seem the most challenging for students and when attendance rates can be at their lowest, going to school more often can make a big difference.
Every day counts
Talk to us if you have concerns about your child’s attendance.
Year 7 Humanities
All year 7s are currently studying the geography skills involved in mapping. Knowing these skills will help students develop a greater understanding of our world, where places are and how these places are influenced. To learn these skills students are using their atlas, completing online activities and practical tasks.
Many of these tasks involves students working as a team, developing their communication skills and supporting one another in their learning. Students in 7H are learning as a class about scale. It is great to learn where places in the world are located.
You may wish to compete at home by using the site https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ which tests your knowledge of country boundaries or if a greater challenge is needed try https://globle-game.com/.
Janelle Farley
Humanities Teacher
Greetings from Year 8!
It has been a great start to 2022 for the Year 8’s. Students have settled in well and are working on turning their learning spaces into their own. We have given A Block for students to decorate and turn into a space that is theirs, encouraging them to consider how they can include school values, their learning and other activities within the area.
School sports kick off this week, selections have taken place and we are very excited to see our students represent the College. Students are also excited as opportunities for sports days are excursions are being planned, which looks very different to the previous year.
With activities planned for 2022, we are looking forward to partnering further with our wider school community, parents and caregivers so that all students have access to great opportunities for their learning.
Year 8 Coordinator
Neil McMorran
Year 8
Hygiene Packs Advice
As your child is transitioning into adulthood, they are learning to work and organise themselves independently. One way to support them in this independence is to make sure that they have items for hygiene issues, in case something goes wrong. A hygiene pack in their school bag would be a great idea. This could include:
- Antiperspirant
- A spare pair of underwear
- Tampons and pads
- A perfume or aftershave
- Tissues
This may promote more confidence and responsibility in our young people as they move through high school.
The Junior School Team