Head of Middle School Report

Head of Middle School 

Greetings everybody,

We have now passed the halfway mark of Term Three and as I reflect on the year so far, it brings a smile to my face thinking about the growth of our students. Middle School is an important time in a young person’s life, as they start to develop their personal identity, therefore, students and staff in the Middle School try and encourage every individual to be themselves and treat others how they would wish to be treated.

Everyday there are examples of students showing empathy to others and working thru problems, socially, emotionally and academically; both in and out of the classroom.  It is extremely pleasing to see, and we look forward to this continual growth.

Once again there have been plenty of activities happening this term, with the book week parade in the PAC a standout. It was fantastic to see so many students dressed up for the theme ‘reading is my superpower’. Our staff in Middle School always go above and beyond to help with extra curricula activities, but in this instance special mention must go to Mr. O’Dwyer, or should I say Mr. Optimus Prime, for presenting such a fun and engaging parade.

The Year Eight leaders and myself have been investigating the idea of a Middle School social. We are very close to setting a date, which will most likely be in the last week of this term. It has been great to see the Year Eight leaders taking an active role in organising this event and we can look forward to them organising some more activities throughout the rest of the semester.

A focus of the Middle School of recent weeks has been to try your best. As the great inventor Thomas Edison said

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

Mr. Kale Watkins

Head of Middle School