MIDDLE SCHOOL

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 8 August

2017 Middle School Course Selections OPEN

Tuesday 9 August

Year 9 Police & Metro Talk (Preparation for City Experience Program) - Period 1

Friday 12 August

Year 9 Health and Wellbeing Day

2017 Middle Course Selections CLOSE

Monday 15 August

Staff Professional Development Day - STUDENT FREE DAY

Wednesday 24 August

Year 9 City Experience Program 1 (24 - 26)

Friday 26 August

Year 10 Formal PAYMENT $80 due

Wednesday 31 August

Year 9 City Experience Program 2 (31 -2 Sep)

Wednesday 7 September

Year 9 City Experience Program 3 (7 to 9)

Friday 9 September

Year 9 QLD Camp - FINAL PAYMENT DUE

Year 10 Formal

2017 Course Selection Timeline

Middle School Course Selection opens Monday 8 August at 9 am and closes Friday 12 August at 3 pm.

Students will find a link to the course selection software on the school website homepage and in their Compass News Feed on Monday morning. Students are to use their normal Compass log in details to access their course selection software.

After completing their selections, students are to save and print their selection form. A parent or guardian must sign this form before they hand a hard copy in to the Middle School Coordinators office.

If your son or daughter needs any assistance with this process, they should see a Middle School Coordinator during school hours prior to Friday 12 August.

Debutante Dresses FOR SALE

Year 10 girls

Do you wish to buy a second hand Debutante dress from Year 11 and 12 Lilydale High School students?

When Thursday 11 August

Time 12.30 pm -1 pm and 3 pm - 4 pm

Where New PAC Foyer

Girls are welcome to try on the dresses and see which style suits you best. All dresses will be provided with contact and purchasing information.

Parents and Guardians are welcome to come and view , during lunchtime and afterschool.

Please see Mrs DeVine or Holly Reefman (Year 12) for more information.

Year 9 Home Group Resilience Activities

Year 9 students continue to engage in weekly Resilience activities in Home Group.

The resilience activity topic for this week is EMPATHY......

Empathy is the ability to recognize and consider the feelings of another person.

When we put ourselves in another person’s shoes, we can be more sensitive to what that person is experiencing and react in a way that is supportive.

Home Group Task;

Why is empathy important?
What does it mean to put yourself in someone else’s shoes?
Can you think of an example of a situation where a student may need empathy?
What kinds of behaviors show that you understand someone’s feelings?

The main part of this week’s activity was to involve students exploring small scenarios and discussing the emotions of the people in the situation.

Year 9 Girls & Boys HEALTH & WELLBEING DAY

Friday 12 August

The day will include discussions and activities on topics such as:

Resilience and Wellbeing – Hearing from VCE students who have faced difficult times and how they have dealt with them.
Healthy relationships with peers, parents and partners.
How to improve emotional and social health through being involved in the community and have significant adults in your life. Students will be responding to a video about a surfing program in South Africa.
Goal setting – A chance to set some concrete goals for the rest of the year.

GIRLS

Venue Lutheran Church, Lilydale

Time 8.40 am to 3 pm

Cost $10

Morning tea Fruit supplied

Lunch Included in the cost of $10

Dress Neat casual attire, including appropriate sports uniform

BOYS

Venue Box Hill Institute, Lilydale Lakeside

Time 8.40 am – 2.54 pm

Cost $10

Morning tea Fruit supplied