Year 7 News

Learning Behaviour Update (LBU) Reports

As we move towards the end of Term 1, parents and Year 7 Students will receive the second set of scores for their subjects, on Compass. We can then compare what has happened in the last four weeks of learning. 

Are students adjusting well to bringing equipment to class from their tidy lockers? 

Are students completing class work as either expected or negotiated with their teachers? Are they arriving on time to classes and participating by asking questions, paying attention and working well with peers? etc. 

We expect that in Term Two, students will be feeling more adjusted, confident, and organized, and will have learned some strategies that enable them to do their best in classes.

Recognition and Celebration

Students, teachers and no doubt home are feeling proud of the astonishingly high number of students who achieved over 3.5/4 for their first LBU score this term. As the photos show, our hot chip and cold drink lunch was a ‘sell-out’. Certificates were awarded in assembly, along with our weekly spinning of the PBS Achievement Wheel. Let’s not forget those students who have been recognized for trying their best and have remained confident and determined that they can and will improve their learning this year. They are positive about what skills they need to work on and that's great to see. 

Camp Coolamatong

Just $50: Now Everyone can go to Camp Coolamatong!

The government has subsidized the camp fee, a clear sign that the life skills, academic, social and emotional learning outcomes from attending camp are valuable for our growing youngsters. A decision about whether or not to go to camp need not be about whether your child has been to this camp or one like it in previous years, but the new, age-appropriate range of activities, their stage of growth and relationship-building benefits of the experience. Of course, we will need to look at each student’s behavior so far this term to ensure that we can trust every student to ‘do the right thing’, be trustworthy and responsible away from home and school, before permission to attend is granted. 

Please sign up for camp on Compass as soon as possible.

Art

Stereotypes

Students have been learning about stereotypes and how they can influence a population. The class has learned to be mindful that what we see is a 2-dimensional version of people and that humans are a mix of many things, not just to be judged by the trait that we show. 

The class has worked on twisted Fairy tale stereotypical characters and has changed them in one of four ways: Make life bad for the ‘hero’ character, make the ‘hero’ character evil, give the character the opposite personality, or change the species of the character. 

The students have then given their new versions a name to match the changes and presented their characters with a background setting.

Darren Campbell

Tear 7 Team Leader