Assistant Principal's Report

Reflecting on Term 1

Over the school holiday period it is encouraged to reflect on the Student / Parent / Guardian / Teacher Conferences with your child. What were the positives? What are the areas that improvements could be made? What goals can be set for Term 2 and the remainder of the semester / year?

I’m sure there were lots of words of advice from each of your child’s teachers along with strategies that could be implemented to support your child’s learning. It is very important that students take on these words of encouragement and focus on the progression steps for improvement. We can all do better and improvements can be made along the way of our educational journey. Therefore it is important that we celebrate the achievements along the way and remain positive in the pursuit of self-development.

Review of the Term

Term one has been yet another busy and exciting term. We have welcomed approximately 65 new students into our school including those in Year 7. It has been great that we have also welcomed a number of new students at the other year levels too.

Year 7 students set off to Camp Rumbug. Year Year 12 studens traditional residential study camp to The University of Melbourne was cancelled due to restrictions; however the students had a very informative and engaging program the Waterman Business Centre in Scoresby. There has been two Parent Information Nights – the first welcoming families of year 7 students prior to camp and the second session focusing on VCE Information. There has been approximately 15 incursions / excursions occur throughout the term including more sporting teams representing the school. Our student leaders are starting to ramp up their involvement within the school and continue to work with our community partners – local primary schools, Rotary and Thermo Fisher. We have had school photos taken and our year 7s and year 10s had a round of immunisations. The highlight for me was the College Athletics – it was fantastic to see the college community get behind the event. It was impressive to see so many students dressed in their house colours and participate. The smiles on the students and staff was a great sight.

Assemblies

We will continue to hold Assemblies throughout the year. These Assemblies will be approximately every second week. Students will need to at school before 8:35am on Assembly days. Students and parents are asked to check Compass for the schedule.

Term 2 schedule:

Monday 19 April (First day) – College Assembly

Monday 3 May – Sub-School Assemblies

Monday 17 May – College Assembly

Monday 31 May – Sub-School Assemblies

Monday 21 June – College Assembly

NAPLAN

NAPLAN is coming soon. Students in Years 7 and 9 will participate in the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). Students undertake national testing in areas of language conventions, writing, reading and numeracy. Students are encouraged to try their best and attempt every question.

NAPLAN will occur during weeks 4 and 5 of Term 2. It will be completed online.

If you do not wish for your child to undertake NAPLAN testing please speak to myself.

In Term 3 Parents / Carers will receive a copy of their child’s actual results and a pamphlet that explains how to interpret the report.

Early Dismissal

Families are reminded that the final day of Term 1 is Thursday 1 April. Please be advised that students will be dismissed at 2:30pm. I hope that you all have a great holiday break and an enjoyable Easter period. We will see the students back on Monday 19 April.

Mr Chris Knight

Assistant Principal