Assistant Principal
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences for Year 7 to 11
Last night we held our Semester One Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences. The night provided an opportunity to strengthen the home and school partnership that is required to best support a child’s education. It was also a great opportunity for our new Year 7 parents to meet their child’s teachers and to get a clearer understanding of how their child is managing the transition to high school.
The purpose of Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences is to not only for a teacher to share information about their assessment of student progress, but is also for parents to share information with us about how best to meet their child’s learning needs. Perhaps the most important part of the process is the presence of your child at the meeting. This empowers your child to take charge of their learning by collaboratively working with their support network to make goals for improvement.
If you were unable to attend the conferences, please do not hesitate to phone the office to arrange for an appointment.
Narrative Day for Year 9 students. At the end of last year, our current Year 9 students took part in a Narrative Day workshop to hone their skills in creative writing. As a follow up, we will be running further workshops at the end of Week 10.
- Thursday 30 March 2017 - Narrative Day Year 9 Group A
- Friday 31 March 2017 - Narrative Day Year 9 Group B
The purpose of the second workshop is to build on the skills developed at the end of last year. We want our students to have a good understanding of the key features of what makes a good narrative and we want to give them the practice they need.
The workshops have been designed drawing on professional learning relating to the NAPLAN marking criteria. Students need to know what they are expected to do and how to achieve it. I would like to thank Angela Brown and Justine Parle for their tireless efforts and dedication in preparing these workshops.
Christie Scoble
Assistant Principal – Learning and Teaching