Principal Report
Dear Families, Students and Community Members,
The end of semester provides opportunity for the college to celebrate the many successes that our students and community have achieved in the first 6 months of this year.
As I have mentioned on a number of occasions over the last year or so, this is an extraordinary time for all of us and the challenges have been enormous and unprecedented.
Return to Onsite Learning
We are excited to have had all of our students return to onsite learning from June 15 and it has been a smooth transition back. All students have quickly adapted back to classroom teaching and enjoying the face to face teaching time. The majority of students are doing the right thing in the wearing of masks indoors and I ask for parents' continued support with this mandated requirement, along with the wearing of masks on public transport.
I would like to congratulate all of our staff for their outstanding work throughout the remote learning period. All staff (leaders, teachers and ES) demonstrated their ongoing commitment to our students and the high quality instruction, support given and feedback to students delivered via remote learning through the use of Google Meets and Google Classroom, including the work of our support staff, was fantastic.
It again highlights the need for everyone to be so adaptable and flexible again this year and be prepared for quick transitions in and out of remote learning for short periods of time. Our learning program continues whether onsite or offsite and students are now familiar with our expectations on remote delivery should it be required.
A reminder that students need to adhere to the expected COVID safe behaviours at school, which are published on the Compass newsfeed.
In what is ordinarily an already busy period in the year, the lockdown brought with it many additional challenges, including students being required to make a sudden transition back to remote learning, sit final assessments and finish their Semester 1 classes online. Students in Years 10 & 11 sat their end of semester exams and final assessments, which were modified to account for the shorter exam period and the remote environment. Students should be proud of their efforts; they displayed great resilience in adjusting to these changes in a short time frame. Exam results are reported to families on Semester 1 reports via Compass.
GAT
The General Achievement Test (GAT) has been rescheduled to Thursday July 29 for all students studying a VCE unit 3/4 sequence. This will be held in the Stadium from 10.15-1pm. Further details will be communicated directly to students by Mr Martin Mielimaka and Ms Jo Maxwell.
End of Semester One Reports
The end of semester one reports for all students are now available via the parent and student portals on Compass for parents and students to access.
The school holidays are an opportune time for students to reflect on their Semester 1 results. Students have received feedback on their Semester 1 Assessment Tasks. As effective feedback has a positive impact on learning, students should ensure they utilise the feedback provided to help improve their performance. There will also be a formal opportunity for students to reflect on all their subjects and reset their goals in upcoming Tarneit Time sessions, where they will consider what worked well, identify areas of focus for Semester 2 and adjust their learning behaviours if required.