Year 7 Transition
The Year 7 students have finished their first cycle of school at Killester and have had many new experiences shared with their new friends and family. Our new Year 7 space allows the students to form new connections with girls from different primary schools and has been a hub of activity at lunchtimes. Wellbeing Wednesday was a great success as the girls had a chance to learn some skills from our Year 8 leaders and participate in some friendly games outside. Students have volunteered to work on our Year 7 google classroom and worked to produce some beautiful birthday wishes and images for our noticeboard. Lunchtime activities such as cards, jigsaws, drawing, board games have been available to the students. The Year 8 leaders have run a KAHOOT activity which is always a favourite. The students have access to a library of books which they can borrow and return when finished. They also have some sporting equipment available to use at recess and lunchtime On Friday lunchtimes, the students can participate in some singing and choir activities with Ms Garofalo and this has proven to be very popular.
Year 7 teachers and myself are encouraging the girls to leave their laptops in their lockers and have conversations with other students to get to know a wider range of people. Challenges such as new rooms, navigating the timetable, using SEQTA and learning all their new teachers names have been accepted and accomplished. Students are learning to become more resilient and independent each day as their confidence grows. Our swimming carnival will be a great showcase of Year 7 talent as we have had many girls sign up for events. Congratulations to all the girls on their efforts so far.
The Year 7 Parent Information Night
The parent Information night will be held next Wednesday 17th February starting at 7pm online. Parents have been sent an EdSmart letter with the google meet link provided
The First part of the evening will include an introduction and Information about transition with a number of speakers.
The Second part will involve separate breakout rooms for all the six Homerooms. Parents will be directed to their daughter’s Homeroom and Homeroom teacher to give information about our Orientation Camp at Phillip Island- 3rd- 5th March
The girls have been sent the google link this week for these breakout rooms. If you have any questions please contact me on 95f47 5000 or mkennedy@killester.vic.edu.au
Michel Kennedy
Year 7 Student Development Leader
Reflection by Ella-Ivy Smtih Year 7 St Rose
My transition to Killester was pretty comfortable this week and it was somewhat easy to adjust to the new learning environment, at first I was intimidated by the size of the school and the older year levels, but my homeroom teacher made sure we all knew what to do and made sure we weren't too nervous. Going from online learning to getting back in the classroom was a bit hard to get used to at first but the routine is starting to really set in, the teachers make sure that we're on time and complete our work to keep us on track, which helps a lot! The teachers assisted me a lot in my transition, apart from keeping us on track with our work they’ve helped me with my time management for classes and helped me be more responsible for my learning without overwhelming or stressing me out. In conclusion, I'm happy with how my transition to year 7 went and I'm excited about what's to come.
