From the Assistant Principal

 

Natalie Jensen

Assistant Principal

Welcome to the 2018 academic year

We extend a warm welcome to our returning and newly enrolled students and their families. We are also pleased to  welcome the following new staff: 

Donal Uahwatanasakul 

Emily Nancarrow 

Emily Smith (returning from leave)

Juldana Mousar (French language assistant)

Kat Girbau

Mark Eckersley

Matt Barker

Natasha Prewett

Sophie Maxwell

Yvette Walker (returning after 9 years) 

Change to school times

As you will by now be aware, in order to create a workable timetable that best accommodates the MYP, DP and VCE programs, we have had to adjust our daily lesson times, which are now as follows:

8.50 - 9.00         Home Group (7-10 only)

9.00 - 9.50          Period 1

9.50 - 10.40       Period 2

10.40 - 11.00     Fruit

11.00 - 11.50     Period 3

11.50 - 12.40     Period 4

12.40 - 1.30        Period 5

1.30 - 2.10          Lunch

2.10 - 3.00          Period 6

3.00 - 3.50          Period 7 (11-12 only)

3.50 - 4.40          Period 8 (11 only)

Students in Years 7-10 now finish at 3pm.

Information nights

Parent information nights are important occasions where you can meet your child’s year level  coordinators and hear first-hand essential information about the academic year ahead, including the camps that all students will be involved in.  Sessions will be held in the Library as follows:

Monday 5 February

Years 7 & 8 parents/guardians 

6.30pm - 7.30pm 

Years 9 & 10 parents/guardians

7.30pm -  8.30pm 

Monday 19 February

Year 11 parents/guardians

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Year 12 parents/guardians

7.30pm - 8.30pm 

BYOD program

All students at the Secondary School are expected to have either a laptop or tablet of their choice at school every day.

The Preshil Acceptable Use of ICT Student Agreement which has been sent to parents via Compass, or in hard copy format to new families, must be read with your child and consented to before students are permitted to connect to the School network facilities.

Whereas the School does not recommend one device over another, Adam Simon from our IT department is happy to speak with parents seeking clarification or advice - and please remind your child that their locker should be secured at all times in order to safeguard their device.