Welcome back to Term 2
Welcome back to all students and parents/carers to our second term of learning for the year. This term always proves to be a busy term with sport, excursions, production rehearsals to name a few of the things that will be happening across this term in the middle school. Our Year 9 students will be undertaking their first set of exams in core subjects. This is then closely followed by the Explore Program. Our Year 10 students also have exams plus a week of Work Experience in the last week of term. Students will also receive a semester report, which will provide an indication of their progress and help with future learning.
Every Day Counts
Did you know:
- Patterns of late arrival at school or missing classes are early warning signs of disengagement?
- Missing one day of school each week adds up to two months per year?
- Each day of absence has an impact on skill development and important social connections
- Poor attendance may be associated with future unemployment, criminal activity, substance abuse, and poorer health and life expectancy?
Top tips:
- We want to work in partnership with parents – act early if you have any concerns by contacting your child’s school and asking for advice and support
- Remember that every day counts
- There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes and their social connectedness
- Talk positively about school and the importance of attending every day
- Open and prompt communication with the school about all absences is a good idea
- Avoid making routine medical and dental appointments during the school day or planning family holidays during the term
- Seek help from the school if you are concerned about your child’s attendance and wellbeing. We want to work in partnership with parents to support student attendance and wellbeing.
Maintenance and ICT Teams Holiday Works
Both Maintenance and ICT have been busy across the holiday period improving the college.
Senior Campus
- A12 – damaged handrail replaced
- P11 stairs rebuilt
- Pressure cleaning outside Music Centre
- Locker Bay near Senior Music Centre – replaced water damaged parts
- Vertical Garden maintenance
- Various plumbing jobs including – removal of science dishwasher in readiness for new dishwasher delivery
- Theatre – all lights and rigging tested and tagged (all working)
- Fume cupboards across the college serviced
- Futsal court – maintenance
- Damaged cladding above V3 deck and ramp replaced
- Carpet replaced in C4 and entrance to P9 and P10
Junior Campus
- Pressure cleaning – in courtyard
- Junior oval maintenance
- Replacement of large hot water unit in Art/Tech/Science Building
- Air Conditioner installations – LA12/21/33/34
- Painting: internally in Admin building, parts of Library and at staircase near music/food/science
- Window tint/frost film – LA12 LA13 and staffroom #1
- Extra chairs – LA64-65
- Junior: Resource Building – entry near English – wood panelling replaced
ICT Works
- Servers – maintenance and updates
- Switches – tidied up and reconfigured as needed
- New notebook deployment – added asset numbers, reimagined and deployed
- Vivi – software upgrade done
- Decommissioned old ICT equipment
- Rearranged and tidied up JC ICT office
- Upgraded backup server software and fixed tape drive issue
Thank you to our Maintenance and ICT Teams for their work across the holiday period.
Mr Ian MacLeod
Campus Principal – Middle School