Another GREAT Week- Reflecting on Term 1

Welcome to our final blog for Term 1. We have had a fantastic term, and it is worth looking back at the blog archives to see how much we have achieved throughout the Term.

This week, Brian Nankervis of Rockwiz fame worked with our year 7 students. He spoke to them about his work as a comedian and poet, and demonstrated how he has been able to turn his love of poetry into a career.

8B visited the State Library to look at Persian scriptures as part of their Humanities, Maths and English classwork.

We had 2 of our students playing Golf on Tuesday in inter school competition.

Our year 12 students participated in a workshop on managing stress on Tuesday afternoon following the BBQ that our year 11 and 12 students enjoyed to celebrate their work for the first term.
Holiday homework has been set for our later years students to maintain their momentum across this Easter break.

On Wednesday evening we had our second College Council meeting for the year. Parents nominated themselves into their sub committees for the year, and we would like to congratulate Jenny Silalahi ( Council President) and Mira Morris ( Council Vice President). We are always extremely greatful for the contributions our parents make to Council. We are very fortunate to have the expertise we do have on our Council.

Thursday was Parent Teacher Student day. Many parents and students had interviews with staff to discuss progress and look for ways to improve. It was great to see how many parents had initiated meetings to better understand their child's progress. Communication between school and home is a key element of a successful education.

Also this Thursday was the State swimming finals. Congratulations to Rachel in year 8, she placed second in the diving. A great achievement, well done.

Friday was a free dress day for students. There was also the wonderful BBQ put on by IMPACT students for their peers to celebrate the end of Term 1.The money collected by IMPACT will be donated to charities to be decided at the next IMPACT meeting.

This weeks PL clip is taken from the work of Carol Tomlinson again. Carol is an expert in the field of differentiation. Differentiation is how teachers ensure they are able to respond to and meet the needs of all learners in their class. This is our prime focus as a workforce for our learning and development.

http://youtu.be/PNfshXciwUA

 From all of us at the College have a wonderful Easter