We made it! Semester 1 is done and what a tremendous experience it has been for our Year 7s as they have transitioned into the secondary phase of their education journey.

I have watched our Year 7s grow in confidence as they move around the College interacting with peers and staff. I love to see their happy faces in classrooms and in the playground and am always so grateful for their openness in conversations with me.

AMAYDA - Bullying Prevention Program

In order to better support our Year 7s  transition, students have been engaged in the AMAYDA anti bullying and resilience program during their ENRICH lesson on Tuesday afternoons this term. This program will continue for the first few weeks in Term 3.

AMAYDA has trained our staff to deliver this bullying prevention program. 

Our students have engaged in role playing a range of potentially difficult situations and have been provided with practical solutions. They have learnt the best real-world self-defence and negotiation skills while receiving understanding and guidance around how to get the best outcome. 

The program has taught our students how to;

• have RESPECT for yourself and others;
• have the COURAGE to do the right thing, even when you’re scared and to make the right decisions when subjected to peer pressure;
• have the INTEGRITY to do what you say you’re going to do; and
• build RESILIENCE, by strengthening their self-image, enabling students to recover quickly when faced with adversity.

If you would like more information on the program you can find it here.

We regularly remind our students that if we are not aware that they are experiencing negative and upsetting interactions with others, then we are unable to support them. As a College, when we are aware of incidents of harassment or in the rare case, incidents of bullying [targetted and repeated actions by one person toward another], we take the matter seriously and following a detailed investigation, we put in place consequences, as per our Student Code of Conduct.

Term 3 - Timetable Changes

Students will receive their Term 3 timetables when they return to school. Due to class sizes and staffing, there will be some class changes occurring. Changing Arts rotations will also mean that most students Arts subject will change, whilst some students will extend their studies in their current Arts subjects. For a small number of students, there will also be changes to some core classes. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, once timetables are released.

Reminders

Uniform

Please ensure your child has all the correct items of unfirom available to them for the start of Term 3. Please remember that only college-branded jumpers are permitted at school regardless of how cold the weather is.

Our on-site uniform store is managed by our uniform supplier UMS. Uniform Shop trading hours are:

Monday: 8 am - 11 am
Tuesday: 8.00am - 11.00am
Wednesday: 2.00pm - 4.30pm
Thursday: 8 am - 11 am
Friday: 8am - 11.00am

Learning Tools

Please ensure that your child has all the required stationery items at school each day so they are ready to learn. All students are required to bring a book and pencil case with statinery items in, to class each day, in addition to their fully charged iPad.

I thank you for your support over the past term and I wish you and your families a safe holiday and as always, if i can be of any assistance please feel free to reach out.