With Term 2 well underway, there are a number of events that have already occurred. 

Already, our students have attended a year 9 Outdoor Education Camp to Woodhouse, which was an amazing experience and enjoyed by all of the students, even if most students ended up falling in the creek. 

Year 10’s attended a Careers Camp last week after extensive planning and preparation by Alison Johnson. The daily photos we received back at school courtesy of Ms Johnson, Ms Travers and Mr Watson highlighted a broad range of activities and opportunities that students appreciated. 

The year 7 and 8’s also attended an AFL 9’s carnival in Jamestown as an extension to their curriculum studies in HPE. To see year 9 and 11 students take on the roles of umpires and coaches in such a mature manner was very impressive. 

Our recent Student Free Day was very informative and inspirational as we listened to Kerrie Sellen talk about restorative practices, providing a much deeper insight to working with students for successful engagement. Justin Coulson (known for his work on TV with the parenting program) talked about the Emotionally Intelligent teacher, which was transferable to parenting. The afternoon provided some valuable tips to teachers on working with student emotions. The sessions all linked in very well with the work we have been doing from our Berry Street training and our remodelled behaviour management steps of using a reflection zone to re-engage students and get them back into the classroom “Ready to Learn”. 

As the term progresses, you can expect to see a number of tasks completed for each subject; these will be visible on Continuous Assessment on Sentral and provide you with a progress report on how your child is achieving. At the end of the term, you will then receive a report with a final grade for the entire semester. If you have difficulty accessing the Sentral parent portal, please contact the school for assistance. 

Here’s hoping for a break in the season shortly, both to help with the illness that seems to be consuming many people and to provide some immediate relief to our farming community.