From the Assistant Principal Students

Making a difference to student wellbeing 
There are many factors that influence a young person's wellbeing but the two that have the biggest impact is the parents and the teachers. These two groups are the ones that spend the most time with the young person and are the ones that develop learning in each young person.

Having positive relationships with teachers is essential for their development and learning. A positive relationship with their teachers will help give the students a sense of belonging, which can lead to happier students, which promotes positive learning. Negative relationships can create anxiety and destroy a student’s confidence.

Parents play a vital role the development of the students. Spending time and setting boundaries with your children can increase the levels of life satisfaction in young people. Parents can help a young person manage anxiety and motivate them to do well in life.

It is essential that parents and schools work in partnership for the benefit of the child. If the home and school are working together in a common direction, the child will have a greater chance of success at school and in life.

Please feel free to contact the College and any of the staff to develop a positive partnership between home and school.

Students Learning
It has been about five weeks since the Student Online Learning Conference for Year 7-10. If there were issues raised or challenges suggested, it would be a great time to touch base with your Child's teacher to see how they have been progressing.

As a learning community the partnership between home and school is essential for the success of the child. Your Child's teachers are always available to discuss the progress being made in learning. If you wish to speak to a teacher please contact the office on 9626 4000 and arrangements will be made for you to talk to the teachers.

If you have questions about something happening in the classroom please don’t hesitate to contact the Leader of Learning for that Key Learning Area (KLA) or their Leader of Learning- Wellbeing with questions about the learning needs of your child.

Uniforms
Just a reminder that Winter Uniform is required until the end of Term 3. As the weather warms up some students disregard the uniform policy. Please help us out by making sure your child is dressed in the full winter uniform for the next few weeks.

Summer uniform will be work as of the first day back next term.

Online behaviour
Now and then we are told about negative online behaviour by students. Some post negative or threatening comments, some post videos that are inappropriate and some just follow and like these negative actions.

The person that pays for the service is the one who is responsible, most of the time it is the parents. Do you know what they are doing online? You should know what your child is doing online. If the action online affects others in the school or brings the College into a poor reputation, there will be a severe consequence for the child.

Please ensure that your child is being responsible online and that you have access to all the devices and programs that they use.

What is in the planner?
The key area to focus on this week is Research. Developing skills in research is essential in learning. Having a structured process helps you to think more intelligently and will help create new brain pathways.

An effective process involves: Defining, Locating, Selecting, Organizing, Presenting and Evaluating. Check the planner for more details on this process.

When you are active and healthy life seems more enjoyable. The balance of exercise, diet and thinking positively helps build a healthier body and healthier mind.

Keys to success is exercising everyday, eating smaller portions and more healthy, limit screen time, spending time with others and surrounding yourself with positivity.

Key character strengths to focus on this week are fairness and curiosity.

Thank you and God Bless

Nicholas Thrum
Assistant Principal Students