From the Assistant Principal - Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing
Student, Parent and Teacher Conferences.
Preparing for end-of-term interviews is an important step for parents to ensure that they receive a comprehensive understanding of their child’s academic progress.
There are ways in which parents can prepare for these interviews before they meet with their child’s teachers.
- Review your child’s work. Take the time to go through your child’s assessments, google classroom feedback and the report for Semester 1. Make note of the areas where your child may have struggled or excelled in the task. This will assist you to write down any questions or concerns that you can bring to the interview.
- Discuss and reflect on your child’s overall performance: Consider your child’s behaviour, their attitude to their learning at home and their overall engagement in the classroom. Have there been any challenges they have faced during the term. This will help you understand the bigger picture and any external factors that may have impacted your child during the semester.
- Seek input from your child: Before the interview, speak to your child about their experiences in their courses. Points to discuss could centre around their favourite subjects, challenges they faced, the piece of work from each subject that they are most proud of and any concerns they may have. Their input can provide valuable insights and help guide your discussion with their teachers.
- Set goals: After the interview, take into consideration the perspective of the teacher and work with your child to plan a way forward that will support your child’s learning and growth.
These conferences are an opportunity for collaboration between parents and teachers to support your child’s learning journey. Through these open and constructive discussions we hope to continue to build relationships between students, teachers and their parents/caregivers.
7-10 Reports and the Common Grade Scale.
How is the Grade on your child’s report calculated?
St Andrews College supports an ‘everything counts’ approach to learning.
This means that it is not just the formal tasks on the Assessment Schedule that are used to allocate your child’s grade. It is important that students develop their understanding that everything they do in class, every day counts towards the grade on their report.
The Common Grade Scale is a general overview of how well your child has achieved the standards and outcomes set by the course. For those in Year 10, this Grade will also appear on your RoSA at the end of the year.
Our aim is to ensure that students focus on their learning and learning growth. Formal assessments are important but are not the only way that learning growth can be measured.
Year 9 2024 Subject Selection
The Subject Information Evening will be held on Wednesday 19th July. It is a compulsory evening for all current Year 8 Students and will take place in the Junior Campus Hall at 6pm.
There will also be an opportunity to speak to KLA Leaders of Learning after the presentation to parents and students. All students must attend the evening in their full winter school uniform.
As always if there are any questions or concerns please contact me at the College.
Ms Josilin Kalifa
Assistant Principal
Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing.