From the Assistant Principal - Students

From the Assistant Principal

Student expectations about Learning

In the final weeks of 2024, students are expected to be at school and working in every class. Holidays do not start until the end of the year, and we expect every student to be in class and working to the best of their ability until the last lesson. 

If you feel that your child is not getting any classwork or homework, please contact the class teacher or the Learning Advisor and express your concerns. The College has the expectation that as a learning community, we are making the most of every learning opportunity.

End of Year activities and Timeline

Wednesday 4th December Year 10 have their transition program starting with the Transition camp and will be on the Senior Campus after the camp.

Tuesday 10th December in CAN (Week 9). This is an event for the families and students of the College only.

Year 8 camp will be on the 12th and end 13th December. Year 9 camp will be from the 11 until the 13th of December.

The last day of classes is Monday 16th December. The Year 7-11 Prizegiving is Tuesday 17th December for award recipients only.

St Andrews Day

St Andrews Day is on Tuesday 3rd December. 

Students will need to pay $20 for the rides and this is payable to the company on the day. More information regarding this day will be sent out next week.

Uniforms

Overall, our students have been well-presented at school. I ask parents to check the following items regarding their uniforms.

1. The girls' kilts must be down to the knees, some are too short
2. If a boy wishes to wear a tie, the shirts must be tucked in
3. Sports uniform is to be worn on a Thursday and on a day they have PDHPE. The sports uniform must be a full sports uniform or summer uniform, no other track pants etc. School jumpers are not to be worn with the sports uniform.
4. The College school bag is the only acceptable bag 
5. The girl’s hair is to be tied back at school
6. Students should wear hard leather school shoes not black runners, this is a WHS requirement.

I ask parents to help ensure that the uniform is worn appropriately. If there is an issue with the uniform, please contact the Leader of Wellbeing for your child's year group. Students who abuse the rules will be removed from classes until the uniform is rectified. 

Respect for Others

The college has many sayings, one of them is:

“Be a person for others”.

Over the last year, how have we used this simple phrase? How have we used our thoughts, comments and actions in the playground, the classroom and online towards other people? We should never comment about others unless it is positive and we should always treat others the way we want to be treated ourselves.

It is very easy to neglect the way we treat others and the impact of negativity towards others can have a long-lasting effect on a person. We need to ask ourselves what type of person are we being seen as. Is it negative or positive? If it is negative, we need to consider what impact we are having on others and how we can change that to a positive.

I think it is important that we always ask ourselves before we do anything - What would Jesus do?

What in the planner?

The focus this week is on Positive emotions and gratitude. By choosing to have optimism and hope for the future, we set ourselves up to find our best selves. We can do this by focusing on the good things and setting achievable goals.

You need to be curious and explore possibilities and strengths and believe that you have the willpower and willpower to achieve the goals you set. You need to reduce the distractions by making the choice to live by less is more.

Ask yourself what you are grateful for and build on this. 

The character strength for the week is LOVE. How can love help build your well-being?

God bless

Mr Nick Thrum

Assistant Principal - Studdents