From the Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning

Benefits of Home Learning in Senior Schooling

Home Learning in secondary school has a 0.64 effect size on student learning. This is significant when you consider that 0.4 effect size is when learning makes a positive effect. Therefore Home Learning has an incredible impact. 

Mr Kennaugh has challenged every student to submit one piece of writing to every teacher, every week for feedback. Research and evidence indicate that this kind of effort and feedback leads to significant improvement. Therefore, the challenge is to meet Mr Kennaugh’s challenge and reach the highest possible improvement for every student. 

YEAR 11 2022 SUBJECT SELECTION UPDATE

Subject selection evening for Year 11 2022 will be held on the senior campus on Monday 31:5:21. There will be a presentation at 5.00 pm, which is compulsory for all students and their parents. Students can seek information about subjects from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm. 

 Year 10 Student Achievement 2021

In each student’s initial Subject Selection Interview, they were encouraged to work hard between now and the end of Year 10 to demonstrate maximum improvement. In particular, students seeking to choose challenging subjects such as advanced maths or English MUST meet subject outcomes and standards. Therefore, if a student is not meeting the standards or outcomes but wishes to pursue a difficult subject, they will have to provide evidence to the Learning Leader to undertake study in that subject. 

YEAR 11 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Year 11 students need to keep working consistently hard. Home Learning should be consistently around 3 hours every night of purposeful learning. Students who state that they do not have any Home Learning are wrong. Every student has Home Learning every night and on weekends. 

Students are encouraged to go to their teacher to ask how they can improve. Improvement should be every student's goal, no matter what their ability. Achievement only occurs through focus, diligence and perseverance. 

Term 2 assessment tasks are being conducted over the next few weeks. Therefore, students should be working hard to ensure they are making drafts and seeking teacher feedback to produce a task that demonstrates their best effort. 

YEAR 9 ELECTIVE SUBJECT SELECTION EVENING 

Year 9 Elective Subject Selection Evening is coming up on 27:7:21. Before the evening, the Year 9 Elective Subject Selection Site will be shared with students and their parents during Week 1 Term 3. 

It is important that students choose their electives based on interest, ability and the possibility of pursuing the subject in Stage 6. 

Each elective is a two-year course. Therefore students will not be permitted to change subjects. 

 STUDENT ONLINE ACCOUNT IN NESA CHECK

Students must check their NESA student online account to see if their subjects are correctly listed. If there is an incorrect subject listed or any other issue, students need to email Mrs Deschamps: mdeschamps@parra.catholic.edu.au