The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter AGENCY & ENGAGEMENT
What a busy term it has been on the Secondary Campus. Below is just a snapshot of all the amazing work that has been happening.
We ’ d like to thank all our students in Years 7 to 12 who have completed this year ’ s Student Attitudes to School Survey. We achieved a 93% response rate which is outstanding. We look forward to analysing and sharing our results. We also look forward to acting on the feedback of our students, their voices are helping to drive our College ’ s direction.
The Student Agency & Engagement Team have a few key reminders that we ’ d like to share to help us all have a successful start to Term 3: The importance of regular attendance: Recent academic studies have indicated that attendance is an important contributor to a student ’ s academic achievement – all school days matter. “ The correlation between absence and achievement has been shown to be consistently negative and declines in achievement are evident with any level of absence ”. (Hancock et al., 2013) The importance of punctuality: Prompt arrival to school and to scheduled classes is one of the important things students can do to set up for a successful day of learning. Often, some of the most important information is given in opening minutes of a session. Being late for 2 or 3 minutes of each session adds up very quickly over the course of a Term. The importance of getting involved: There will be a number of opportunities for students to get involved in school activities next Term. This might be trying out for or coaching a sports team, signing up for activity club, completing student surveys or coming to student agency events. The more students we have getting involved in our school community, the more connected we all feel to school. So look out for lots of exciting opportunities in Term 3 & 4!
We have had a number of students attend conferences and events this Term including:
A group of our Year 12 Girls attended an International Women ’ s Day Luncheon with the Hon. Lily D ’ Ambrosio. Premier Jacinta Allan even spent some time with our students. Our Year 9 Student Leadership Team attended the Lead Altitude Day Conference with other Year 9 leaders from around the state. What a great chance to network with other likeminded young people.
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Thank you to the Year 7, 8 & 10 students who assisted with Year 5 Transition Week. It was great for our Primary students to have such positive role models. Lots of students have been working on a passion project during their Learning Coach sessions, many have been sharing their successes with their classmates this week. We ’ d also like to congratulate our Year 7 Cohort for completing their first full Semester of Secondary School, they have adjusted well to the demands of senior schooling and we are looking forward to their personal and academic growth in the second half of the year.
Have a safe and relaxing holidays, we ’ ll see you all back ready and recharged for a busy Term 3.
Cam Taylor Learning Specialist: Student Agency & Engagement
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