The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter AGENCY & ENGAGEMENT
Welcome back to all our students and families,
We have had some of our student leaders review our Bullying Prevention Policy, their insights into this important policy document have been a fascinating read and will be passed on to School Council. Our student leadership team is growing! Congratulations to all the Primary and Secondary students who have been appointed to positions for this year. Secondary SRC & House Captain positions will be finalised by the end of week 3, we thank all the aspiring young leaders who have put their hands up to apply for & take on roles. Our new Learning Coach Program has commenced on both campuses. Students have adjusted well to the transition away from home group. Working in conjunction with the wellbeing team, we are currently organising a lunchtime program to further engage our students and build their sense of connectedness to school and to each other. Students have completed surveys and provided suggestions of possible clubs in their Learning Coach session this week.
It has certainly been a wonderful, calm and engaged start to 2024. Our learners have all really hit the ground running and have adapted well to the changes to their timetable and the multitude of physical changes to their learning spaces that have occurred over the summer holidays. The early student feedback regarding our new glass partitions in our classrooms and the changes to our timetable structure has been really positive, many are saying that they are able to focus more easily, they are completing more work and have noticed a huge reduction in the overall noise level. While it is still early in the year, the Student Agency and Engagement Team have been busy working closely with the wellbeing and leadership team to set up for what we ’ re sure will be a very successful 2024. Below is a snapshot of some of the work our team has been doing:
We are currently tweaking our Behaviour Flow Charts, incident reports and positive values system to support our whole school transition to Compass To set our learners up for the demands of senior secondary school and to maintain the high expectations we have for our students, we will be sending out attendance letters for students in Years 7 - 12 who aren ’ t meeting attendance requirements. It is critical that students maximise their learning time at school. These will be sent out every 3 weeks. In the coming weeks we will be conducting student interviews across the Primary & Secondary Campuses to get some invaluable feedback about the current learning experience for our students here at The Lakes. Student voices are the most important voices at our school and we want them to feel heard and supported.
Mr Zull, Ms. Greaves and I are all looking forward to working with our students, families and the wider school community this year. We will provide updates along the way on our progress. We all firmly believe that The Lakes will continue to be a leader in student agency and that positive, cooperative relationships between students, families and teachers are critical to our young people ’ s success.
Regards,
Mr. Cameron Taylor Learning Specialist - Secondary Agency & Engagement
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