The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT
In terms of growth, where students data is tracked for improvement from Years 7 to 9 we had 8% of students showing high growth in Reading from Years 7 to 9. Teacher judgement continues to show a high correlation between NAPLAN results and Teacher Judgement. This is an important point as it means that teachers are competently identifying student capacities and are providing programs of learning that are ‘just right’ for progressing student learning. We look forward to looking at the data provided from NAPLAN closely in order to maintain a consistent approach of improving practice in order to optimise student learning. BOOK WEEK PARADE During Week 6, we enjoyed a wonderful celebration of Book Week 2024. For me, these types of activities and events are what school is all about. Dressing up on special days is such a fun way to enjoy and promote a love of reading. It was certainly wonderful seeing everyone dressed up for the parade, and the staff and student costumes were simply amazing. A big shout out to all our parents and carers for supporting our students to source or make costumes and getting fully into the spirit of the event. This is not always an easy thing to do but know your commitment was worth it. The Children’s Book Council of Australia presents annual awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature. Congratulations to all the winners of the 2024 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards. Many of the books are available in the school library for our students to enjoy. Book week is also a great opportunity to acknowledge and thank Megan De Marco for her work in our school Library – you are awesome Megan! PRIMARY LEARNER AGENCY CONFERENCES – TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER We have our Primary Learner Agency Conferences being held on Tuesday 17th September between 10.30am - 6.30pm. Our Primary Learner Agency Conferences are a terrific way for us to build our school and home partnership. This is another opportunity for you to engage with your child and their teacher to review learning progress made and set new goals for the remainder of this year. Over recent years we have taken on feedback from students and parents/ carers and have worked together as a staff to develop consistent proformas that are used across the school. These are designed to support our students to be actively directing and taking responsibility for their learning. Having
this agency will allow students to develop into independent, curious and reflective learners. Tuesday 17th September is a School Council approved alteration to normal school attendance day. Students are only required to be at school during their own Conference time. 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL CELEBRATION Our Prep and Year 7 students celebrated their first 100 days of school this week. When l walk into the classrooms each day, we always see our students engaged and active in their learning. One thing that is very noticeable with these groups is their enthusiasm, sense of wonder and inquiry and their terrific energy. This is great credit to the wonderful Prep and Year 7 teams, who go above and beyond for their students. FATHERS & SPECIAL PERSONS DAY BREAKFAST Thank you to our Parent/Carer Fundraising Committee who did an outstanding job in setting up and cooking over 250 Egg and Bacon rolls for all our wonderful fathers and special friends last Friday. A massive shout out to our small but hardworking parent/carer team. ROAD SAFETY - IT IS YOUR JOB TO ENSURE YOUR CHILD GETS TO SCHOOL SAFELY Disappointingly, we are seeing several students not wearing helmets when riding their bikes/scooters to and from school. We would like to remind everyone that parents/carers have the legal responsibility to ensure children are wearing helmets. We do not want any of our students to be at risk. Our younger students do not always have the capacity or situational awareness to be safe on the road and wearing helmets is a must. We have also asked for the support of our local Police including the Highway Patrol to see if they have the resources to conduct general patrols around drop off and pick up times so that the importance of this message is reinforced.
Have a great weekend!!
Mr Abney - Hastings
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