Curriculum Matters
Week 5 will be an exciting time for our community as face to face teaching resumes at the College across all Stages. The Blended Learning that has occurred over the last 2 weeks has been another step forward in regards to student and teacher skill development. The need to adapt to an ever changing environment has allowed all of us to reflect on areas of strength and areas needing further development. We have all learned more about each other in this process.
Students and staff are working together and giving each other feedback regarding what has worked and what can be improved, with plans to take what we have all learned and include these skills in our ‘learning toolbox’.
Elevate Webinar
Elevate will be running another webinar on Thursday, 28 May outlining valuable tips your children may utilise to improve their approach to learning!
Event Title: How to help your child study effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic (Yr 7-12 Parents)
Sign-Up Link: Elevate Webinar Signup
Next Webinar Date: Thursday, 28 May 2020
Time: 6pm
Cost: Free
The tips presented will aid students in their transition back to face to face schooling and assist them in developing the strategies needed for effective learning throughout their lives.
During the last webinar, the value in using weekly planners was discussed. With another change in student routine next week, this weekly planner may be of benefit.
The last webinar focused on Motivation and Goal Setting.
The types of goals teenagers set are critical because the wrong goal can wipe motivation and lower performance. Students need to set a combination of performance goals and mastery goals to ensure that they stay motivated, and able to cope with the performance element of school, university and the workplace.
Tip 1: Focus on the process not the outcome
Tip 2: Remove fear of failure by focusing on effort not results
By implementing Tip1, student’s self-efficacy will increase, and we can increase the likelihood of them picking an achievement goal. However, this isn’t assured. If a student has higher self-efficacy, the fear of failure may still be so great that they fall back on an avoidance goal. To combat this parents are encouraged to praise effort not results.
When students understand that putting forth effort and using the right strategies can make them smarter, they try harder and achieve at higher levels. When they know their brains are capable of growing, amazing things can happen!
Year 12 Parents and Students
All Year 12 students have received their personalised HSC written exam timetable via their NESA Students Online account. The complete HSC written exam timetable has also been posted to their Curriculum Matters Google Classroom.
Students are informed of all curriculum issues related to their HSC study, along with scholarship offers, University roadshow and career information, free webinars etc via this Google Classroom. The majority of students are accessing this information frequently and taking advantage of the opportunities offered.
A reminder that the College Homework Centre will be open as usual from Week 5.
Claudia Brown
Leader of Curriculum