Assistant Principal - Learning and Teaching

Academic Reports & Parent Student Teacher Conferences 

This Term has seen many changes due to the COVID-19 restrictions and the variety of contingencies engaged to address the inability to host parents and carers on site for our normal College functions. 

One of these has been the way in which the College has responded by rescheduling the Semester 1 Reports and delayed PST Conferences. 

Although the process of replacing ‘face to face’ PST Conferences with remote contact via Zoom, email and phone calls has been a significant change, it has generally been accepted by our parent community. 

One opportunity that has arisen from this process has been the discussion of how the College reports on student progress and how we engage with parents and carers. From the start of next term, the College will introduce some improvements to student reporting and PST Conferences with the support of the CSO. 

I look forward to working with our staff to introduce some of these changes and provide opportunities for parent engagement in 2021 and beyond. 

Student Achievements

Following on from the delayed Semester 1 Reports and PST Conferences, the College has had a limited opportunity to acknowledge the academic achievements of students in Semester 1, especially with College assemblies being presented remotely via Zoom to each Homeroom. 

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the following Year 7-10 Students for their Semester 1 Report achievements, published earlier this term. 

Year 7: Grace Fuller 7A, Riley Woods 7H

Year 8: Alexandra Nealand 8E, Michael Simmons 8F

Year 9: Stephanie Bataglia 9F, Lily Betland 9B, Madeline Scarlett 9B, Amelie Smith 9C, Ella Hewitt 9C, Zara Temesi 9C 

Year 10: David Gilliland 10A 

Congratulations to all of these students for their excellent academic performance in Semester 1 2020. 

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James Furey
Assistant Principal
Learning and Teaching