Curriculum Matters

Year 12 

A number of Year 12 students have expressed that they are currently lacking motivation and are starting to feel fatigued, which is not unusual for students at this time. Last week we encouraged them to revisit their goals, and presented them with a few strategies to help them refocus and stay healthy.  As always we offer support in many guises, and have encouraged them to surround themselves with supportive people. 

Year 11

Year 11 students are receiving feedback on their first assessment tasks, which for some may be a little confronting. Remember that feedback is there to assist you in focusing on the areas of improvement. We can all improve our skills, knowledge and understanding with support and specific feedback. 

Year 10

We were impressed with the way students in Year 10 participated in last week’s workshops on;

• Growth versus fixed mindset 
• Time management and organisation
• Possible selves
• Goal setting and My Learning Strengths

Students in this year level are all at different stages of development and self-awareness, and these workshops challenged students at times. Yet they were respectful of each other and participated when they could. I have posted the presentation and a copy of their booklet on the Yr 10 Curriculum Matters Classroom for future reference. Hopefully students shared a little of their experiences with their parents.

Years 7 – 9  

Hopefully students in Years 7 – 9 took the advice from the last newsletter and took the first step in setting up a new routine to ensure they are organised for school. This will set you up for success!

Remember that every day of your life you are learning; learning new skills, improving skills, knowledge and understanding of subjects, the world around you and the people you are interacting with. 

Learning Strengths

We all have learning strengths that we can utilise in order to improve our learning across all areas. If an individual can understand their own pattern of learning strengths then they can use this knowledge to increase academic self-belief and more powerfully engage in their learning, improving performance, and gaining new skills.

If you are interested in reading more about learning strengths, I encourage you to access the following website and complete the free online questionnaire. My Learning Strengths

The personalised report generated will assist students to begin to understand what and how to connect with their top 2 learning strengths and to use that knowledge to increase their level of self-belief so that they can do well academically, as well as developing other strengths and plan future learning priorities.