English Matters

Year 9 has started the term with a unit titled ‘Not so Social’. As part of this unit we have asked Year 9 students to review and reflect on their screen time and most used apps. Some students were surprised with how much of their lives they are spending on their devices, most were quite unphased despite significant screen time. We are challenging our students to try and reduce their screen time over the next few weeks and we will check back in again in week 5. We will be watching and analysing the documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’ as part of this unit and I highly recommend you discuss your child’s response to this text. This unit is about developing critical literacy skills especially in the contemporary world. Hopefully, there will be some interesting conversations both at home and school over the coming weeks from the work the students do in this unit.

I also want to acknowledge our amazing year 12’s who have shown great resilience and determination with the delayed start to the HSC. Keep working hard, work collaboratively with your peers and your teachers and keep submitting practice responses.