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Dear Parents and Guardians

Welcome to another edition of 秀秀直播 News!

Years 9 and 10 Singapore Immersion Trip

The recent Singapore Immersion trip was a great success, allowing our students and staff to further explore our pillars of challenge, collaborate, create and celebrate with Singapore Polytechnic School. 

Thank you to the Deputy Principal of Teaching and Learning PK-12, Beth Murphy, and teachers, Joel Kandiah, Kate McKnight, Adeline Hendriks who attended and created a memorable experience for our students.  

Marist Association Marian Lecture

On Tuesday 16 May, fellow Marist communities across Oceania attended the annual Marian Lecture, 鈥淎 revolution of Tenderness鈥� with keynote by Dr Medi Volpe, a moral theologian and ethicist.  The talk was held in the Marist Auditorium and online through a Zoom invitation.  The discussion entailed 鈥渨hat is means to be a Christian in the 21^st Century through being revolutionists of love and tenderness in living our daily lives鈥�

Year 7 Camp

I had the opportunity to visit the Year 7 camp last week, which is another important moment in the students鈥� transition into Secondary School.   The Year 7 students are to be commended for the positive way they stepped up to challenges presented on the camp.  The vibe and excitement that emanated across every activity exemplified the way the students have come together as a strong group. As always, we are grateful to our staff for their great work in organising and running rich and rewarding learning experiences. Well done, Year 7 Team! 

Mother鈥檚 Day Masses and Liturgy

Many thanks to those Mum鈥檚, Grandmother鈥檚 and Guardians who were able to attend our celebration of Mother鈥檚 Day.  These Mother鈥檚 Day moments are wonderful celebrations and an important opportunity for 秀秀直播 to say thank you to mothers for their place in our lives. Thank you to all involved in making the day so enjoyable.  I hope all the special women in our lives had a joyful day last Sunday.  

Years 7-12 Principal鈥檚 Assembly

The Years 7-12 Principals Assembly was held Wednesday morning.  The outstanding achievements of our award winners were formally recognised. In the assembly, I shared with the students a quote from Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhen and image from the Apollo space mission in 1968. The quote was inspired by photographs taken during the mission which showed humankind our Earth from a new perspective – a global village. 鈥淭here are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.鈥� At 秀秀直播, we all play our role to be crew members in our part of this global village by holding to our Marist characteristics. The message of 鈥榗haracter, commitment and connection鈥� was shared with our Secondary community as the means to being active crew members in this vibrant and supportive community. 

Years 11-12 Connect Night

Connect Night involves Year 11 and 12 students from 秀秀直播, Northam and Bunbury who come together to operate in the gamechangers for discussion around faith-based formation and Ministry.  

Year 3-6 Cross Country Carnival

The Year 3 鈥�6 Cross Country Carnival was held on Friday.  We were very fortunate with the weather as it was a beautiful day.  The students competed with great spirit, enthusiasm and sportsmanship and we saw many great achievements on the field.    

Thank you to all staff members who organised the day.   It was a great success! 

Save the Date 鈥� 秀秀直播 Parents Forum

秀秀直播 Parents Forum is scheduled for Monday 22 May at 6.00pm in the Learning Hub. The agenda is set for the meeting and includes discussions around Uniform Review and Alignment and College Events.聽 We hope you can join us on Monday.聽聽聽

If you are unable to join us in person you may wish to join online, please click to access the link.聽

To access the agenda please click Here

Morning Tea with the Year 12s

It has been an absolute pleasure to meet with our Year 12s.   The students are talkative and shared their thoughts and ideas over a supplied morning tea by the wonderful canteen staff.   I look forward to meeting the rest of the cohort over the following weeks.  

Events Ahead

Within the next few weeks, the events occurring include the 秀秀直播 Parents Forum (NPF), Year 11 and 12 Semester 1 Exams, ACC Cross Country. 

I wish our Senior School Students all the best as they prepare for their upcoming exams.   

Every blessing for the weeks ahead.  

Andrew Watson  

PRINCIPAL  

Our Marist characteristics of Presence and Family Spirt connect directly to the Gospel this weekend, where Jesus prayed to his Father asking for his followers to remain connected and united in his absence. When we have a connection with someone, we typically make time to listen to and be with him or her; we think about one another and are driven to help during difficult situations. Connected people have a joint desire to want the best for the other person. They experience love for the other, to the extent that the person loves themselves. Jesus鈥檚 great hope for his disciples was that they would be united and experience the joy of each other鈥檚 presence, just like Jesus experienced the Father鈥檚 presence. In any community, no one is really separate. Each person impacts others through actions, words, and attitudes. We are blessed to have a vibrant and welcoming community here at 秀秀直播, for this Marist foundation built on Family Spirit, and Presence are necessary ingredients for learning and growth.    

秀秀直播 Parents Forum

Our next Neman Parent Forum is on Monday 22 May at 6.00pm in the St John Henry 秀秀直播 Learning Hub. It will be a great opportunity to meet the new Principal, Mr Andrew Watson, speak with Executive members and collaborate with other parents. Agenda items and a link to join online can be found in the Principal鈥檚 section of the newsletter. We encourage as many parents as possible to attend and look forward to seeing you there. 

Zero to Hero Parent Information Series 鈥� Wed 7 June, 6.30pm Marist Auditorium

Zero to Hero and 秀秀直播 are proud to present a seminar not to be missed.  This information session is designed for all parents of children in both Primary or Secondary, and we strongly encourage parents to attend. A leading panel of experts in youth mental health and behavioural/emotional coaching will provide you with information and tools to help your child navigate adolescence. This is a ticketed event – click to purchase.

Uniform Review and Alignment Committee

Thank you to those parents and staff who have submitted their expression of interest to join this committee. We will contact individuals in the coming week with more details.

Examinations

Examinations begin next week, starting with Year 12 and then Year 11 the following week. Communications have been sent home via email from the Leaders of Wellbeing.鈥�鈥�舛寞&苍产蝉辫;

Year 12 examinations commence in Week 5 鈥� Monday 22 May鈥�(Timetable) 

Year 11 examinations commence in week 6 鈥� Monday 29 May鈥�(Timetable) 

Examination Rules鈥�舛寞&苍产蝉辫;

Study Techniques

For students to be best prepared for their exams, it is a timely reminder they are utilising the best study techniques and routines.鈥� Regular reviewing and revising are extremely important parts of the process of knowledge consolidation. See the below post from鈥�鈥痜or study tips.鈥� 

Questions students should consider:鈥� 

1. Have you got a study routine in place that includes breaks and down time?鈥� 

2. Have you asked someone to keep you accountable to your study routine?鈥� 

3. Are you studying effectively?鈥� 

4. Is your learning space conducive to study?鈥� 

5. What does the research say about studying? Read the below excerpt from the article written in Edutopia 鈥�5 Research-Backed Studying Techniques鈥欌�� 

FIVE HIGH-INTENSITY STUDY HABITS

Researchers have found that the following techniques increase sustainable learning and retention when incorporated into students鈥� daily study habits. These techniques are difficult and require effort, and they slow down learning. Initially, the learning gains seem to be smaller than with some ineffective practices. However, these techniques lead to long-term mastery.鈥� 

 
The book鈥�Make It Stick鈥痠dentifies several research-proven studying techniques.鈥� 

1. Pre-test: When students practice answering questions, even incorrectly, before learning the content, their future learning is enhanced. Research has shown that pre-testing improves post-test results more than spending the same amount of time studying.鈥� 

2. Spaced practice: Spacing out study sessions鈥攆ocusing on a topic for a short period on different days鈥攈as been shown to improve retention and recall more than massed practice. The book How We Learn explains that spaced practice can feel difficult due to an initial forgetting of knowledge鈥攔eacquiring that knowledge takes effort.鈥� 

3. Creating flashcards that can be used for spaced practice and self-quizzing is effective. Students should create different piles when reviewing the flash cards. The cards they鈥檙e able to answer immediately should be placed in a pile to review three days later; those answered with some difficulty should be reviewed two days later; and those that they answered incorrectly should be reviewed the next day.鈥� 

4. Self-quizzing: Testing has a negative connotation in this era of standardized testing, but it is a form of active retrieval practice. Encourage students to make test questions for themselves as they learn a new concept, thinking about the types of questions you might ask on a quiz or test. They should incorporate these quizzes into their study sessions, answering every question, even those they believe they know well.鈥� 

5. Interleaving practice: Students may rely on blocked practice, studying a set of problems鈥攕uch as multiplication problems鈥攁s a group until they feel mastery. A more effective method of studying is to work on a set of problems that are related but not all of the same kind鈥攆or example, a set of math word problems that call for addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. The consecutive problems cannot be solved with the same strategy. This is more effective than doing one multiplication problem after another.鈥� 

6. Paraphrasing and reflecting: Many of us have read a few paragraphs in a textbook only to realize that we didn鈥檛 retain a single concept or key point presented in those paragraphs. To show your students how to combat this, have them utilize intentional learning strategies. These include relating what is being learned to prior knowledge, thinking about how they would explain the content to a 5-year-old, and reflecting on and asking questions about the content.鈥� 

The Importance of Student Attendance

We would like to share some information regarding student attendance with our community. Schools are required to monitor attendance and intervene to support improved attendance for students at educational risk. Likewise, all parents are required to make their best efforts to ensure their children attend school.聽 We ask all families to read the below document to understand how the College records attendance on a daily basis.

New Staff

Please welcome the following staff to our 秀秀直播 Community.  
Mrs Cara Miraudo: Year 7 to 12 Student Administration  

CODE OF CONDUCT

Attendance General Correspondence