Heard on the Hill Term 2, Week 7
Gathering evidence and receiving feedback is one of the greatest gifts you can receive. We check our look in the mirror and make adjustments to our outfit, or not. Feedback, student performance data, peer observations, student surveys all provide us with information that we can use to reflect on our performance. It comes from all different places and regardless of whether we like what it says or not it gives a perspective that we may not have thought about. It allows us to open up lines of enquiry and look for areas of improvement.
It is that time of the year for our students to receive summative performance feedback. Their performance is data about how we are going also.
As we begin the reporting process please use the student surveys and student performance to reflect on your first semester. Use your learning area meetings to work with colleagues around whole learning area improvements. If you require support, please let your PC know to bring that to the leadership team.
En Avant
Mike Sinagra
Principal
Staffing
Winter always puts pressure on staffing in schools. This year is no different. With reports coming up I really urge everyone to look after yourselves and find a balance between the pressures of our job and your home life. The long weekend is coming so please take some time for yourself.
Ongoing absences in the student services area will see Nghia Nguyen move into student services in a Head of Year (HOY) role from Monday 31 May. Nghia is being appointed out of the EOI that was run to originally fill that position. At this stage, he will be in this position until the end of Term 3.
The Deputy role will continue to be filled while Kelly is on leave. Firstly, by Adam and then by another PC.
With Trevor’s pending retirement and leave backfill in the Science learning area, the PC of Science has been advertised.
More restructuring will occur in student services as realignment of some of the roles in there have changed.
Instructional Framework
Serendipitously, we have been talking about reflection. This week’s Instructional framework component is about the reflection aspect of our framework.
Reflection
Students reflect by summarizing the content and assessing the level to which they have achieved the learning objective. Borton’s Development framework provides a great scaffold to help the students reflect.
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What? (Description and self-awareness) |
So What? (the analysis) |
Now What? (synthesis) |
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Often we do the “what?”. This is low-level reflection. We should move students to the “so what” and “now what” to bring their reflection to a deeper level.
Access to last week's Leadership Meeting minutes can be found in the PDF below:
YEAR 10 MENINGOCOCCAL IMMUNISATIONS
Year 10 Meningococcal Immunisations will take place this Wednesday, 2 June in the Library Conference Room. Please see the schedule below.
If students are unsure if they have agreed to the immunisation they should attend and check with the health nurses on duty.
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Period 2 |
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9.55 |
10BMAT1 |
BARRETT |
32 |
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10.05 |
10BMAT2 |
BOND |
28 |
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10.15 |
10BMAT3 |
MARINONI |
24 |
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10.25 |
10BMAT4 |
DOWLING |
23 |
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Period 3 |
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11.25 |
10AHUM1 |
NGUYEN |
21 |
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11.35 |
10AMAT1 |
BARRATT |
32 |
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11.45 |
10AMAT1 |
COPLEY |
23 |
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11.55 |
10AMAT1 |
MULLIGAN |
28 |
Apologies in advance as this will cause some disruption to your regular Year 10 timetable on this day.
STUDENT SERVICES UPDATE
The examination period now comes to an end. There will be a focus on all Senior School students at academic risk. Parent meetings have been booked and are being booked for students at risk of not meeting the academic requirements to transition into Year 12 or not meeting WACE requirements.
At the upcoming Year 11 Meeting in Week 9 on Monday P4, all students will be given a copy of the academic requirements for transition and reminded of their responsibilities.
We are supporting several Senior School students in accessing alternate pathways to allow them to leave school.
Letters of Concern and records of other parent communications should continue to be recorded as an Academy Welfare Event.
Please note that the scheduled House Meetings in Week 8 have been cancelled.
Tim Fry
Head of Senior School & Student Services
BUNBURY SHS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT!
We have recently started an Instagram account! Our Instagram account has been designed primarily for our students to engage with.
If you would like to post something on our Instagram account that is aimed at students, please use the Wufoo link below (same as our Facebook link) or send me an email directly.
Please note: Instagram is all about photos and images so please be mindful to grab a good picture to go with your story!
Head over to our page and follow us!
BUNBURY SHS FACEBOOK
Something interesting happening in or around your classroom? Having an incursion or excursion this term? Please let me know! We love to share updates from the school with our community and would like representation from each area of our wonderful school; no matter how big or small.
Please submit stories for our Facebook page via the wufoo link below and include as much information as you can, plus a few images to accompany the article. If you are having trouble with the wufoo form, you can email the information to me directly.(ellie.mackay@education.wa.edu.au)
Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and check out what our students and staff get up to.
What’s OnTerm 2, Week 7
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