Heard on the Hill Term 3, Week 6
Bonjour à tous, and Wanju
Well, Djilba is starting to show itself. Crisp cold mornings and at last we are starting to see some sunny days. I noticed that the flowers are starting to come out also.
Recently I have been reflecting on my performance as part of my performance management. Thank you to those people that have provided feedback. Feedback is a gift – and I appreciate the feedback I have received. It has given me the opportunity to really scrutinize my professional attributes as well as my professional practice. Like you and your performance management, I will create a plan to keep me focussed on improving my personal performance.
Bunbury Senior High School staff are such a professional community. At this point, both our Coffee Club and the newly established Teaching and Learning Committee are there to assist teachers, develop their knowledge and skill of teaching practice. Shout out to Mark Longbottom and Cathy Watson who have been driving these initiatives so far.
The Peer Observation Program is the vehicle by which we can put all our other teaching practices under the microscope. There are practical support mechanisms and financial resourcing available in the school to give you time to embed this practice into your work. I hope that you take these opportunities.
En Avant
Nuts and Bolts
Country Week is around the corner. Our ATAR students and VET students will be severely affected by the interruption at this time of the year. I know that you have been adjusting teaching, learning and assessment schedules to minimise the impact on the students. On behalf of them and the parent community, thank you. Please keep looking to support them as much as possible to maximise their ATAR or complete their certificate.
Please click the link below to access last week's Leadership Minutes.
NAIDOC Week - Reflection and Evaluation
The Cultural Inclusivity Committee would like to thank the entire staff for their support of NAIDOC Week. The CIC would like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of Kristy Carriage in the organisation of the assembly and various events across the week. This year's NAIDOC celebrations built upon our efforts last year and we are very happy with what we have added to these celebrations of culture so far. We hope to continue to improve and evolve these events in the context of a whole school move towards better cultural inclusivity.
To aid us in making improvements, can you please complete the short feedback survey via the link provided? If you could do this by the end of Week 7, that would be greatly appreciated.
Future Leaders' Program
Did you know that we have an aspirants program in our school? There is an identification process run at the start of each year, followed by a nomination process, panel selection and then future leaders engage in a development goal and work with a mentor. If you are aspirational, make sure to let your line manager know, so that they can support you.
Future Leaders in the 2022 cohort are:
Kelly Anderson - aspiring to Level 5 or 6 Principal
Nic Andrew - aspiring to Level 3 Program Coordinator
Nghia Nguyen - aspiring to Level 3 Program Coordinator
Aaron Wilkinson - aspiring to Level 3 Program Coordinator
Kim Nimmo - aspiring to Level 3 Program Coordinator
Xan Ashbury - aspiring to Level 3 Program Coordinator
Note: Catherine Simmonds was originally in this group, but she achieved her goal, so she stepped away from the program to focus on her new role.
Reminder to current cohort - please complete your Progress Update for me as soon as possible.
If you are aspirational, but not sure what to do about it, please speak to your line manager, an experienced colleague, or a member of the Executive Team. You might find the below document useful.
Coffee Club
Coffee Club is on tomorrow in Rm30 starting at 8.00am. If you have not been before please turn up to explore peer observations in a safe, supportive environment.
Some teachers may still think they are being judged and spend time stressing over the perfect lesson for it to be observed, so it is perfect. That is why the Coffee Club is here; non-judgemental, peer driven and highly supportive. The observations are about improvement, never perfection. Peer or classroom observations are never about the whole lesson and never about perfection.
For example; you may wish to use the Jigsaw strategy in a class for the first time as an activity from our shared instructional framework. You have a discussion with your colleague on what to look for, what to record and how to present the data. And then you reflect on that data. No perfection, no judgement – just improvement.
Senior School Update
Term 3 is quickly disappearing as will the Yr 12 VET students at the end of the term!
Can all Senior School teachers please ensure that parents have received communication regarding all academic concerns. If a student is likely to not receive at least a C grade at the end of the year then parents need to be informed via a Letter of Concern. A follow up phone call or parent meeting is also recommended. Please speak to your PC if assistance is required.
Important Year 12 academic information has previously been provided to PCs that identify students at risk of not graduating. Your support in working with these students to ensure that they do graduate is appreciated.
The Year 10 counselling, course selection and certificate application process is now coming to an end. The next stage is confirming courses for 2023 and who may not be returning!
Teachers are reporting that there is a definite increase in phone use during class and breaks (in all cohorts). Can we all be reminded of the phone policy and remind students of the expectations. Please do not let students use earphones or phones at any time. Of course, if phone use is required for educational reasons, that is allowed, under teacher supervision. Increased vigilance would be appreciated. Letters of Concern should/can be sent home. Involve your PC if it is an ongoing issue.
The Country Week Assembly is happening during P3 on Tuesday 23 August in the gym.
There is also a final Year 12 Assembly on Friday 23 September. There will be a breakfast and the assembly will commence the beginning of P1. More information to come.
A busy month is coming for us all!
KINGIA ARTICLES
Only 2 weeks left to submitt your articles for this year's Kingia Magazine.
Articles for the Kingia Magazine can be submitted via the link below or you can email me directly at ellie.mackay@education.wa.edu.au
If you have a number of photos to submit (more than 10): you can drop these into the drive for me to access here: M:\Kingia 2022
Deadline to submit your Kingia article: Friday, 9 September (Term 3, Wk8)
Video for promotions
We love to see what projects are happening throughout the school! Across all the learning areas, we would like to capture a snapshot of what projects, activities and more happens during school for a new promo video that can be shared on our socials and website.
Ellie is available for classroom visits and can even attend incursions and excursions to get great footage of our students in action.
If you have something that you think could be videoed during class time or an incursion/excursion, please email Ellie: ellie.mackay@education.wa.edu.au with more details.
Download SZapp
Download the SZapp to keep up to date with all our school communications.
It's a very easy-to-use app with links to all of our school platforms, including the school website, newsletters, Facebook, calendar plus more!
Watch the video below on how to download and some of the features.
BUNBURY SHS INSTAGRAM
BUNBURY SHS FACEBOOK
Is 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.
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