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Teaching and Learning Report – Tutoring Available for students from Year 7-11
By Director of Teaching and Learning, Mrs Julia Petrov We are offering a range of tutoring opportunities for students in Years 7 – 11. VCE Units 3/4 subjects have additional tutoring times set by their faculties. Students don’t need to attend the whole time and there’s no need to book. We encourage students to just…
Senior School Report
by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum Unfortunately, we were unable to hold our Academic Assembly in our normal way this semester. However, we did present our young men with various academic awards this week: Chris Nolan Certificates for Academic Achievement, Unit Three (Year 12) Awards to students who were leading at the…
Senior School Report
by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum I think by now we all have a strong sense of déjà vu. We are in lockdown and remote learning. The GAT will once again be postponed so August 12 will now have online classes for all year levels. At this point in time many students…
Teaching and Learning Report – Tutoring available for Years 7 – 10 students
By Director of Teaching and Learning, Mrs Julia Petrov Tutoring available for Years 7 – 10 students There are many benefits to seeking expert assistance outside of scheduled timetabled classes. Students can seek clarification and consolidate skills and knowledge with one-to-one attention. Not only does this improve academic performance, encourage self-paced and self-directed learning through…
Teaching and Learning Report
By Director of Teaching and Learning, Mrs Julia Petrov Remote Learning The return again to remote learning has required adjustment and adaption of our courses and planned classwork. We appreciate all that families are doing to support their boys in their learning from home. It can be a bit lonely studying from home and we…
Senior School Report
by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum At the time of writing we are in our second week of this lockdown. We are all hoping that we will come out of it on Wednesday. At this time, it is important that we focus on those things we can control. From an academic standpoint,…
Teaching and Learning Report
By Director of Teaching and Learning, Mrs Julia Petrov GAT Trial On Friday, June 4, a significant number of our Year 11 students participated in a trial General Assessment Test (GAT) conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research. From 2022, the Victoria Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) will be introducing new literacy and numeracy…
Senior School Report
by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum It is good that our lockdown was once again short-lived and we have been able to get back to face-to face learning which is much more effective. We are at the busy end of the semester and all of our Year 10’s and 11’s are going…
Deputy Principal Report
by Deputy Principal, Mrs Elizabeth Ryan As we again plunge into Remote learning, please keep in mind that there are a range of supports available should your son start showing signs of heightened levels of concern and anxiety as a result of the disruption to their school, sporting and social networks. These thoughts and feelings…
Teaching and Learning Report
By Director of Teaching and Learning, Mrs Julia Petrov Return to remote learning Thanks in advance to the adjustments you will make to support our return to remote learning. We appreciate all that families need to prepare for having their boys learning from home. The Online Classroom Rules outline behaviours that enable effective teaching and…
