HOUSE UPDATE
THE HOUSE CUP The House Cup is a perpetual trophy and takes into account every student’s House points plus the points from the Athletics and Swimming Carnival day to crown one House the overall winner. The House system differs from that of primary schools, with points allocated for more than just sporting events. The criteria […]
CURRICULUM/TEACHING AND LEARNING
KEEPING UP LEARNER SKILLS DURING THE SUMMER BREAK While the extended break over summer is undoubtedly a chance for students to have some respite from the rigours of the academic year, the importance of maintaining key skills over this holiday period is also widely acknowledged. The ‘summer slide’ (researched in countries with extended mid-year breaks […]
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
ACHIEVEMENT, GROWTH AND THE RESILIENCE PROJECT Semester 2 Reports will be available to parents at 4pm on Friday 16 December. These reports will summarise where your child is at in each subject (Working with Assistance, Working Towards the Standard, Working at the Standard, Working Beyond the Standard). There will also be a Mentor Teacher’s Report, […]
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
NAPLAN Our students sat NAPLAN in May and the reports will be available for parents to pick up at Parent Teacher Conferences on September 13 in the Library. NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year and it is important because it helps […]
PRINCIPALS REPORT
Thank you for taking the time to read our Term 3 Newsletter. This edition will show you that this term has certainly been very busy with events and activities including; Term 3 Parent Forum, planning for our Year 9 Program, Learning Growth Awards, Student Personal Growth and Wellness Day, 100 Days Celebrations, Primary School Transition […]
STUDENT SERVICES
WELCOME STEPANIE SURBEVSKI. The Student Services Team welcomes Stephanie Surbevski the new youth worker from 13th June. Stephanie is looking forward to providing students with support, education and wellbeing strategies. Together let’s make her feel welcome. POSITIVE LEARNING FRAMEWORK OPENING OF REWARDS SHOP The Greenvale Secondary College Rewards Shop has been opened to students twice […]
STUDENT SERVICES
Spring is here. Slowly the sun is breaking through the clouds that have been around for a long time. The cold weather has not stopped us from an eventful term 3. We have welcomed a number of services and agencies to collaborate with the Student Services Team to provide ongoing support and learning opportunities for […]
CURRICULUM/TEACHING AND LEARNING
HOMEWORK FOR IMPACT As Generation Z and Alpha enter their secondary years in the post-Remote Learning era, it can be difficult to keep up with the changing trends in best educational practice. For those of us who completed our schooling on typewriters or on desktop PCs, it is a challenge to navigate how different the […]
CURRICULUM/TEACHING AND LEARNING
COLLEGE SPORT
Term 3 saw our students compete in a variety of interschool sporting events. The boys and girls had a great day representing Greenvale Secondary College playing Basketball against the other schools in our district. With both boys and girls finishing third in our district. The girls table tennis team qualified for regionals by finishing first […]