Senior College News
It is testament to the staff and students how quickly life has returned to the Senior College and while the students were tired by the end of last week, they seemed to take the adjustment back to school with a mindset of enjoying the present and looking forward to activities despite some trepidation. My focus in this edition will be on events that have occurred at the start of term and upcoming dates for families.
Academic staff have been working with senior students to finalise outstanding assessments from Semester 1. This has proved challenging due to the lockdowns in Term 2 and Term 3. At this stage, most Semester 1 reports have been finalised and an updated version of reports has been posted to the Portal so families can access pending results.
Life in the Senior College
Year 10
During lockdown on Thursday 22 July, the students accessed the Road Smart program presented by VIC Roads online. The content related to road safety designed to build the knowledge, skills and behaviours appropriate to Year 10 students as they commence the process of learning to drive.
The focus for the pastoral program this term is the House Community Action Project. The activities and presentations are student led and highlight the importance of community service in terms of building personal qualities such as team work and empathy. Such personal attributes are embedded in the Tintern compass and an important component of the Resilience Project’s program. Initial ideas include collecting women’s hygiene products for women’s shelters, men’s mental health awareness and a football game to raise money for a refugee organisation.
Year 11
The focus for Year 11 students has been about leadership with presentations pertinent to all as they approach the final stage of their schooling. The nomination process and voting for School Leaders, House Leaders and the range of co-curricular positions have been discussed with students.
Year 12
Year 12s in particular have been encouraged to attend tertiary open days and they have been sent a scholarship resource to check their eligibility. A copy of the current version is available on the Careers Portal page and will be updated as the institutions provide further details. It has been a busy time with designing their hoodie, prepping the Valedictory book and preparing the Year 12 leaving song.
Upcoming Events
Online Year 12 Post Secondary Information Night for Parents/Guardians
This information evening will be held online on Wednesday 4 August from 7.00pm to 8.00pm and the link has been sent to families via an Ed Smart form.
The GAT
Students undertaking a VCE Unit 3 and 4 subject and Year 12 IB are required to sit the GAT on Thursday 12 August. They have been asked to arrive in the Senior College at 9.00am and the testing concludes at 1.15pm unless they have special arrangements.
Year 11 and 12 Formals
The Year 11 and 12 Formal will be held on the evening of Thursday 19 August and students will be dismissed at 1.00pm as per the usual arrangements.
Mid Semester Break
Our mid-semester break will be Friday 20 August.
Careers Information
In this edition of Aspectus, I have integrated some information for Senior College families about making the most of tertiary Open Days in the Careers section of Aspectus and this material has been made available to students.
Update Virtual Open Days at https://portal.tintern.vic.edu.au/cms/file/new/26583
Indices of the latest editions of Career News are listed on the Careers page of the Portal (please make sure that you are logged in) and also on this edition of Aspectus. A reminder that families need to be logged in to the Portal to access the links or select the Careers tab to view all the relevant folders containing the files.
