PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS

A reminder that PTS Interviews will be held next Thursday between 8am and 6pm. To book go to https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code?z=DlhUEb and enter the parent code: 9cabp

Year 12 students will be in normal classes and should only be making bookings during study lessons or before/after school.

All other classes are cancelled for the day, although there is supervision in the library during normal school hours. Students attending the interviews should do in their school uniform.

 USE OF STUDY LESSONS

Year 11 and 12 and again remaindered that they need to be effectively using study lessons. These are not social occasions and nor should they be a chance to argue about their phones with the study supervisor. My observation is that many students are generally not putting as much effort into their work and are instead doing what needs to be done at a minimal with little evidence that they are trying to extend or challenge themselves.

 While it’s important students have downtime, they do need to develop a balance between social activities, work and sporting commitments and be prepared to sacrifice some social time when they have a heavier workload when assessments are due. Parental support here is vital as we cannot control what students do out of school time and we appreciate your assistance.

 The best use of these lessons is to:

• Complete homework and work on assessments (they can ask teachers to assist if available)
• Make and update study notes from each week’s learning

 At home they should be doing such things as:

• Watching relevant and/or assigned ATOMI videos
• Working on homework and assessments
• Using study notes to answer past paper questions – students can find these on the NESA website along with the marking criteria and marker feedback.

So if senior students say they have no homework, that doesn’t mean they have no study work to be doing.

 The HSC is a marathon, not a sprint and they should be doing a little each day especially around the completion of past paper questions.

HOMEWORK AND HOMESTUDY IN YEARS 7-10

Stage 4 should be following a home study program – this means completing classwork not done each day and any assigned home tasks that help develop skills. In addition, they should be doing 30 minutes of numeracy and 30 minutes of literacy each weekend. Tasks they could do including:

• Reading
• Writing
• Education Perfect exercises for both Numeracy and Literacy
• Mathspace exercises

Stage 5 should be following a homework program which is identical to Stage 4 but they should have an increase in homework and common tasks should be more challenging. Even then, students working efficiently in class and utilising teacher assistance may be able to complete their work during the day. As such they should also be developing their literacy and numeracy skills with the above suggestions appropriate.

 NEW STUDENTS

We welcome the following students to our Hennessy community over the past two weeks:

Year 11

Danniella Berghuis

 Year 10

Sam Fuller

Charlotte Fitzpatrick

 Year 9

Nic Bishop

We also farewell Isabella Loprestti (Year 10) as she concludes her exchange with us and returns to Argentina. We wish her all the best and have enjoyed hearing all about life across the globe.

Assistant Principal - Teaching and Learning                                    Director of Studies

SHARON HIBBERT                                                                             ANDREW FOURACRE