Term 3 has started well for our Middle Years students with many exciting events to look forward to. Co-curricular sport has recommenced and it is wonderful to see that we have many middle years sporting teams competing in netball, soccer and AFL competitions. I had the pleasure of coaching one of our netball teams in Round 1 and it was wonderful to see how well they played as a team and supported each other.
Our Year 7 students are heading off to visit Monarto Safari Park this week to investigate different adaptations, ecosystems and environments of animals such as meerkats, wallabies and chimpanzees as a part of their STEM program. They will investigate target audiences and the way in which Monarto Safari Park go about engaging an audience, enabling them to practise skills they are learning in HUMS.
Later this term the Year 7 students will engage in a Positive Education workshop run by Active Education. This day long, active workshop will enable students to further develop their growth mindsets and the way in which they manage their emotions, relationships and their body.
For the first time we will be welcoming the Carly Ryan Foundation to our College where they will host two workshops for our Year 8 students. The presentation will be in two parts, firstly the whole cohort will hear a presentation covering online safety and the second presentation, delivered to smaller groups will cover healthy relationships. The workshops will aim to cover:
The Carly Ryan Foundation is partnered by the eSafety Office and they have a close working relationship with the Australian Federal Police’s ThinkUKnow program. We are committed to working in partnership with families to help our students develop online safety and awareness and positive, healthy relationships and this program is one way we can offer support. For more information please visit the Carly Ryan Foundation Website. The website also has a large variety of fact sheets that can help parents understand the different apps young people are using, and the controls families can put in place to help keep their children safe. https://www.carlyryanfoundation.com/resources/fact-sheets
Later this term, our Year 9 students will be visiting Latitude for a fun afternoon of trampolining and rock wall climbing. This is an event we have run for the past few years in which the students have really enjoyed. It is a great way for our students to be exposed to risk taking in a healthy, supportive and engaging environment while at the same time foster relationship development with their peers.
Kim Thomas
Middle Years Coordinator
