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Parent Information Evening. Middle School Thursday 7 February 2008. Middle School Procedures. Diaries Uniform Form classes and Form teachers Specialist Lessons Absentees Behavior Management. Middle School Timetable. 7 x 45 minute periods Form and Subject Teachers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Parent Information Parent Information EveningEvening
Middle SchoolMiddle School
Thursday 7 February 2008
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Middle School Procedures
• Diaries
• Uniform
• Form classes and Form teachers
• Specialist Lessons
• Absentees
• Behavior Management
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Middle School Timetable
• 7 x 45 minute periods• Form and Subject Teachers• Form time - last 15 mins (2:45 - 3:00pm)• Pastoral Lessons - 3 Mornings per week• Chapel and Assembly + Middle school
time
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Middle School Staffing• Mr. Hamish Pike - Team Leader Middle School /
Sports Master / WHSO (PE)• Mr. Bob Nicholson - Team leader Yr 4-6 + Yr 7
Form Teacher (English + Maths + SOSE)• Miss Melissa Heirdsfield - Year 8 Form Teacher
(Drama, English + SOSE)• Miss Sarah Smith - Yr 9 Form Teacher (Japanese +
SOSE)• Dr Brett Sawyer - Yr 10 Form Teacher (Science and
Mathematics) • Mrs Diana Patchett – Assistant Principal (Yr 8
Mathematics and Science)
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Aims of the Middle School• Develop a pastoral relationship with Form
Teacher• Facilitate personal reflection and introspection• Encourage personal development
Other MBBC Opportunities
• Co-curricular activities• Camps and excursions• Leos, Debating, Friends of the Nature Refuge
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Behaviour Management
• To support the development of personal responsibility, organisation and socially acceptable behaviour
• Consequence Chart (Student Diary and Parent Handbook)
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• Positive Signatures
• House Points
• Award cards
• Reminder Signatures
• Detention
Term One Focus:
Homework, Uniform, Courtesy
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How can you help?• Routine
• Regular check of Student Diary
• Encouragement and support• Be involved (P&F, Class Rep, College events,
Friends of the Nature Refuge)
• Be informed (newsletter)
• First point of contact Form Teacher
• If further action – Consult parent inquiry chart
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MATHLETICS
• Your son’s subscription to this programme is a 24hour/7day subscription. Therefore the boys can access Mathletics at home and earn points toward certificates. Teachers will be able to check what they have worked on in their own time.
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Homework
As per Student Diary
• Year 7 – 9 will be expected to complete between 40 and 75 minutes of homework per night
• Homework is issued on a nightly / weekly basis
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Year 7
KLA Term One Term Two
English Constructing Narratives Novel Study – “Holes”
SOSE Monster Storms/ Weather Eco Housing
Science Monster Storms/ Myth Busters
Mathematics Number, Measurement and Space
Number, Chance and Data, Pre-Algebra
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Year 8KLA Term One Term Two
English Making the News Mythology/Short Stories
SOSE World War I Ancient Civilisations
Science Dry Ice Our Body the Machine (Biology and Nutrition)
Mathematics Whole Numbers
Shape and Line
Location, Direction and Movement. Common Fractions. Decimal Fractions
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Year 9KLA Term One Term Two
English Gender and Stereotypes
Romeo and Juliet
SOSE Human Rights/ Crusades
Aboriginal Studies
Science Lord of the Weeds/ Nature Refuge
Push, Pull, Collide (Intro Physics)
Mathematics Financial Decisions
Indices
Length, Area and Volume. Expanding and Factorising. Investigating Data
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Library
• Open during lunchtimes– There will be a quiet area for silent work
• 3pm to 4pm Tuesday – Friday– Research, assignment preparation,
homework, borrowing and reading– Not child-minding
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Camps
• Middle School Moreton Island Camp – Week 9, Term 3 – Fishing, swimming, snorkelling, 4WD
touring, orienteering, sand tobogganing, climbing sand dunes, games, living together, washing up, and many more exciting experiences
– Extension program for Year 9
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Personal Development
Focus is different in each Year level
• Yr 7 – Personal Hygiene• Yr 8 – Nutrition• Yr 9 – Drug Education• All Grades – Personal Development and
Human Development
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Representative Sport
• Boys can represent MBBC at District, Met East and State Level
• Yr 7 is still Primary (Wynnum and Lytton District)
• Yr 8, 9 is Secondary School (Gateway District and Metropolitan East)
• All representative sports are by nomination through Sports Coordinator (MBBC)
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Parent Involvement• Class Parent Representative
– Point of contact between class parents and P&F, teachers, other parents
– Mobilisation and organisation and of support for special activities such as Carnival Day, night and other social activities
• Support-a-Reader (from 30 mins/week)
– Support readers from Years 1 – 10– Training provided – Wed 13 Feb 3pm
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The Secret to Success…
• Hard Work• Perseverance• RESILIENCE!!• Dedication• The will to succeed• Always giving of
your best• Setting Goals
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Year 7Bob Nicholson [email protected]
Year 8 Mel Heirdsfield [email protected]
Year 9 Sarah Smith [email protected]
Year 10 / Science and MathsBrett Sawyer [email protected]
Team LeaderHamish Pike [email protected]
Assistant Principal / Deputy Principal (Curriculum)Diana Patchett [email protected] Perry [email protected]
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Thank you
We welcome you all to introduce yourself to your son’s Form Teacher now and so we will head off to individual classrooms for the next 15 minutes.