YEAR 9 PARENT EVENING

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The Spirit of Edmund Rice

 Leader:  Father, you led Blessed Edmund Rice to serve you in great and unexpected ways.

Grant us the love which filled the heart of Blessed Edmund inspiring him to educate children.

Grant us the kindness of Blessed Edmund who always had time for the smallest and weakest.

Grant us the gentleness of Blessed Edmund who brought the gentleness of Christ to all his relationships.

Grant us the goodness of Blessed Edmund whose broad vision saw ways all around him to spread the goodness of the Kingdom.

 

Lord, teach us to live in the spirit that is so evident in Blessed Edmund Rice

Live Jesus in our Heart

Response::   Forever

YEAR 9 PARENT EVENING

Trinity College

Welcome and Opening PrayerMr Ivan Banks (Headmaster)

Academic IssuesMr Simon Harvey (Deputy Principal - Year 7, 9, 11)

Pastoral IssuesMr Andrew Osnain (Head of Year 9) & Mrs Aoibheann O’Brien (College Psychologist)

Year 9 Christian ServiceMrs Marya Stewart (Dir. of Christian Service)

Agenda

• Testing

• Prerequisites Year 10 > Year 11

• Homework & Study

Points covered tonight…

• NAPLAN Week 2.4• Year Nine Exams Week

2.9 & 4.8• Bishops’ Religious

Literacy Assessment Literacy Test Week 3.2

YEAR 9 – A TESTING YEAR

NAPLAN • Exemptions,

Adjustments & Withdrawals, must all be applied for.

• Secondary value in 2015 & beyond

YEAR 9 – A TESTING YEAR

Students who achieve Band 8 or above in any component (Reading, Writing, Numeracy) in the Year 9 NAPLAN will be recognised as meeting the minimum standard required for that component to achieve WACE.

They will not have to sit that component as part of the Online Literacy & Numeracy Assessment. (OLNA)

YEAR 9 – NAPLAN

Prerequisites for entry into Yr 11 Courses

Two distinct entities• Homework is completing work

that has been set by teacher.• Study involves looking over the

work covered that day/week.- Highlight key points/Make

own notes/Write summaries, key cards

Be mindful of why the material is presented? Foundation work, pre assignment, topic test, examination

Homework & Study

Why study?

• Solidify what is taught in class

• Be up to speed for each lesson, no lag time

• Gear for the bigger picture, assignments, tests and alike – avoid the last minute cram.

• Create the right habits.

Homework & Study

Parent Council

Parent Council proudly present

DAN HAESLER

International speaker on Student Resilience and Well

Being.

Tuesday 10th MARCH

Commencing at 7pm

Mr Osnain

Characteristics of Year 9 boys;• Communication• Drive & motivation• Risk taking• Sleep patterns• Energy Levels

YEAR 9 – A TESTING YEAR!

Year 9 students;• Have unique learning needs• Have a high absentee rate• Begin to consider aspirations• Develop varied sleep patterns

YEAR 9 – A TESTING YEAR!

• Adolescent changes;- physical, social, emotionaland intellectual.

• Hormonal changes- melatonin (sleep – wake

cycle)- sleep deprivation!!!

YEAR 9 – A TESTING YEAR!

What can we do?• Be aware.• Engage in conversation (goals &

aspirations).• Emphasise routines.• Keep students active (mind &

body)• Monitor sleep patterns.• Monitor diet & nutrition.• Monitor/Regulate technology.• Be supportive in a firm and fair

way.

YEAR 9 – WHAT A YEAR!

Communication• Your son!!• Publications (Handbooks)• SEQTA / Email• Newsletter• Diary• Telephone• Face-to-Face• Parent/Student/Teacher

Interviews• Student Reports

INTERDEPENDENCEPartnership Between Home and

School

• Pastoral Care concerns should be directed to your son’s Pastoral Care Teacher as a starting point.

• Curriculum concerns should be directed to your son’s classroom teacher as a starting point.

INTERDEPENDENCEPartnership Between Home and

School

Leadership Opportunities

1. Year 9 Pastoral Care Group Council

3. Charity Committee4. Within our Pillars

Ballroom Dancing

• Term 2.• Every Thursday afternoon

3.30 – 4.30 beginning Week 2.• Students bused to Mercedes.• Then group splits into two

venues.– Mercedes College.– Gilkinson’s Dance Studio.

• Social in week 9, Thursday 18th June.

YEAR 9 PARENT EVENING

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