Year 7/8 Core Studies Learner Conferences (ie Parent-Teacher Interviews) - Friday 30 August 2024

The second round of Year 7/8 Core Studies Learner Conferences will be conducted in the Waterford Centre from 8:30am to 3:00pm on Friday 30 August 2024 (Student Free Day - All Students). Interviews will be of ten minutes duration. The rooms the interviews will take place in on this day are below. 

Please note that Karen Lyons, Megan Munckton and Bree Broadhurst will not be available for this round of PT-Interviews.

Learner Conferences will open for parent bookings through Sia --> Parent Lounge --> PT Interviews at 8:00am on Friday 16 August and close at 3:00pm on Monday 26 August.

Please review the wealth of information about your child’s progress available on Sia before attending these interviews. Your child is encouraged to attend the interview with you.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Year 11 Exam Block (4-9 September) and Year 12 Mock Exam Block (2-13 September)

Attached is the Year 11 Exam Block Timetable (4-9 September) and the Year 12 Mock Exam Block Timetable (2-13 September). Students need only attend school for the exams they are to sit during this time, however, students who are behind in their schoolwork may be required to attend school to complete outstanding work. If this is required, these arrangements will be communicated by individual class teachers. 

Please remember that normal school rules regarding uniform, phones and behaviour continue through the exam block. These expectations are outlined in the attached documents.

We wish our students all the best with their studies.

Learning Attributes – Semester 2

Learning Attributes for Semester 2 will be published to parents throughout the week of Week 6 in Term 3 for all subjects occurring in Term 3. Publishing for all subjects will be complete by Friday 16 August.

As with Semester 1, each student will be awarded either a Consistently (4), Mostly (3), Sometimes (2), Rarely (1) or Never (0) in the following criteria:

• Organisation - punctual to class, correct equipment in good working order (academic only), laptop charged (academic only), record book present
• Application - actively engaged in learning/PC activities, appropriate use of technology (laptop, phone etc), homework complete (academic only)
• Presentation - uniform worn appropriately, follows school guidelines for hair, make-up, jewellery etc
• College Values - treats others with dignity and respect, displays a positive attitude, exhibits appropriate behaviour

This will appear on Sia Parent Dashboard under ‘Grades’.

and will appear as a mark out of 16.

More detailed information can be found by clicking on the ‘Learning Attributes’ link on the above screen.

After the initial feedback is published, teachers are able to update these criteria and re-publish them to parents at any time throughout the semester and add a comment if necessary. Parents are advised of updates via Notifications in Sia. In this way, reporting on your child’s application in class is ‘live’, improving the quality of feedback for parents.

Mr Brendan Maher
Assistant Principal - Administration
maherb@shalomcollege.com