Celebrations

Retreat Day last Friday was a brilliant day out for Grade 9. The concept of the day was for the students to have fun, reconnect and enjoy build teamwork with their classmates. We started our day with a whole grade team activity. In Block 1 each home group had to design and make formal attire for a student out of newspaper. We had some very creative and innovative designs and the students got right into the challenge.  Marceline Bula and her design team of Jessica Homan and Bryce Stone were judged best formal outfit of the day. In blocks 2, 3 and 4 students had the opportunity to choose their activities. These ranged from more physical pursuits such as Sports Ed and The Amazing Race to quieter more calming activities of reading, knitting and artwork. All of our students enjoyed their time and it was great to see smiling faces and hear laughter coming from the grade block. The day culminated with a final home group challenge where each group was racing to be the first finished in a series of quizzes. The race was close between 9A, 9B and 9C and came down to the points gained in a logo guessing competition. Overall victory went to 9B and Mr Bent.  Congratulations on a great team effort!

Our leadership journey for our Grade 9 students is well underway. This week students completed their formal application for our leadership positions. The final day for submissions was Friday 7th August. The Grade 9 leadership team now have the task of reading these applications and ordering them for the next step in the leadership process. Our information newsletter we sent out earlier this year has details about timeframes, processes and election dates. We wish all of our Grade 9’s the best of luck in this process.

Grade Focus

Our focus for Grade 9 this term will be developing formal and informal leadership in all of our students.  We will be continuing to apply good learning behaviours and academic rigour, ensuring that deadlines are being met and that we have caught up on anything we are behind in.