Celebrations

Term 3 is going to be a very busy one for our Grade 10’s.  This week we met with students and gave out the Grade 10 Agreement Letter. This Agreement Letter is to be signed by all parents or guardians and by our students. This Agreement is a contract between the school and the Grade 10 students based around behaviour expectations, academic rigour, uniform and attendance. We are hoping that our Grade 10’s will use this opportunity to complete their last two terms at KMHS in the most productive and positive way. Throughout Term 3 our students will be given the opportunity to be involved in two additional programs. 'Speak up, Stay Chatty' are pencilled in to run a program with our students in the middle of the term. This will be centred around mental health and supporting our students in this space. We have also secured another health program called ‘Love Bites’ which will be run by the school support team at our school. This will involve extra information and support around relationships and sexual health. We are really looking forward to involving our students in both programs.

This term we will be holding some extra college transition sessions for any students who either missed our college transitions days or would like some more information. These sessions will be informal sessions and will be open to anyone who seeks interest. If parents wish to gain more information about what each college offers, both colleges have websites with videos, course selection guides and information about their campuses. The Newstead College website link is https://newsteadcollege.education.tas.edu.au/ and Launceston College’s link is https://launcestoncollege.education.tas.edu.au/

Academically, Term 3 will be a very busy one for Grade 10’s. Students will have the opportunity to make progress in their subjects from their reporting feedback and consolidate their learning opportunities within their subjects. In English students will be completing a novel study on “This Is How We Change The Ending” by Vicki Wakefield. In Science our students will be are completing a module on Chemistry. HaSS students are continuing with their study on the World War 2. In HPE practical lessons students are completing an Inclusive Sports Unit and then moving onto Dance. In Health lessons we are undertaking work based around sexual health and relationships.  Mathematics classes have out students working on nonlinear relationships and trigonometry.

Our student leaders hosted our final school celebration assembly on the last day of Term 2. In this assembly we celebrated the success of students who gained academic excellence on their mid-year reports.  Congratulations to the following students for an outstanding set of reports.

Jasmine Jones, Lachlan Kingshott, Lincoln Newman–Beams, Jayden Eldershaw, Henry McMahon, Nina Hizzard, Zaide Simmons, Ella Fullbrook, Kiara Eamens, Ashtyn Peters, Millie Smith, Thomas Hawkins, Erika Kirk, Jessica Homan, Bree Lavelle and Taylah Weldon. 

During this final assembly our True Blue award winner for Term 2 was also announced. Congratulations to Frances Day on a great first half of the year and for winning this prestigious award.

As we are heading towards the end of this year, we have many and varied events coming up. If parents or student have any queries regarding anything please do not hesitate to contact your child’s Home GroupTeacher, Mrs Pel (Grade 10 Leader) or Mrs Elliott (Grade 10 AST) via email or phone the school on 6343 1000.

Email contacts for our Grade 10 Team: 

10A – Ms Karen Furley  karen.furley@education.tas.gov.au

10B – Mr Mick Bent mick.bent@education.tas.gov.au

10C – Mr Andrew McLean andrew.mclean@education.tas.gov.au

10D – Mr Solomon Walker-Bowd  solomon.walker-bowd@education.tas.gov.au

10E – Mrs Katie Mathews – katie.mathews@education.tas.gov.au

Grade 10 Leader – Mrs Megan Pel megan.pel@education.tas.gov.au

Grade 10 AST – Mrs Coleen Elliott coleen.elliott@education.tas.gov.au

Grade Focus

Our Grade focus this term will be preparing for the transition from Grade 10 to further education.

We will be setting ourselves goals that challenge us and establishing good learning behaviours and academic rigour in all classes.