My Education Day

On Monday 16^th August we had our fifth My Education Day for the year. Our My Ed Days are a very important part of our school programs and they provide an opportunity for students to have access to learning opportunities around career education and life planning in general including focussing on wellbeing. Grade 10’s spent a big part of their day completing their transition plans which are an important part of their next phase of education as they think about Year 11/12 and Grade 9 students had guests from industries to assist with a Speed Careers session. All grades had a fabulous day engaging in their activities which are meticulously and collaboratively planned by our staff teams to ensure the day is engaging and relevant to their focus.

NUC(Northern Urban Collective)  Taster Days and Year 11/12 Options  

Kings Meadows High School is an extension school, offering subjects for Year 11 and 12 students. In 2022, our scope will continue to include, CPC20211 - Certificate II in Construction Pathways (with a focus on bricklaying and tiling) as well as Level 2 English, Mathematics, ICT and Agricultural Enterprise (with a focus on viticulture). High schools from across the Northern Urban region have a range of offerings for students including:

• Agriculture pathways at Lilydale and Exeter High Schools
• Hospitality and Japanese at Prospect High School
• Aged Care and Disability support at Queechy High school
• Pharmacy at Riverside High School
• Big Picture Learning at Big Picture School
• English as Another Language at Brooks High School

These offerings are an opportunity for students to really focus on purposeful pathways and students can be dual enrolled in any of these programs and their host school or college.

We have students across the region undertaking some open days at the various sites to learn more about these Designed Learning Programs and how they may be an option for them. We will host students here at Kings Meadows on Friday and we have groups of students attending the Open Day sessions at other school sites.

Grade 3/4 Taster Day

On Monday 16^th August we hosted students and staff in Grade 3/4 from Longford Primary for their annual “Taster Day”. This is an opportunity for students to start to learn more about high school and is a very important part of our early transition programs run at Kings Meadows High School. Students had a fabulous day being supported by the Transition Leaders and staff undertaking activities in Science, Cooking and the Library. Thank you to all those involved in running sessions, our wonderful Transition Leaders and Mrs Wightman for co-ordinating the day.

'Write for Kings' Extension Transition Program

This is a new initiative for Kings Meadows High School this year to add to the transition activities we currently offer. Ms Furley has planned and co-ordinated this program on Canvas and invited all of our Connect 6 schools to nominate and send four students each to undertake a spaced program of extension creative writing. Students spent the day on Monday 16th working with our Senior Literacy Leaders on collaborative writing tasks. They were also able to enjoy some delicious treats made especially by our Catering department and Mr Pedersen. Thank you to Ms Furley and the Literacy Leaders for this wonderful initiative and I know all the students had a great time.

Ice Bucket Challenge

Many may have seen the fantastic photos published on our Facebook page last week of the Ice Bucket Challenge that the Student Leaders ran last Friday. Whilst I sadly missed the event due to an off-site meeting in Hobart, I know that a great (although cold) time was had by all raising a fabulous amount of money for this important cause. I believe that over $900.00 was raised by the students which was a fantastic effort. Well done to all involved and Mrs Elliott for co-ordinating.

Science Week

As the Science Team have been informing us through the daily news sheet last week, National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology and this year it ran from August 14th – 22nd.  

The school theme for National Science Week 2021 is Food: Different by Design. It honours the United Nations International Year of Fruits and Vegetables and the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. Science lessons during last week had the opportunity to experience activities based on this theme. Thank you to Mrs Casey and Ms Cooper and the Science Team for ensuring we had a focus on Science during this week – even including some connections through a Science themed music competition that was conducted.

Book Week Activities

This week is Book Week and our wonderful Library Technician, Mandy Ritchie has arranged a week of events to coincide with Book Week.

Monday 23rd – Trivia Quiz on books and authors (individuals or pairs).  

Tuesday 24th – Short story and poem readings with a special guest.

Wednesday 25th – Can you guess the title of the book before the timer runs out?  

Mandy will describe the plot of a well-known novel, guess the title and win a prize. 

Thursday 26th - Share the love! Bring in some fan art, fan fiction or your own original work, so we can sit down with a biscuit and share our love of books!   

School Satisfaction Survey 

2021 School Satisfaction Surveys

Each year the Department of Education conducts School Satisfaction Surveys in Tasmanian Government schools, to gain feedback on what you think our schools do well and where you think we may improve.

We encourage you to complete the survey about Kings Meadows High School. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school planning and decision-making.

You can complete the online survey at any time until Friday 17 September 2021.

    Survey link: https://ncv.microsoft.com/Uybrx6oQyB

All responses are anonymous and confidential with the survey carried out on a secure website.

Feedback is only accessible to the school principal and teachers and relevant Department of Education staff, in online summary report formats with no individuals or families identifiable.

For any assistance please contact Education Performance and Review by emailing: schoolsurveys@education.tas.gov.au.

Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey.

ABCDE Learning Site

Please see the link to the postcard that launches the next ABCDE (Asset Based Community Driven Effort) Learning Site – Kings Meadows Community.  We are very excited about being involved in this project with the Launceston City Council over the next 10 months and look forward to the opportunities that it will provide for us to connect even more with our local community.

Speak Up Stay Chatty

Our Grade 10 students have had the opportunity to engage with the team from Speak Up Stay Chatty over the last few weeks. This organisation provides a great presentation and materials for our students to engage with around the topic of mental health and wellbeing and supporting one another. I know that the Grade 10 Team are very impressed with the focus of our students and thank you to the team for arranging these presentations to our students.

Warm regards