GRADE 10 REPORT:
Celebrations
Week 6 already!! The days and weeks are flying by! Week 5 started with another of our successful My Education Days. For Grade 10’s this day centred around completing and finalising their Transition Plans. These plans are an important document which must be completed by all Year 10 students. Students who missed these sessions will need to catch up over the coming weeks to ensure their plan is completed and submitted on time.
Last week some of our students were given the opportunity to be involved in the Speak up, Stay ChatTY Program. This program is centred around mental health and supporting our students in this space. The topics of conversation in the sessions involved information on looking after your own and others mental health, just as you do your physical health. These sessions can be sensitive in nature, so we are ensuring our students are well supported by having our school social worker, psychologist, and nurse in attendance. Our sessions last week were conducted by Issy and Rach from Speak up Stay ChatTY. Their sessions were vibrant, informative, and very useful for our students. Feedback from students who attended these sessions was a resounding positive and each participant came away with a goodie bag full of important information and gifts. We would like to thank Issy and Rach for their session last week and we are really looking forward to the sessions next week with the rest of our students. Any further information parents or students may need about this program can be sought by contacting Mrs Elliott or Mrs Pel.
This term we will be holding some extra college transition sessions for 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 continues to 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 are continuing with their 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 a Dance Unit, with guest dance presenters scheduled to join our classes in the coming weeks. In Health lessons we are undertaking work based around sexual health and relationships. Mathematics classes have out students working on nonlinear relationships and trigonometry.
In addition to our regular classes Grade 10 students will also be completing Grade 10 Exams in Term 3. These will be conducted during week 8 of term starting on Monday the 6th September. The timetable below outlines times and days of each exam. Exams are conducted for each of our core subjects; English, HaSS, Mathematics, Science and HPE.
| WEEK | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
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Science Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C English Exam - 10D, 10E |
English Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C Maths Exam - 10D, 10E |
HaSS Exam - 10D, 10E HPE Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C |
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| 2 |
Science Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C English Exam - 10D, 10E |
English Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C Maths Exam - 10D, 10E |
HaSS Exam - 10D, 10E HPE Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C |
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| 3 |
HPE Exam - 10D, 10E HaSS Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C |
Maths Exam - 10A, 10B,10C Science Exam - 10D, 10E |
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| 4 |
HPE Exam - 10D, 10E HaSS Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C |
Maths Exam - 10A, 10B, 10C Science Exam - 10D, 10E |
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Our student leaders held an MND fundraiser on 20th August. This involved an Ice bucket challenge. Congratulations to all students who braved the cold and raised money for a very worthy cause. Photos from this event can be viewed on the school Facebook page.
As we are heading towards the end of this year, we have many and varied events coming up. If parents or students have any queries regarding anything please do not hesitate to contact your child’s Home Group Teacher, 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. We will also be placing focus on preparing our students for Exams.