Welcome to the last blog for this term which has certainly been a busy and productive one for our students and teachers.
It is also International Women’s Day - so let’s celebrate all the amazing women that we know! https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ Last week we were entertained by wonderful music from the IB DP students at the Esplanade Library, congratulations to all of the students who played and sung beautifully. We have had a busy two weeks of Language Acquisition examinations for all of our students in all four components; listening, speaking, writing and reading, Well done to the students who conducted themselves so well throughout the weeks. Our Grade 12 students continue to receive offers from Universities from across the globe. These offers are from the UK: Edinburgh, Warwick, King’s College, Brunel, Manchester, Durham, Cardiff, Birmingham, Swansea, Reading, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Chester, Roehampton, Huddersfield, Plymouth, Southampton, Sheffield, University of the Arts, London. In Holland: University of Amsterdam, Groningen, Erasmus and in the USA Drexel and Hult. In Japan: Okayama and from China/HK: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, HKU, HKUST. In Australia: University of New South Wales. We expect more offers to arrive over the coming weeks. This is extremely inspiring and a fantastic achievement for our students. We return after our Spring break on Monday 1st April and look forward to the PTA Family Fun Evening on Friday 5th April at our Paterson campus from 4pm. Our Grade 9 Design students are busy creating recycled outfits using a range of recycled material. All will be displayed at our upcoming MYP Arts Show on 2nd May. Our Grade 10 and Grade 12 students have been busy this week completing their final oral examinations for the IB DP Language B and IB MYP Language Acquisition classes. The students conducted themselves well; arriving on time and giving their best. We also completed our three-way conferences where many parents/guardians and students took advantage to meet the teachers and find out how well they are progressing in the subject and the focus for the rest of the semester.
Mid-Semester Report Cards This year we have changed our Mid-Semester report cards for our examination classes: Grade 10 and Grade 12. These students will now receive a comment that indicates a key focus to develop in preparation for the final examinations in May for each of their subjects. This additional feedback for our students in each subject will help support them as they prepare their revision schedules in the coming weeks for their examinations. PTA Family Fun Fair Our Family Fun Fair will be on Friday, 5 April, 4-8pm at Paterson Campus. The PTA will have carnival games, a wide variety of food and drinks, entertainment, vendors and a SILENT AUCTION. For the SILENT AUCTION the PTA are asking for donations that can be used to auction; meal vouchers, spa vouchers, paintings, vases, jewellery, hairdresser vouchers…..anything that can be auctioned for charity. Please dig deep and bring/send any items to school as soon as possible. Please bring in the items by 15 March and email the PTA where to pick them up. ([email protected]) |
Christopher Hayward: High School Principal
Fiona Edwards: High School Assistant Principal
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