head of junior school - Somerville House

For health-related issues, the Health Centre Sisters can be contacted on 3248 9275. For notifying the MiddleSchool about student attendances, please ring Mrs Sally Togia (3248 9220) between 7.30 and 9.00am. Notesfrom parents informing the Middle School about their daughters’ late arrivals or early departures, must bepresented, wherever possible, to either Ms Julie Carroll-Keir (3248 9238) in D Block or Mrs Alana Walsh on 32489232 in Level 3 of VPAC.Further, all students’ teachers are listed in Parent Lounge with their email contact details. Therefore, parents canuse their password to log onto Parent Lounge and from there get a direct email link to particular teacher(s).Parents should also note the following for possible future reference:Head of Year 7 – Mrs Ros Prasad (3248 9231)Head of Year 8 – Mrs Kelly Murray (3248 9296)Head of Year 9 – Mrs Julie Brunckhorst (3248 9255)Homeroom Teachers:7A Ms Jessica McLean7B Mr Tony Johnson7C Ms Rae Kelly7D Mrs Hayley Haar7E Mrs Ros Prasad8A Mrs Helen Ait Oumeziane8B Ms Arita Petavrakis8C Mr Yogi Aseervatham8D Ms Nicki Silva8E Mrs Michelle Baker8F Mr Eric WiseTutors:9A Mrs Narelle Cooley9B Ms Catherine Willims9C Ms Kira Sampson9D Ms Alana Johnston9E Ms Philippa Comino9F Ms Lucienne CamenzuliMiddle School Information SessionsParents are encouraged to attend the Information Sessions which will be presented at various locations in theMiddle School on Wednesday 06 February from 5.45-6.45pm. This will also be an opportunity for parents to meettheir daughters’ Heads of Year, Chaplain and Homeroom Teachers/Tutors. More information will be provided in anemail to be sent to parents of Middle School students.Learning EnhancementNext week all Year 7 and Year 8 students and Year 9 new students will sit for a series of literacy and numeracytests. Their purpose is to assist teachers in assessing students’ abilities in key curriculum areas and to designlessons accordingly. The information also helps with the identification of talented students and this is useful forteachers in preparing extension activities. In addition, the responses help to identify students who may experiencelearning difficulties and would benefit from gaining extra assistance from the Learning Enhancement teachers,Mrs Brunckhorst and Ms Petavrakis (Literacy) and Mr Argyris (Numeracy). Parents will be contacted over thenext couple of weeks if their daughters are to be offered additional academic assistance in Term 1. This will alsoapply to continuing students who may have received additional support last year. Students’ progress is monitoredthroughout the year and discussions are held formally at regular Special Needs meetings.Middle School Support GroupAll Middle School parents are warmly invited to attend the Morning Tea and AGM to be held at the Water SportsFacility on Thursday 14 February commencing at 8.30am.Year 7 Camp: 20-22 FebruaryYear 7 students will be attending a compulsory camp at Kindilan, an outdoor education centre in the RedlandsShire. It has well-established facilities and experienced staff. The students will be engaged in a variety ofactivities, with the major objectives being to develop students’ skills in an outdoor environment and to build effectiveworking relationships between students, and between students and their teachers. Please note that departure toand arrival from the Camp this year will be from the Water Sports Facility at Yeronga.HEAD OF SENIOR SCHOOLMs G HarrisI extend a very warm welcome to all of our new families into the Senior School, in particular those families who arenew to Somerville House this year. It is also wonderful to welcome back our continuing students and their parentsfor all that the 2013 school year will bring.6