WR 09/03/12 - OxleyLearning Home

LEARNING@OXLEY
Feedback and conversations about learning are a focus in 2012. In the past week we have seen evidence of this in both classroom,
staffroom and community events. Most informative is the feedback teachers continue to gather from their students about ways that
both student and teacher can improve the learning process.
Our Term 1 Student/Parent/Teacher sessions began during the last week with meetings for Year 12, Year 11 and Year 9. Other year
groups will continue in the remaining weeks of term.
Year 11 Study Periods
Our intention this year is that Year 11 students learn the skills necessary to become independent learners. Part of this process is that
they are supervised and guided in their study periods in Year 11. For this reason, large groups have been timetabled in classrooms,
with a teacher.
Year 12 Study Periods
In their final year, students are provided with a choice of study areas in study periods. They are not supervised by a teacher as
preparation for their transition to tertiary studies where the ability to be self-motivated, organised and on-task are vital. Students can
use a variety of rooms and outdoor areas in order to work. A re-design of the Library is currently underway and will be implemented
over the Easter break to make the existing space more flexible for learning. Students are also able to borrow ipads and networks as
well as use rooms with computers during their study time.
Upcoming Events:
Year 7 Student/Parent/Teacher Session: Wednesday 14 March from 4:00pm (email of codes Thursday 8 March)
Kathryn Cunich, Deputy Head Academic.
CAREERS NEWS—WOMEN IN SCIENCE
Women in Science
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Macquarie University will be featuring Young Tall Poppy Science Researchers and other
award winning female scientists for a series of lectures on TUESDAY MARCH 13 between 10.00am and 3.00pm at the university.
Please see Mrs Hanrahan for details.
Women in Engineering Days
Run by the University of Technology, GHD Engineering Consultancy and The Roads and Maritime Services NSW. These Engineering
Days will be held at UTS on Friday 27 April for Years 11 and 12 and Friday 17 August 2012 for Year 10 students.
These days allow students to find out first hand what Engineering and IT is all about and thediverse paths they lead to.
Sue Hanrahan, Careers Advisor.
YEAR 4 WORK IN SCIENCE
Recently Year 4 observed how minibeasts live and interact in a
microenvironment. Students had to describe where small creatures
were found, what other creatures were near them and how they
were using the environment they were in. The school grounds have
lots of different microenvironments, such as bushy gardens, trees,
water areas, rocky areas, grassed areas and the vegetable garden.
Year 4 are now working on creating individual murals that show the
creatures in a microenvironment, which will have “lift the flap”
labels to provide more information about each creature’s role in a
food chain.
K-6 ASSEMBLY MERIT AWARDS
Kindergarten: Fergus Lawson - “great reading in class”.
Year 1: Sophie Dunn - “excellence inside and outside the classroom”.
Year 2: Isabel Feetham - “for great concentration in all subjects.”
Year 3: Sophie Morrell - “excellent thinking skills”.
Year 4: Mackenzie Johnson - “being curious and attentive”.
Year 5: Bethany Grice - “resilience! Bouncing back when her first
attempt failed and getting it together on
her second attempt. Wonderful!”
Year 6: Jessica Deakin - “excellent work in the class and leadership
around the school”.
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K-6 Inter-House
Swimming
Carnival winners.