Yr 9 Parent Learning Group

Term 2

27th May 2014

Areas for Today

Mid Course ExaminationsPreparation, Study and ReviewCreating AwesomeScience, PDHPE and Social Science focusTechnology Safe and the Cyber ArenaProject Based Learning

Mid Course Examinations

Begin Monday 2nd JuneTimetable issued to all students by email

and is on websiteExams held in Hall supervised by class

teachers- 40 min Hist, Geog, Commerce, PASS,

Music- 80 min English, Maths, Science, Blackout period week 26 – 30 May

Preparation and Support

Study and revision need to be a constant journey!

Stay Up to Date Organised/Systems

Summarise Revise and Review

Help Your Children Learn – MHS Website

School Moodle- Practice Papers, Review Sheets

Discuss Notifications with Class Teachers

Refine, Update, Re-invent

Assessment Calendar on

Website

Constant, Ongoing Review

Success in Assignments

Defining the requirements of the assignment

Locating and selecting appropriate information from a variety of sources

Analysing and interpreting information

Planning and organising a task – building a framework, use a scaffold

Presenting work in an interesting and well constructed manner

Celebrating and Reviewing – look at the accomplishment after a job well done.

Some key skills to develop

An Approach That Works !

READ On the day you receive the assignment, just READ it

HIGHLIGHT Then HIGHLIGHT all the key words and instructions

DEFINE TASK IN YOUR

OWN WORDS

Re-read the highlighted words then DEFINE IN YOUR OWN WORDS

CHUNK Break down the large tasks into smaller more manageable CHUNKS

PLAN Create your PLAN OF ATTACK. Allocate blocks of time to complete each chunk of work in a planner

FEEL MORE CONFIDENT

Now you understand WHAT you need to do and you have a clear PLAN to get your work completed by the due date.

Creating Awesome

• The Yr Advisors Ms Cocking and Mr Donaldson have been working hard on fostering a “Year Identity”

• Regular Emails – keeping them up to date encouraging teamwork and cooperation

- Study groups,- Support person – be accountable- Yr Activities – pizza challenge, Karaoke

Competition, Random Acts of Kindness Wk 8• Becoming More Awesomehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o  

Opportunities

School Camp – Urban Challenge “ Problem Solving Odyssey” ; Oct 22nd -24th Notes and Information on Website (Recent Notes)

Leadership Passport

Website – Student Leadership; Careers Advisory

SRC

Don’t just wait – go out and seek!

Technology Safe!

What are they on?

When are they on?

How much do we know?

How can we help?

SMART PHONE TABLETS LAPTOP

Privacy Settings – check on them as they change and need updating

It is all Public – Billions have access

Friends of Friends – approximately 250,000

Friends – those you have met in person and keep contact with on a regular basis (it is not a competition)

KIK- 17+- Messaging Service- Anyone can look you up!- Know how to “block” and “ignore”

Tumblr- Anonymus- Social Media - Posts, Images, Messages

Instagram- All about “pictures”- Can add captions, text- Settings on Private

SnapChat- Picture Messaging “Hyped Up”- Thing their Messages are Deleted!- THEY ARE NOT!!- Lots of ways pictures can be copied, saved, resurrected!

Things to Watch Out For!

Quick screen closures

Promote technology in Shared Space

Can we talk in private (Go Private)

It is illegal for an adult to even make contact with a person under the age of 16

Watch for grooming – common questions (personal)

EMPHASISE RESPONSIBLE USE

Digital Footprint / Profile follows us

Illegal transmission of inappropriate images

Once it is deleted, it isn’t deleted

Block, shut out, defriend

Think before you post

Police Liaison