Secondary News

In this week's Secondary News find out about how to help your child Learn Better and all the details of our Year 7 Immersion Day.

Learn Better

Speaking at Secondary Assembly this week I shared a clip from Jim Kwik, who shared some wisdom for our students on learning that I wanted to share with our broader school community. The key take-away and encouragement for our students and their learning was to ‘BE FAST’.

• B = Believe to learn something new we need to believe in ourselves that with effort and focus we can do it!

• E = Exercise, as our body moves our brain grooves, it is important for our students to have a regular routine of physical activity to help engage effectively in learning.

• F = Forget, remove the distractions, forget what you think you know and genuinely approach each new task or concept with a clear, fresh start.

• A = Active, be an active participant in the learning process, ask questions, take notes, take initiative to learn more.

• S = State, all learning is state dependant, our mindset matters and the state of mind we’re in when it comes to learning determines our effectiveness.

• T = Teach, when we learn something it benefits us even more if we get to teach it to someone else, whether that be a peer or family member, when we teach something we get to learn it twice.

For those who may like to listen to the talk, please see the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmlvpMXOiOQ

Year 7 Immersion Day

Next week (Week 3) we are looking forward to welcoming our new Year 7, 2023 class into Secondary for a day of fun as they experience a day in the life of high school. Students will meet many of our Secondary Team as well as be served lunch by our Year 10 Invictus students.

Details below:

Date: Thursday 27th October

Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Dress: Students are welcome to wear appropriate mufti/casual clothing for the day.

We are looking forward to another wonderful week ahead in Secondary.

Regards,

Mr. D. Weeks

Head of Secondary