From the Deputy Principals – Academic (Acting)
Welcome to the 2023 Academic year! We hope you and your family had a restful festive season and that you are feeling energised about the year ahead. We are very proud of our student’s achievements in the 2022 HSC and look forward to ongoing excellence in our academic programs.
Curriculum Leadership Team Updates
We are committed to ensuring that our academic program is rigorous and future-focused. In order for us to continue supporting our staff and students achieve excellence, we organised our curriculum leadership roles differently.
- Jake Plaskett is now serving as Director of Academic Excellence (K-12) and looks after longitudinal data analysis, investigates trends in student achievement (internally and externally), facilitate curriculum design and academic operations (such as timetabling and reporting), and lead strategic intentions in the Academic Intelligence pillar.
- Natasha Stanfield is now serving as the Director of Studies (7-12) and looks after examinations, subject selection, manages NESA curriculum compliance and registration, oversees Illness Misadventure Applications (IMAs) in the secondary school, leads HSC Excellence and supervises the secondary school Study Skills continuum.
Additionally, both of us are sharing the Deputy Principal – Academics (K-12) role in an acting capacity until the college’s global recruitment process is concluded.
Announcement of a non-pupil day in Week 10 Term 1 for Secondary students
Learning Discussions for Years 7, 8, and 10 will take place during the evening of Tuesday 4 April and throughout the morning and afternoon of Wednesday 5 April. It is an expectation that students join these important three-way conversations alongside their parents/carers.
As such, please note that Wednesday 5 April 2023 will now become a non-pupil day in the Secondary School.
More information about the Learning Discussions will be released a couple weeks prior to the event.
Subject change/drop requests for Secondary students
In Years 8-10, students remain in their chosen class for two fortnightly cycles to honour the commitment they made during the subject selection process. From Monday Week 4, students can collect an Elective Subject Change Request in Years 8-10 Form from the curriculum office and have a conversation about their request. Relevant Heads of Learning Area and parent/carer signature(s) are required.
In Years 11-12, students must submit a Subject Drop/Change Request in Years 11-12 Form signed by parents/carers and the relevant Head of Learning Area to change a subject. They also need to take the form to the curriculum office and consult an academic mentor. For subject changes, Friday of Week 5 is the deadline for changes; however, students may drop a subject at any time throughout the year following the same process.
