From the Senior School
From the Head of Senior School
As I noted in last week’s newsletter, it was an absolute joy to see so many Year 12 parents at our Information Night last week and have the opportunity to chat to many of you. The Compass Teachers and Senior School team really enjoyed catching up in person again and returning to normal communications.
I am aware that some of you were unable to attend in person, so please find the video below:
Responding to feedback
As the newsletter is published, the Year 12 students will be finishing their first round of assessment tasks and receiving feedback. While there may be some excitement, pride or disappointment upon receiving their results, it is really important that students look to the feedback for ways to improve.
Please remind your daughter to check in with her teacher if she does not understand her feedback or would like further support. If your daughter is disappointed, an initial emotional response can be understandable but doesn’t help in moving forward with clarity on how to improve.
Remind your daughter that the mark is not the essential point of focus, instead ask her about the feedback she has received. It is also useful to help your daughter reflect on the strategies she used in preparing for the task – eg were all aspects of the task covered, did she leave sufficient time for preparation and review? Remember too that feedback can look different in different subjects – there is generally some written feedback, some verbal feedback and some time for personal reflection. Engaging in this will help improve preparation for the next task. A good sense of perspective can also be very helpful.
From the Heads of Year 12
Last week’s year assembly saw the year group recognise and honor several students who have been involved in the Smith Family Student2Student reading program.
Odessa Girdis, Jemima Burney, Emma Lau, Ning Ning Jin, Grace Li and Serena Leung were awarded certificates for their involvement in the program that required them to assist and read to a younger period over a one year period.
Serena reflected that:
“I chose to do the Student2Student Reading Program because I was interested in being a buddy to another student who has having trouble in reading. I thought it was a nice way to support other students. What I enjoyed about this program was seeing the progress of my reader. We built a strong friendship during the process, which helped my them feel more confident in reading challenging books. I always looked forward to reading with her because she had a positive attitude towards learning and was engaging with me. The program taught me patience and communication skills towards younger children. I loved the experience of this program and enjoyed helping another student.”
Grace also noted that:
“I joined student to student because it seemed one of those simple things you can do that just helps another – I thought to myself “why not?”.
Watching my ‘student’, Mohammad, improve was both motivating and heartwarming. What I loved most was seeing his vocabulary bit by bit expand – a word he would stumble on before he said easily the next session, and in our four months, he moved up from level 9 to level 26 on the S2S scale – a very hard worker!
Mohammad was highly ready and resilient and always showed up to the rescheduled times.”
