Mount Gravatt State High School

“Let us seek worthy things”

Year 7 Parent Evening

Welcome

Year 7 Families

Principal

Ross Robertson

Solid foundations and success for every studentBuilt on rigour and relationships

▪ High Expectations

▪ Teacher Quality

▪ Recognition of Individual Student Excellence

▪ Positive Role Models

High Expectations: Academic Performance

High Expectations: Academic Performance

Focus: Student learning progression, students achieving to their potential

Outcomes: Semester 2 2020Average Performance: 92% C or betterYear 7 : 94% C or BetterYear 12 ATAR:90+= 22.6 %= Top 10% in QLD75+= 67%= Top 25% in QLD62+=88.8% = Top 38 % in QLD QCE Attainment: 98%

Focus: Respect for Self, Others and School, Disruption free classrooms

Outcomes: Semester 2 2020

Average Performance: 98% C or better

Year 7: 99.4% C or better

High Expectations: Behaviour

Focus: Student working at learning at the level they are capable of or beyond

Outcomes: Semester 2 2020

Average Performance: 94.7% C or better

Year 7: 95.6% C or better

High Expectations: Effort

Focus: Building belonging and being part of a culture with uniform expectations strongly adhered too.

Outcomes

Public feedback:

“Your students always look great in their uniforms”.

“I chose your school because in public your students are always well mannered and wear their uniforms with pride.”

High Expectations: Dress and Presentation

Quality Teaching

Focus: Differentiated teaching supporting the learning progression of all students by responding to their individual learning needs

Outcomes

Professional learning in response to student learning needs through professional learning teams, faces on the data and a challenge of practice approach.

Focus: Students able to see, hear and interact with students demonstrating all of the above.

Year 12 Outcomes 2020

Academic Performance: 97% C or better

Year 11 Outcomes 2020

Behaviour: 99.4% C or better

Effort: 93.7 % C or better

2020 Leadership Nomination Response: Over 150 applications

Positive Role Models

Focus: Recognizing individual talents through our four pillars of Academic Performance

Culture

Sport

Community

Outcomes 2020

OP Parade Presentation Night

Celebration Parades Sports Breakfast

Junior School BBQ Plus Others

Ongoing year level parade recognition

Recognition

▪ Kathryn Birleson - President

▪ Meets on the third Wednesday of each month

▪ 7:00pm

▪ Admin Common Room, Administration Block

▪ Please check the latest newsletter for any variations to meeting times

Parents & Citizens’ Association

Deputy Principal Years 7 and 8

Fran Potts

Academic RigourWe teach from the Australian Curriculum, following the guidelines as set by QCAA

*TECH: 1 Semester – rotations of Design Technology and Digital Technology

ARTS: 1 Semester – rotations of Arts subjects including Music and Visual Arts

Success Team

▪ Know and target students

▪ Diagnostic testing – PAT R, PAT M, e-Write

▪ In class support – teacher aides

▪ Out of class support:✓ Work Help (I02, Mon – Fri 2nd Break in the RIRC)

Beyond Year 7 – Foundation classes, extension classes

Classroom Support

Assessment Planners

received Week 3link emailed

▪ Workload – Homework Policy✓ 5-7 hours per week on average✓ Special Provisions

▪ Reporting and feedback on student progress (Achievement, Effort, Behaviour)

✓ at least 2 written reports per year ✓ 2 parent-teacher interview evenings

✓ Week 3 Term 2 ✓ Week 2 Term 3

Learning Policies and Procedures

The Year 7 Team

Dean of Students

Year 7

Anthony Lollback

▪ Connectedness

▪ Welfare

▪ Engagement

▪ Events

Relationships

▪ Year 7 Class

▪ Form class in house groups

▪ Year 7 Dean of Students

▪ Year 7 Class Key Teacher

▪ Senior Mentors

▪ JS Leaders

▪ Junior Secondary Leaders

Connectedness

Key Teachers

Welfare Team

Di Glassington

Guidance Officer

Daniel Wilson

Guidance Officer

Lisa Davies

Youth Nurse

Barbara Carsons

Community Education Counsellor

Trevor Kaese

Youth Support Officer

Head of Department Junior Secondary

Judy Andrews

Attendance

▪ Have to be here

Academic Student Performance Review

▪ Following each reporting period

▪ 4 pillars of school life

▪ Academic, sporting, cultural, community

Engagement

Extra Curricular Opportunities

Junior Drama Club

High Resolves

WorkshopsAction ProjectsVideos for Change

Events

Head of DepartmentInformation Services

Dan Orth

Week 1

▪ Received laptops

▪ Introductory Lesson

Week 2

▪ Laptop Proficiency Certificate

▪ Volunteer Senior Mentors

& JS Leaders assist

▪ All students at Mt Gravatt High School are issued with a laptop

▪ The school provides an IT help desk for students where they can get support with IT problems before school, break times and after school

▪ Each student will use their laptop for 3 years i.e. 7 to 9 and 10 to 12

▪ Because of your support the laptop program here at Mt Gravatt allows teachers to prepare lessons and resources that take advantage of this technology

Laptop Program

▪ The school uses an electronic diary called “MyEDiary” for all students to access school notices, calendar events, timetable and other communication with their classroom teachers such as homework

▪ Parents/Guardians also have access to a parent portal in MyEDiary where you will be linked with your student. Here you will be able to access the school calendar of events and also see any homework that may be set by classroom teachers. You will also be able to receive notices from the school via MyEdiary.

My Ediary

Click on the blue “activate your account” button to get started

Click on the green “Yes, I am actually” button.

Type in a suitable password twice as shown here and then click on the green continue button.

Click on the green Yes button to make the association. You are now logged in and ready to use the MyEDiary parent portal.

Head of DepartmentHealth Sciences includingSport

Kyle Jones

Roles

Kyle Jones HoD Health Sciences

Paul Hobson Sport Coordinator – Interschool & District Sport

Mel Everingham Sport Coordinator – Elective & School Based Sport

WE ARE ALL LOCATED IN E5 (upstairs in E block)

▪ School sport – Tuesday afternoon

▪ Carnivals

▪ District sport

▪ Athlete Development Program

▪ Extra curricular opportunities

Opportunities

▪ Interschool sport – played against other schools

This season: touch, volleyball, team handball, futsal, cricket, basketball, mod-crosse

▪ Elective sport – bowling, ice skating, group fitness, rock climbing, sky zone, tennis, swimming, mini golf, dance, yoga

▪ School based – sport offered at school for those who do not do the above. Students rotate through a variety of sports.

Junior School Sport – Tuesday afternoons

▪ Swimming THIS FRIDAY - Hibiscus

▪ Cross Country Last Thursday of this term - Griffith / Toohey Forest

▪ Athletics Last Friday of Term 2 - School Oval

Students can qualify for District Carnivals from here

Carnivals

▪ Rotation of clusters throughout the year

▪ Mr Hobson relays information re trials and collection of nomination forms through eDiary and on Junior Assembly

▪ No forms = can not trial

District Sport

▪ Nominations by application only

▪ Run as an extra curricular program before and after school

▪ Specialist training and physical conditioning provided for those interested in improving their performance in their respective sport

▪ Involves training with a Strength & Conditioning Coach and Physiotherapist to identify weaknesses and improve performance

▪ EOI Forms from Mr Jones

Athlete Development Program

In addition to the aforementioned sporting opportunities the school is also involved in a number of other sporting competitions. These include:

▪ All Schools Touch

▪ Vicki Wilson Cup - Netball

▪ Q Cup – AFL

▪ Running Club

▪ Veto Cup – Soccer

▪ Team Handball

Extra Curricular Opportunities

“Let us seek worthy things”Mount Gravatt State High School

Thank you