Goal Setting

All year 11 students recently completed a Goal Setting session with Elevate Education. One important piece of information Elevate shared with students was:

• The key to sustaining motivation is to have a clearly defined goal and top performing students have goals which contain the following two characteristics
  • firstly they were very precise, specifying an exact ATAR as opposed to more general statements such as aiming to “do well” or get in the “eighties”.
  • Secondly, the goals top students set tended to be written down.

Take the time this week to talk to your student about their goals. Help them to write down a clearly defined goal and post it somewhere for them to see it regularly. Once the goal is clearly defined, the next step is to develop the steps to help achieve this goal. As students progress through senior schooling they will have the opportunity to work with a number of staff to help them determine the steps they need in order to achieve their goals.

Senior Subjects

Senior schooling is an exciting time for Queensland students and an important step in preparing for their future. Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority has a large number of resources to support students in their senior subjects and understand the assessment processes. I encourage parents/carers to sit with the child and explore the following links to find out more information.

This section contains:

• links to subject syllabuses and teaching and assessment resources
• information about assessment and results
• information about the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)

Student Drivers and Passengers

During the senior years of schooling many of our students become drivers and start driving themselves to school. Whilst this is a significant and exciting time for our young people it is critical that we know who they are. 

Therefore, we request that if you have a student driver that you access the Student Driver Permission form and complete with your student and submit as soon as possible. This is to ensure the safety of your student.

It is also important that as parents/guardians you understand that we have a duty of care for all our students and that your son or daughter does not drive other students in their car without the prior appropriate permissions. Once again this is to protect the well-being of all of our students. If your child will be transporting other students, it is important that the Permission to be Transported by a Student Driver form is completed by all passengers and their parents/carers.

We would also like to remind all parents that students are not permitted to leave the school grounds without written permission from parents provided to the administration. It is not acceptable for students to leave the school grounds at any time during the day to get 'things' from their cars.

As a school we appreciate any support and reinforcement of these expectations from parents/guardians. Thank you for your ongoing support in this area.

If you have any questions about students driving, please contact Mr Todd Robson - Deputy Principal.