From the Deputies
Student-led Conferences
Next week, all parents and carers of students in Kindergarten to Year 5 will be able to join us on campus for our annual Student-led Conferences. We are so excited to welcome them into the classrooms for this significant event.
Student-led Conferences are one component of our formal reporting of student progress to parents, in addition to progress and semester reports, parent-teacher interviews and check-ins, plus the sharing of student workbooks. The responses from previous Student-led Conferences have been overwhelmingly positive, with parents noting how valuable this experience is to share with their child. It has been flagged in past years as one of the most important days in the year, with almost 100% attendance.
Students in the Junior School are empowered to share their work, talk about their achievements, explain their learning, answer questions and receive feedback on their efforts. This ‘one-on-one’ time between parents and children in the classroom is an extremely powerful opportunity. Parents and guardians are encouraged to provide support for their child, to be active listeners, to ask questions, to help students share their learning and to facilitate self-reflection and goal setting throughout the conference.
The important dates are:
| Tuesday, 12 September | Kindergarten 8:30 – 10:30am | Year 3 11:00 – 1:00 |
| Wednesday, 13 September | Year 1 8:30 – 10:30am | Year 4 11:00 – 1:00 |
| Thursday, 14 September | Year 2 8:30 – 10:30am | Year 5 11:00 – 1:00 |