Nick Jolly, Director of Academics / Deputy Head of Senior School
As we near the end of Term One, I am taking the opportunity to raise some points regarding School Reports. There are no changes for students in Year 11 and 12. That is, at the end of this term, parents can expect to receive the following:
Year 11 HSC : Full Report
Year 11 IB Diploma : Progress Report
Year 12 HSC: Full Report (Start Term 2)
Year 12 IB Diploma: Full Report (Start Term 2)
Parents of students in Years 7-10 will receive a Progress Report. However, please note that our Progress Report was only ever designed to offer a quick ‘snapshot’ of a student’s progress. The most comprehensive feedback is on offer on full semester reports and on Canvas through our Continuous Report. The Progress Report will now therefore only offer a snapshot of student attitude and effort via ticks against the best descriptors. As usual, it is from these ticks that the school determines its termly Head’s List of Outstanding Academic Attitude and Effort. To log in to Canvas, remember to use your school registered email: https://cranbrookau.instructure.com/login/canvas . The first time you log in you will be required to select Forgot password. You will then be sent a link to your email to create your own password. Please note the parent ‘how to’ guides found here : https://cranbrookau.instructure.com/courses/3277 . I will soon write separately to Year 7 families with more information regarding the Continuous Report.
For the first time this year, we will trial a Parent Teacher Interview Day for students in Years 7-11 (Year 12 students/families have two other separate opportunities for discussions). More information will follow in time, but please note for your diary that this day will occur on Friday June 7th from approximately 8am.
In Wednesdays Student Wellbeing Session, Year 12 HSC students enjoyed the opportunity to get an insight in to how HSC exam papers are set and marked, drawing on the vast experience we have on staff in this space. My thanks to our panel of Mr Harrison, Mr Henriques, Ms Munn, Ms O’Shea and Mr Benson for your time and expert insights. I am certain the students gained a great deal from the session.
Have a great week.
Nick Jolly
Director of Academics / Deputy Head of Senior School