Year 12

The Senior Drama Production – The Great Gatsby, is on this week. The Year 12 students involved – led by Emily Davis and Ella Baker in lead roles, with a great supporting cast: Zoe Gao, Amelia Armstrong (Drama Captain), Macy Tanner-Black, Eloise Ward, Christina Coffey (Arts Captain), Olivia Cassell and Ava Eshragi. Ellie Girard (Year 12) and Kristina Bitar (Year 12) set the scene as dancers and the following Year 12 students were excellent stage crew in their last senior production: Tiana Robinson (Stage Crew captain), Charlotte Priebbenow and Olivia Walker. The girls have put in many hours after school and on weekends and it showed in the quality of the production and the performances.

Parent teacher interviews took place this week and as I said to Year 12 in our year meeting this week, Year 12 teachers do value the opportunity to have conversations about your daughter’s learning. We have three weeks until the end of term and in our academic care sessions, David Posker-Hill and Marianna Carlino are working hard to tailor the experience to support the needs of Year 12.

Attendance is a key component of academic success and Year 12 were reminded this week about the requirements of the Senior Study Pass. All students are required at school by 9.10am each day and may sign out at 2.25pm if they do not have a scheduled class in 3b. Our duty of care requires all students to sign out at the Studies Office and if your daughter is attending an appointment, Studies Office needs to be notified by SMS or email on the morning of that day, for our compliance purposes. Year 12 attendance at Luminary, Chapel and Assembly is compulsory for all students.

Our careers program continues with a guest speaker program, organised by Jo Cilia, our Head of Futures and Pathways and VET Coordinator. Our image this week is of Old Girls Amy Hort (2011), a Surgical Fellow in the Western Sydney Health District, and Maekayla Tran (2017), an optometrist with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, speaking with Year 12 in the Whitley Room.

As winter sets in and end of term assessments add up, some students may be feeling the pressure more than usual. Please encourage your daughters to seek help from their teachers, check in with their Luminary or me if they need support. The Year 12 Luminary team is comprised of highly experienced teachers of senior students with lots of advice and support to share. As parents, you can also contact your daughter’s Luminary if you are concerned about wellbeing issues. Our counselling team are in the Wellbeing Centre and available by student or Head of Year referral. I am also available Monday to Friday on 02 8741 9736 or on sconnolly1@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au to discuss your daughter’s support.

MLC School Colour Run 2025

Registrations for this year’s Colour Run are now open. Please read more details about this event and pre-order a pack in this newsletter, and this link to register your daughter.

– Sharon Connolly
Head of Year 12