Year 10

Year 10

Year 10 have settled in well this week after their return from the winter break. We have welcomed three new students this week, helped by their buddies from Abbeythorpe, Prescott and Churunga House. A buddy’s responsibility is very important in a successful transition to a new school. MLC School students are excellent buddies, and they help with a range of things to make life as easy as possible for the new student: helping with lockers, finding classrooms, doing a tour of the school, and providing the kind of information that only other students know about. They also sit with their new student and make sure they make friends and have someone to sit with at recess and lunch. Year 10 are always willing to help, and I never have trouble finding girls who are willing to step up and help their community.

NAIDOC Week is celebrated in luminary this week with activities devised by our Aboriginal Studies students and lead by the luminary team.

Next week, Year 10 will be looking at work experience in more detail, learn about Deep Fakes in a CyberSafety presentation by Marianna Carlino (our Director of eLearning) and hear their first presentation by a regular visitor to MLC School in the wellbeing space – Paul Dillon. Paul is a specialist drug and alcohol researcher and the director of DARTA (Drug and Alcohol Research Australia).

The link to his website is here.

His aim is to present Year 10 with detailed research and data on drugs and alcohol and present scenarios about issues they may face in real life. It is always an insightful and interesting presentation and is very popular with our students.

The Oxford Royale students returned on the weekend with many stories to share about their time in England, and their teachers and supervisors were so proud of their engagement and involvement in this special programme. In other Year 10 achievements, Zoe Marshall represented Australia in Turkey over the break as the youngest member of the Australian Underwater Hockey Team.

Chloe Oh (Year 10) has been shortlisted for a global essay prize from the John Locke Institute and the winner will be announced in October in London. You can read her reflection here.

Getaway Program Semester 2
 
The Getaway Space remains open in SC101 every day during lunch for students to access.
Additionally, during Semester 2, Academic Support will be offered two mornings per week.
 
Sessions will begin Tuesday 28th July and Wednesday 29th July and run for the remainder of the term. If you wish for your daughter to attend during Term 3, please contact the Learning Enhancement Department. 
 

Thanks for your support and engagement with parent teacher night and the subject selection process late last term. If you have any concerns about your daughter’s academic progress, your daughter’s class teacher is the best person to contact to discuss. For wellbeing and pastoral care issues, your daughter’s luminary and I are available to support your daughter’s wellbeing. I am available Monday to Friday on 02 8741 9736 or sconnolly1@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au for phone calls, on site meetings or on Teams.

– Sharon Connolly
Head of Year 10