Year 12

Year 12 had a special guest on Thursday, organised by Elisa Scala, Head of Senior School – Academic. James Rivalin (Cranbrook 2024) gained first place in Advanced English in the 2024 HSC and spoke with the Year 12 cohort about his love of the subject and how to study for English. The presentation he gave was very well received by the girls. He discussed specific techniques on how to revise for English, prepare practice papers and analysing texts. It was very beneficial for all of the girls to hear from a peer who had been through the experience and achieved such great success.

Earlier this week, Andrew Taylor, Deputy Head of Senior School – Wellbeing and Lisa Williamson from our counselling team, conducted a workshop in our Academic Care session on ‘Dealing With Stress’. The session was adapted from the Macquarie University Centre for Emotional Health ‘Study Without Stress’ programme. Students learned about understanding stress – the causes, symptoms and role of the stress response, which types of stress are normal, and how to recognise the signs if students need to reach out and seek support.

As the assessment period gets closer, a reminder that students must sign in on Level 3 in their study periods using the QR codes provided. The After School Study Hub is also a supervised space that is becoming very popular.

Take care over the week and please get in touch if there is a wellbeing issue you would like to discuss about your daughter’s progress. All academic issues need to be addressed first to the classroom teacher, then the relevant Head of Faculty. Lists of relevant staff contacts can be found in the Parent Handbook on Omnia.

I am available Monday to Friday on 02 8741 9736 or sconnolly1@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au.

– Sharon Connolly
Head of Year 12