{"id":43732,"date":"2026-02-06T12:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=43732"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:52:41","slug":"year-8-270","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/year-8-270\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24986\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Claire-White_300x300-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Claire-White_300x300-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Claire-White_300x300-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Claire-White_300x300-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Claire-White_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Claire-White_300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>This week in Year 8 we had a large focus on being a safe and respectful digital citizen. The students were asked to read and sign their school diary cyber safety pledge and had a year group presentation with <strong>Marianna Carlino<\/strong> (Director of eLearning). Marianna spoke about \u2018How to Survive The Social Media Delay\u2019 and was insightful and informative. The Year 8\u2019s should have come away with plenty of ideas for support and assistance. This focus leads us to Safer Internet Day which is next <strong>Tuesday 10\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>February.<\/strong> For more information, please see the e-safety commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.esafety.gov.au%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ceditor%40mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au%7C93a1d0cb2f08480698f208de6471e976%7C297d50d8e5fd4f0b837b06f6611d7cf1%7C0%7C0%7C639058637577373340%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gnZmuxvt7ZzDCNe3nqQHWiGwMdvv3iQ%2BrT8xJuBwOpE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Next week, Year 8 will have an incursion with Prue Salter as a follow up to\u00a0the Study Skills sessions held in Year 7. We are hoping to\u00a0continue to\u00a0prioritise\u00a0organisation\u00a0and preparation\u00a0for assessments so this incursion will help to set Year 8 up for a successful year.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">I\u2019m looking forward to seeing you all at the Parent Welcome tonight and the Year 8 Parent Information night on Monday 6pm in Potts Hall.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43733\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43733 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-145x109.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-290x218.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/02\/IMG_3609.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Year 8 in their How to Survive the Social Media Delay presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:cwhite@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em>&#8211; Claire White<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Head of Year 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week in Year 8 we had a large focus on being a safe and respectful digital citizen. The students were asked to read and sign their school diary cyber safety pledge and had a year group presentation with Marianna Carlino (Director of eLearning). 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