{"id":44642,"date":"2026-03-27T11:32:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=44642"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:32:37","slug":"year-8-277","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/year-8-277\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24986 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Claire-White_300x300-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" 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: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Week 9 has been another busy week\u00a0for our Year 8 students as they\u00a0continue\u00a0to balance learning,\u00a0wellbeing\u00a0and end\u2011of\u2011term routines. Across the week, students completed several assessments, including Languages and Mathematics, and were encouraged to use effective study strategies to support their preparation and\u00a0organisation.\u00a0In Luminary, students engaged in independent, screen\u2011free study time\u00a0and\u00a0an end\u2011of\u2011term reflection.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">During our Year Meeting this week, Year 8 had a talk with Year 9 and the Acting Director of Studies \u2013 Year 7 to Year 10, <strong>Elizabeth Gilberthorpe,<\/strong> about Academic Honesty. I encourage you to speak with your child about the types of things covered in this session and her take aways. It was very valuable and productive.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Looking ahead to Week 10, Year 8 will engage in Big Sister\/Little Sister Easter Craft sessions, Communion and need to think about clearing out their lockers for the end of the term next <strong>Thursday 2 April 2026.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Have a lovely weekend, and please reach out to the Luminary or myself if you have any concerns.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cwhite@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em><strong>\u2013 Claire White<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nHead of Year 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 9 has been another busy week\u00a0for our Year 8 students as they\u00a0continue\u00a0to balance learning,\u00a0wellbeing\u00a0and end\u2011of\u2011term routines. Across the week, students completed several assessments, including Languages and Mathematics, and were encouraged to use effective study strategies to support their preparation and\u00a0organisation.\u00a0In Luminary, students engaged in independent, screen\u2011free study time\u00a0and\u00a0an end\u2011of\u2011term reflection. During our Year Meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[6],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-44642","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-senior-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/44642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=44642"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=44642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}