{"id":2628,"date":"2021-03-22T09:39:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T23:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2628"},"modified":"2021-03-22T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T23:39:19","slug":"deputy-principal-academic-12","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/article\/deputy-principal-academic-12\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPUTY PRINCIPAL &#8211; ACADEMIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2269 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/08\/Headshots-7887-320x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/08\/Headshots-7887-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/08\/Headshots-7887-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>At this point in the term, your daughter will have received assessment tasks for a number of her subjects and possibly some upcoming examinations. You can encourage and support her to prepare for these assessment items by ensuring she has a regular routine and study habits.<\/p>\n<h4>EFFECTIVE STUDY HABITS<\/h4>\n<p>Most students benefit from multiple opportunities to learn and retain new ideas, particularly if this occurs over a period of time. Students should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep a list of things to accomplish during studying time;<\/li>\n<li>Read the assigned work (revise the work covered that day or read ahead to prepare for the next lesson);<\/li>\n<li>Utilise the College Learning Hub to review resources for each subject;<\/li>\n<li>Create vivid mental images to aid learning;<\/li>\n<li>Memorise the material through repetition;<\/li>\n<li>Self-verbalise the steps to complete a given task;<\/li>\n<li>Use chapter review questions to self-test;<\/li>\n<li>Make a plan (outline) before beginning an assessment task;<\/li>\n<li>Seek feedback from the teacher and talk to the teacher about what she knows and where her knowledge gaps are (teacher feedback from assigned tasks and exams will also help);<\/li>\n<li>Act on written and verbal feedback provided;<\/li>\n<li>Check both drafts and good copies carefully and deliberately before handing in an assignment;<\/li>\n<li>Once assessment is returned, review the items missed, including questions that were guessed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students are always encouraged to regularly communicate with their subject teachers if they have any questions or concerns about subject content or the requirements of upcoming assessment tasks.<\/p>\n<h4>SENIOR STUDIES INFORMATION EVENING<\/h4>\n<p>Parents\/Guardians and Students in Years 10 and 11 were invited to attend the Senior Studies Information Evening on Tuesday, 23 February. This presentation is now available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/learninghub.stpatscollege.qld.edu.au\/homepage\/5136\">Learning Hub<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Further resources are also available on the hub that will support your daughter as she enters the senior phase of schooling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this point in the term, your daughter will have received assessment tasks for a number of her subjects and possibly some upcoming examinations. You can encourage and support her to prepare for these assessment items by ensuring she has a regular routine and study habits. EFFECTIVE STUDY HABITS Most students benefit from multiple opportunities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2628","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=2628"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=2628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}