Principal's Report
Dear Parents, Students and Friends of Prospect High School,
Relay for Life
On Saturday, 13th March and Sunday, 14th March the SLB participated in Relay for Life at St Leonards Athletic Centre. There were many laps completed over the two days. Thank you to the student leaders and staff who worked around their weekend commitments to make time for this very worthy cause. A BIG thank you to Mrs Carmen Slore and Mr Steve Andrews, for the time they dedicated to this event. Prospect High School can be very proud of the students who participated.
Swimming Carnival
Congratulations to staff and students on the successful swimming carnival held last week. The HPE team were very creative with organisation and were able to cater for many students and still adhere to Covid restrictions. Well done to participants and congratulations to Impara for winning. The day was a great mix of races and novelty events with good participation and fantastic encouragement from spectators. Congratulations to place getters and record breakers. There will be an acknowledgement of record breakers at the next whole school assembly. Many thanks to the HPE team, in particular, Mrs Carmen Slore for organising the day and to non-teaching and teaching teams for their help and support on the day.
Science and Engineering Challenge
Prospect High School was represented by a creative group of students who used their problem-solving skills and STEM knowledge to solve a range of challenges at the Science and Engineering Challenge at UTAS. Prospect High School did well on the bridge building competition and had many other successes. Congratulations to this team who were excellent ambassadors for Prospect High School. We came a very credible fourth position, the best place in recent times. Thank you to Mrs Matthews for organising students.
Northern Orienteering Championships
Last Friday Prospect High School entered the Northern Schools Orienteering Championships and finished with outstanding results being placed second in the Senior Division. Congratulations to Henry, Griffin, Logan, Georgia, Nikki, Chloe and Jollie (Junior division) and Zac, Zach, Jada, Emily, Zoe, Diesel, Summer, Rydar (Senior division) who were placed in the top 10 within their class/division. Congratulations to Riley who was placed first in his division, and best wishes for this coming weekend where he will be representing Prospect High School in the Tasmanian School Championships on Sunday at Oatlands.
Reports
Parents received interim reports on 19th March. These reports give parents/carers an indication of how their child/ren have begun the year. On the whole, students have begun very positively and have been producing excellent work. Thank you to the parents who attended parent-teacher yesterday. Conversations about reports were reflective and very valuable in assisting parents to understand how their children can improve in various subjects.
NAPLAN
This year NAPLAN testing for Grade 7 and 9 will be done online and held from the 11th to 24th May 2021. Students will use Prospect High School computers that have the necessary settings. In preparation, students will undertake a practice test next term. This will help students adjust to the new platform and become familiar with the types of questions that will be asked.
School Association
A reminder that the School Association AGM meeting will be held next Tuesday 30th April at 5.00pm in the meeting room. This is an opportunity for parents to gain an understanding of the running of Prospect High School and also have an input into decision making and hence a voice at the school. There are a number of office bearing positions available that will be decided upon. New members are welcome.
End of Term
The term is very quickly drawing to a close. I would like to remind parents that the term finishes on Thursday 11th April. The final day of Term 1, Thursday 1sttApril is a Student Free Day for Grades 7 to 10 students. Prospect High School staff will spend the day at various high schools working with teachers from 14 other high schools in the Northern region on moderation. Moderation of work samples is an important process that ensures teachers are aligning with what is taught in the Australian Curriculum and that there is consistency of judgement when assessing student work using the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.
Lee Barker (Mrs)
Principal
Mrs Lee Barker
Principal