Prospect High School
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30-32 Ralph Street
Prospect TAS 7250
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Email: prospect.high@decyp.tas.gov.au
Phone: 03 6344 4744

Principal's Report

Dear Parents/Guardians, Students and Friends of Prospect High School,

Transition

Our transition teams have been busy organising activities for students over the last couple of weeks to help familiarise students with new contexts in 2022. Grade 5 and 6 students from our feeder schools (West Launceston, Hagley, Glen Dhu, Bracknell, and Summerdale) have enjoyed taster days where they participated in a number of subjects. Grade 6 students enjoyed working together and solving problems with numeracy, literacy, science, foods, and HPE activities. Grade 8 students were excellent helpers and leaders on these days. Thank you to Mr Bergamin and Mr Poke for organising these engaging days. If parents wish to find out more about what we offer, please contact the school on 6344 4744. 

Grade 10 students have had the opportunity this week to visit Launceston and Newstead College and experience a number of subjects and become familiar with each school. In addition, students have been able to access information offered at other high schools in the Northern region in the Grade 11/12 space.

Prospect High School will be offering a Hands-On Hospitality - Food, Hospitality and Tourism Enterprise course in Grades 11 and 12. Qualifications in Hospitality and Tourism will be offered in combination with a number of other subjects, including Japanese and business, to cater for a wide range of interests and employment opportunities. In addition, we have formed partnerships with a number of local businesses, and we will be able to offer skills for work and vocational pathways.

Big Science Competition

Congratulations to students who demonstrated two of the DoE values, courage and aspiration, by taking part in the Big Science Competition (an Australia-wide competition) which was very challenging. Participation was high, as were results generally. Prospect High School students achieved excellent results, receiving 9 distinctions and 24 credits. Well done to students who participated in the competition and displayed excellent scientific knowledge and problem-solving skills. Certificates will be presented in a future assembly by representatives from the Australian Science Innovation who offered the competition. Thank you to the Science team for encouraging students to participate, and to Mrs Matthews for organising the competition.

Parent-Student-Teacher Conversations

Next week students will receive mid-year report which provides an Australian Curriculum rating on progress to date, an indication of their work habits with regards to effort, attitude, organisation and task completion, and attendance at school.

This year we are trialling a new approach to reporting which is in line with Departmental initiatives and puts into practice some of our learnings from the foundational quality teaching and learning work that we have been undertaking at Prospect High School since 2019. Of the various strategies we have developed is a culture of learning where “feedback is one of the most effective teaching and learning strategies that has an immediate impact on learning”.

Furthermore, guiding research shows that a strong and effective feedback culture is one in which both students and parents/guardians are involved in feedback conversations.

To guide and assist the parent-teacher-student conversations and ensure consistency of approach, we have compiled questions. You are encouraged to discuss these questions with your child prior to attending the parent-teacher-student conversation.

  1. What areas of this subject are going well for you?
  2. Which areas of this subject do you see as a future focus for you? What support and action do I need to help you with?
  3. What progress would you like to have made in this subject by the end of the year?
  4. Is there anything else you would like to discuss?

In Term 3, all parents/guardians will be invited with their child to attend a feedback conversation with their child’s teachers. Times have been set aside during weeks 1 and 2 of Term 3 during which appointments can be made for face-to-face, telephone, or online conversations to discuss the progress your child has made during the first semester, and the steps they can take to build on that learning for the remainder of the year.

We look forward to seeing you at parent-teacher-student conferences.

As this will be the final newsletter for the term, I would like to wish families all the best for the final week of term and holidays.

Mrs Lee Barker
Principal