Parent Information Parent Information EveningEvening

Middle SchoolMiddle School

Thursday 7 February 2008

Middle School Procedures

• Diaries

• Uniform

• Form classes and Form teachers

• Specialist Lessons

• Absentees

• Behavior Management

Middle School Timetable

• 7 x 45 minute periods• Form and Subject Teachers• Form time - last 15 mins (2:45 - 3:00pm)• Pastoral Lessons - 3 Mornings per week• Chapel and Assembly + Middle school

time

Middle School Staffing• Mr. Hamish Pike - Team Leader Middle School /

Sports Master / WHSO (PE)• Mr. Bob Nicholson - Team leader Yr 4-6 + Yr 7

Form Teacher (English + Maths + SOSE)• Miss Melissa Heirdsfield - Year 8 Form Teacher

(Drama, English + SOSE)• Miss Sarah Smith - Yr 9 Form Teacher (Japanese +

SOSE)• Dr Brett Sawyer - Yr 10 Form Teacher (Science and

Mathematics) • Mrs Diana Patchett – Assistant Principal (Yr 8

Mathematics and Science)

Aims of the Middle School• Develop a pastoral relationship with Form

Teacher• Facilitate personal reflection and introspection• Encourage personal development

Other MBBC Opportunities

• Co-curricular activities• Camps and excursions• Leos, Debating, Friends of the Nature Refuge

Behaviour Management

• To support the development of personal responsibility, organisation and socially acceptable behaviour

• Consequence Chart (Student Diary and Parent Handbook)

• Positive Signatures

• House Points

• Award cards

• Reminder Signatures

• Detention

Term One Focus:

Homework, Uniform, Courtesy

How can you help?• Routine

• Regular check of Student Diary

• Encouragement and support• Be involved (P&F, Class Rep, College events,

Friends of the Nature Refuge)

• Be informed (newsletter)

• First point of contact Form Teacher

• If further action – Consult parent inquiry chart

MATHLETICS

• Your son’s subscription to this programme is a 24hour/7day subscription. Therefore the boys can access Mathletics at home and earn points toward certificates. Teachers will be able to check what they have worked on in their own time.

Homework

As per Student Diary

• Year 7 – 9 will be expected to complete between 40 and 75 minutes of homework per night

• Homework is issued on a nightly / weekly basis

Year 7

KLA Term One Term Two

English Constructing Narratives Novel Study – “Holes”

SOSE Monster Storms/ Weather Eco Housing

Science Monster Storms/ Myth Busters

Mathematics Number, Measurement and Space

Number, Chance and Data, Pre-Algebra

Year 8KLA Term One Term Two

English Making the News Mythology/Short Stories

SOSE World War I Ancient Civilisations

Science Dry Ice Our Body the Machine (Biology and Nutrition)

Mathematics Whole Numbers

Shape and Line

Location, Direction and Movement. Common Fractions. Decimal Fractions

Year 9KLA Term One Term Two

English Gender and Stereotypes

Romeo and Juliet

SOSE Human Rights/ Crusades

Aboriginal Studies

Science Lord of the Weeds/ Nature Refuge

Push, Pull, Collide (Intro Physics)

Mathematics Financial Decisions

Indices

Length, Area and Volume. Expanding and Factorising. Investigating Data

Library

• Open during lunchtimes– There will be a quiet area for silent work

• 3pm to 4pm Tuesday – Friday– Research, assignment preparation,

homework, borrowing and reading– Not child-minding

Camps

• Middle School Moreton Island Camp – Week 9, Term 3 – Fishing, swimming, snorkelling, 4WD

touring, orienteering, sand tobogganing, climbing sand dunes, games, living together, washing up, and many more exciting experiences

– Extension program for Year 9

Personal Development

Focus is different in each Year level

• Yr 7 – Personal Hygiene• Yr 8 – Nutrition• Yr 9 – Drug Education• All Grades – Personal Development and

Human Development

Representative Sport

• Boys can represent MBBC at District, Met East and State Level

• Yr 7 is still Primary (Wynnum and Lytton District)

• Yr 8, 9 is Secondary School (Gateway District and Metropolitan East)

• All representative sports are by nomination through Sports Coordinator (MBBC)

Parent Involvement• Class Parent Representative

– Point of contact between class parents and P&F, teachers, other parents

– Mobilisation and organisation and of support for special activities such as Carnival Day, night and other social activities

• Support-a-Reader (from 30 mins/week)

– Support readers from Years 1 – 10– Training provided – Wed 13 Feb 3pm

The Secret to Success…

• Hard Work• Perseverance• RESILIENCE!!• Dedication• The will to succeed• Always giving of

your best• Setting Goals

Year 7Bob Nicholson nicholsonb@mbbc.qld.edu.au

Year 8 Mel Heirdsfield heirdsfieldm@mbbc.qld.edu.au

Year 9 Sarah Smith smiths@mbbc.qld.edu.au

Year 10 / Science and MathsBrett Sawyer sawyerb@mbbc.qld.edu.au

Team LeaderHamish Pike pikeh@mbbc.qld.edu.au

Assistant Principal / Deputy Principal (Curriculum)Diana Patchett patchettd@mbbc.qld.edu.auMarie Perry perrym@mbbc.qld.edu.au

Thank you

We welcome you all to introduce yourself to your son’s Form Teacher now and so we will head off to individual classrooms for the next 15 minutes.