Woodmans Hill scored first and second place in the competition, (earning $3000 in prizes for the school) and the boys will go on to represent Ballarat in the state final.
How fitting it was for the Premier to get the chance to listen to the team’s presentation that recently won the Thales Design Competition in conjunction with the Ballarat Tech School. At Woodmans Hill we have a clear commitment to STEM education and we know we have the capacity within our student body to produce the innovators, engineers and problem solvers of the future. Whilst we may be fortunate to have four fully refurbished science rooms, it is what we do in them that makes the difference. As I reflect on how our current Y12s have been well supported by their teachers as they enter trades or face the final VCE examinations, I know that the learning culture that we have created together has been an important part of this preparation. It is important that our students have access to the learning spaces and equipment that their peers across the state have access to.
Listening to them share their stories and the ambitions that they have for the future really struck home how important it is for us to have the best facilities for our students. Our student leaders spoke so passionately about the impact that this building has had on them and how much they appreciate a space in which they can study and interact with their peers. It was then onto our Senior Centre to show our visitors the first stage of what has been a far reaching building program. I was so proud of the learning culture that I observed, the support that students were giving each other and the growth that they were making.
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As a staff, we have focused a great deal of our professional learning on assessment and moderation and this is a further example of our teaching staff’s desire to improve practice. This semester, we have been trialling Fountas & Pinnell assessments to identify the level where we can best challenge our students. We are committed to supporting every child and we use research driven practice to meet each child at his or her point of need. Students come to Woodmans Hill at different stages of learning and some find reading and writing more of a challenge than their peers. The first stop on our tour was Learning Support where we were fortunate to sit in on a small Y7 group who were kicking goals with their literacy. Our belief is that all students can grow academically, socially and emotionally as long as they show respect, determination and excellence and they are provided with quality teaching and feedback. The Premier’s visit came as a big surprise, but it wasn’t difficult for us to be able to find some pretty exceptional things for him to see in order to gain a flavour of what Woodmans Hill Secondary College is all about.įirst and foremost, we are a community school serving the diverse needs of all our students and their families.
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It’s not every day that you get a visit from our Premier, Daniel Andrews, and our MPs, Michaela Settle and Juliana Addison… But it is every day that I get to walk around a school that is bursting with potential and full of amazing staff and students.
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