The year started off with a bang and we already find ourselves halfway through Term 1! Having celebrated Fiesta and our special VCE Acknowledgement Assembly, we now look forward to completing the first wave of NAPLAN, as well as meeting students and families virtually to talk about their learning before Horizons Week and Easter.
This week, Year 7 and Year 9 parents will receive further communication via Siena Central regarding NAPLAN arrangements. Online NAPLAN Testing will occur on the following days:
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Student Learning Conferences will be held online via MS Teams. Students will be asked to reflect and share on their learning for each subject and identify learning goals and areas for improvement for the remainder of the semester. We kindly request that students attend the interviews.
To complete bookings, please log onto Siena Central Parent Zone and click on the Learning Conference Tile.
Learning Conversations are held over two dates:
Teachers will ‘call’ the student on their device at the scheduled appointment time, via Microsoft Teams. At this time, you will be able to participate in the conversation, sitting beside the student.
Please make bookings as soon as possible as some subjects fill up quickly.
To accommodate separated families, where a parent resides in a different location to the student, we kindly request that the parent that will be with the student, makes one set of bookings and sends the booking schedule and the email address for the parent that will not be with the student but wishes to participate, to bgower@siena.vic.edu.au.
Learning Conference slots are ten minutes apart, however, the conversation time is seven minutes, to allow transition between interviews. To ensure that we run on time, we kindly request that you strictly adhere to your time allocation in consideration of other parents and teaching staff.
Interim Reports will be available on Siena Central from 4.00pm on Thursday, 16 March and can be accessed via the student’s profile under the Academics Reports tab. Please access the report prior to the scheduled Learning Conversation, to discuss any areas of concern.
Please note the following procedures for students absent from assessment. Year 7 to 10 students are asked to submit a 'Change of Assessment Date' form. VCE students are asked to report their absence to Head of Senior Pathways, Michael Petrie. The form can be completed when a student returns to school (first lesson) or will be accepted via email whilst students are absent.
The ‘Application for Change of Assessment Date’ form can be accessed by students and parents on the Siena Central. The student needs to include:
Absence on the day of a test, presentation or performance must be fair to both the individual student and to all other students enrolled in the subject.
All students must meet the same performance standards and requirements of knowledge and skills required by other students. Consequently, tests, presentations and performances for which a student has been absent must be completed as soon as practicable, given the student’s length of absence. This will normally occur in the next lesson for Year 7 to 11 students.
Horizons Week provides the opportunity for cohort specific connection building, collaboration and experiential learning. A carefully considered and planned program tailored to the respective year levels has been created, in support of the learning and wellbeing of students. We kindly request your support in student attendance.
Monday, 3 April to Thursday, 6 April
Year 9 city based program provides students with opportunities to experience Melbourne in a new and transformational light, as they reflect upon the social injustices that exist within the Melbourne community and learn about the organisations who are operating to address these injustices
Tuesday, 4 April to Thursday, 6 April
Parents will receive notification for the different year levels in the coming weeks.
