Deputy Principal Report - 7, 9, 11

Strengthening the HSC Support Strategy

Our first wellbeing support morning tea was held on Thursday 5th March with both our Youth Worker Em Thompson and Chaplain Hannah Christopher invited as special guests.

Em spoke about the effects of stress on performance levels and provided a number of strategies to manage the demands of study and life balance to maximise personal wellbeing.

Students appreciated the catering provided by Ms Scheffler, Ms Ostle, Mrs Myers and the TAS team and will continue to be supported in the LIbrary with the Senior Study Tutor Ms Jess Schafer, the SPHERE with the Wellbeing team and through the practice of mindfulness run weekly in check in by Mrs Anna Wells. The Term 2 morning tea will consist of a Q & A panel of ex-HSC students who will share their different pathways and experiences.

Special Religious Education 

Year 7 students who nominated to attend special religious education classes have been attending a 30 minute class every week with Mrs Elizabeth Brown. Students attending this class do not miss out on normal curriculum programs during this time.

Some students who had not returned their permission letter with their enrolment form have joined the program since coming to Mount View. If you would like more information to consider how this fits with your own religious persuasion and make an informed choice, please request an information letter from Mrs Jeffery. If your child has not returned your preference then please communicate with office staff so that organisation can commence on this aspect of your child’s education.

You can find out more information on this on our website under Learning at our School/Religion and Ethics https://mountview-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/religion-and-ethics.html

Kate Bernard and

Charlie Wilson

Year 7 working on their artist study Jean-Michel Basquiat using oil pastels. Focus was on the elements of line, colour and texture.

Ayden Taylor

Sophie Shelton and

Sarah Olivey

Kennedy Tiernan and

Jess Pateman

Year 9

Isabella Rector –

Visual Arts

Year 9

Shona Bush-Wells –

Visual Arts

Year 11

Liam Browne –

Industrial Technology Timber

Tell Them From Me - Student Surveys

The Tell Them From Me student surveys will again be completed by students during Term 2 to provide us with insight into student engagement, wellbeing and effective teaching practices at our school, from the perspective of students. The survey is confidential and identifies trends within schools over time to better inform school priorities. The survey is regularly offered to our students, staff and parents.

The student survey will be conducted entirely online and should take most students 15 to 20 minutes on average to complete.

The survey asked students a range of questions related to the following:

Cessnock Chamber of Commerce Breakfast

The senior leaders recently attended the Cessnock Chamber of Commerce Breakfast featuring guest speaker Dr Paula Robinson. Paula is currently a registered, consulting Psychologist, speaker and Managing Director of the Positive Psychology Institute specialising in the science, application and integration of traditional Psychology and Positive Psychology. Paula has been a tremendous support in our Positive Education journey here at Mount View High School as we have embraced the Five Ways to Wellbeing. Paula also spoke with local boxing legend Troy O’Meley who recently won the Australian title in his weight division. He linked the '5 ways' to the sports psychology that he uses to focus in his training. It was an inspiring morning for staff and students.

School Leaders Rose Lucas, Georgia Bradley, Fei Fei Liu and Bohdan Thorley with Troy O’Meley