Hallo & 你好 once again from the Languages Team!
And it’s a warm welcome to Term 2 – the term that culminates with the highlight of the Languages year: The Year 8 cultural excursion on the 4th of July! More on that a little later…
Back before the holidays, on the 25th of March, Mooroolbark College welcomed many, many visitors to our Open Night. It was very encouraging to see so many curious parents and happy young visitors. This year the focus was on Chinese and the introduction of Coding to Year 8. Perhaps you’ll see yourself in one of the pictures!
If you missed out, you’ll have to make do with the photos of the event or safe in the knowledge that you’ll be able to enjoy the evening when it rolls around again with a few new features in 2026. See you then! Hopefully the waffles will be back then too!
It wouldn’t be school if we didn’t say something about student achievement! We reward our top achievers and those who make a genuine effort to participate to the best of their ability. Recently we were able to present Merit Certificates to students who completed excellent Title Pages in their German workbooks. Don’t 7ADEF look proud of their Coursework achievements? While we’re on the assessment front, we need to remind students and parents that Term 2 heralds the conclusion of the Semester’s assessment process where Coursework and CATs need to be submitted to a satisfactory standard to pass the subject. Please check your CAT results which are visible two weeks after the due date. We have had a number of staff sick recently and there may be some slight delays, but we will continue to update Compass as soon as possible. Please feel free to ask if a result is missing or if there is another issue.
As mentioned earlier, preparations are ongoing for the end of Term excursion as part of the Year 8 investigations of traditions, history and culture. Permission notes will appear very soon. Please be aware that there may be an increase on last year’s cost that is beyond our control and that all students will need a valid and charged Myki to travel.
More detailed information will be posted as it becomes available.
Jonas Bahlo
LANGUAGES KEY LEARNING HEAD
