15 May 2020
It would be fair to say that Week 1 of Phase 1 returning to school at The Jannali High School was extremely successful. Our students showed how enthusiastic they were to return to school by their overall attendance for the week being approximately 95%.
Our students worked hard on their allocated day despite the obvious challenges of being in large groups in different learning spaces around the school and trying to maintain physical distancing throughout the day.
Year 12 students responded well to their alternate structure that enabled them to be with their class teacher twice over the week. From next week, Year 12 are expected to attend on Friday as well as their allocated Monday and Wednesday. Updated Year 12 timetables will be posted on their Adviser’s Google Classroom.
This is our first step towards returning to normal school operations and face to face learning therefore we expect all students to attend on their allocated day next week.
Attendance at School
All students are expected to attend on their scheduled days. Parents are requested to notify the school by email in situations where their children cannot return to school due to COVID-19.
Year 12 students with study periods during Period 1 can arrive late and those with a study period during Period 6 can leave early but they must sign in and out at the Front Office. All other students too, are expected to be at school by 8:40am on their scheduled day.
· Monday – Year 11 and Year 12 are at school
· Tuesday – Year 8 are at school
· Wednesday – Year 10 and Year 12 are at school
· Thursday – Year 9 are at school
· Friday – Year 7 and Year 12 are at school
Uniform
Students in Years 7-10 are able to wear their school sport uniform on their scheduled day. It must be the full sport uniform otherwise students are required to wear their full school uniform.
Students in Years 11 and 12 are to wear their full school uniform on their scheduled days.
Despite the nice Autumn weather our rooms are becoming colder so it’s important that students have the correct school jumper/jacket as well.
Canteen
Our school canteen has decided that they are unable to be open from this coming week until such time as the school returns to full operation.
Continuation of Learning @ THJS Programs
Students will continue with their Google Classroom units of work both at home and at school during Phase 1 as outlined in the Continuation of Learning @ TJHS Programs for Weeks 1-5 of this term. These programs will be reviewed and updated as we progress through the different phases of returning students to school.
Students will need to ensure they bring their device each day, fully charged, along with other equipment such as workbooks and pens.
Semester 1 Reports
Year 11 and Year 12 Reports will be completed as per our usual timeframes and process, informed by their published assessment schedules.
The assessment schedules for Years 7-10 have been revised in light of COVID-19 and our learning from home arrangements. Semester 1 reports for these year groups will be informed by any formal assessments already conducted during Term 1, the degree and quality of work completed while learning from home based on teacher professional judgment.
Students’ overall performance will be judged against all relevant course outcomes addressed throughout Semester 1. The usual A-E Grades have been replaced with a rating scale of Achieved Outcome (AO) – Working Towards Outcome (WTO) – Not Achieved Outcome (NAO). Teacher comments explicitly address what students have achieved, what skills they have demonstrated and what they can do to improve over the remainder of the year.
Our Learning Profiles have an additional criteria linked to their level of engagement with learning from home.
2020 HSC
It is important that Year 12 students and their parents stay up to date with latest information and advice from NESA - NESA News. The 2020 HSC Exam Timetable has been published. Along with the already published changes to practical and performance exam dates, the written exams have been put back to commence on Tuesday 20 October 2020.
Thank you once again to all of our staff, students and parents for their ongoing support and understanding of our school as we work towards returning to usual operations over the weeks ahead.