Dean of Studies | Mr Mason Hellyer

Academic leadership

Each fortnight, the College Leadership Team meets with the Years 11 and 12 cohorts to discuss a wide range of topics regarding their progress through the year. At the Year 11 assembly, the concept of leadership of self was examined from a variety of angles. Mr Charles Brauer used examples of Old Boys who have gone on to work in the service space and their journey from Year 11 student to social entrepreneur. From an academic viewpoint, in order for the 2020 Seniors to become academic leaders of the school, they need to first ‘lead’ themselves. Consequently, my challenge to Year 11, and therefore to the whole student body is this:

• Are you working every day to be the best student you can be?
• Are you present in class?
• Are you an active learner?
• Do you seek out assistance when required?
• Are you taking advantage of the wonderful opportunities that Terrace has to offer – academic, service, co-curricular, leadership, interpersonal?

Exams

At this point of the term, assignments are due and exam timetables will be released next week. It is important that students continue to work hard during this period in order to ensure that they are well placed moving into exam block. Revision for exam subjects should be occurring, and the accessing of staff, peer and old boy tutoring is to be encouraged.

Subject selection

Years 9 and 10 students will have made selections regarding their choice for History/Geography for Semester 2. If this has not occurred, please contact the Waterford Office (Year 10) or Studies Office (Year 9). Additionally, Year 8 students have made their Semester 2 choice for Performing Arts, choosing either Visual Art, Drama or Music. Confirmation of subject selections and class allocations will occur shortly, with changes reflected in Term 3 timetables.

Enterprise network

At assembly on Tuesday, we had the opportunity to congratulate the achievements of the Terrace Enterprise Network. Six Terrace teams entered the QUT Gen[In] Challenge, open to students aged 14-24, which requires teams to solve problems with innovative ideas. Two of our six Terrace teams progressed to the finals, which required a live five minute pitch to a team of three panellists. I am delighted to announce that both of these teams achieved runners-up in their categories: Team Beach Lingo – Dominic Cleary (Year 10) and Connor McGrath (Year 10) and Team Tuta – Jayden Jap (Year 9) and Zachary Thompson (Year 10). Congratulations to all who participated and especially Ms Natalie Berndt for her coordination of the Enterprise Network.