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Middle School
Women in Stem Seminar - “Scientriffic Women”
On Friday, 13 May we were fortunate to host “Scientriffic Women’s Seminar’ a seminar specifically for female Cornerstone College students. The Women in Stem Seminar was organised by Brian Haddy from the Science Collective and was the first of its kind. The seminar was opened by Independent MP Rebekha Sharkie and featured six keys speakers from various science careers. Speakers on the day were Dr Steph Lamont-Friedrich: KPMG State Account Manager, Kris Messenger: Bugs n Slugs, Jess Shannon: Roboroos, Jen Pitman: National Parks Rangers, Elise Boultby: Australian Space Discovery Centre and Natalia Dworniczek: Nitro Nat. It was an inspiring and entertaining afternoon enjoyed by students and staff.
Jayne Symons Communications and Engagement Director
Cancellation of Arts Alive
We were sorry to cancel Arts Alive last week. Unfortunately, due to a number of staff and student absences, the event was unable to go ahead. We are disappointed for our students, staff and parents and thank them for their preparation and work towards this event. We look forward to welcoming you all for our Term 4, November 22, Arts Alive evening. Jacinta Smart ARTS Learning Area Leader
CANCELLED
At Cornerstone College, one of our Strategic Intentions is to ‘Empower Innovative Teaching and Contemporary Learning’. Keeping up with current best practice in education is vitally important if we are to prepare our students for life beyond school in a world that is changing at an ever-increasing rate. We are proud of the structures, pedagogies and methods of assessment that have been implemented at Cornerstone over the last 5 years, that are in line with what is considered best practice. We are also proud to have recently been recognised for our hard work in this area, by the leading Middle Schooling Association in Australia known as Adolescent Success, as one of only 6 schools throughout Australia and New Zealand to be awarded their Middle Years School of Excellence. https://adolescentsuccess.org.au/Recipients This award was based on the work done in the Middle School to:
• Implement a new structure at Year 8 that allows for Team
Teaching and a deliberate focus on the Capabilities • Establish a new Year 9 subject called Ignite, which uses
Inquiry Learning as its foundational pedagogy • Create and use Learning Progressions as an assessment method to highlight where students are at with their learning and their next steps of improvement. This is all down to the hard-working, creative thinking and brave educators we have here at Cornerstone, who recognise that we don’t innovate just for innovation’s sake, we innovate and implement to allow our students to be prepared for an uncertain future and create positive change in their world. Rhett Fielke Middle School Learning Leader
