Connect

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Connect sessions run twice a week for 25 minutes each. Students meet with the same group of students and adult each session, with a focus on building strong relationships with all members in the space. Cohort celebrations in this time assist in building connectedness with age-based peers. Various whole community activities are organised and ran by student’s community leaders within this time, focussing on building upon school culture, connectedness and values.

Sample activities on the Monday and Wednesday sessions are as follows:

  • Knowing who your supports are in the school

  • Understanding when/how to access support outside of school

  • Engaging in conversations around personal and group learning

  • Accessing/utilising the range of ICT platforms at the school to monitor personal growth

  • Reflection on personal learning data

  • Exploring mechanisms to positively affect learning growth

  • Dissemination of careers information

  • Setting personal ‘SMART’ goals, with ongoing reflecting upon progress towards reaching the goal

  • Focussing on growth mind set at a holistic level

  • Awareness of local and world events

  • Raising funds for various charities

  • Preparing/organising for upcoming whole school events

  • Student consultation/feedback sessions (hosted by Peter Ellis)

  • Leadership opportunities for students to run various classroom/cohort/whole school activities

  • Opportunities to explore the passion areas of others within the space

  • Building ‘work ready’ portfolios for job applications or further studies

  • Work with the ‘Expanded Measures of Success’ program to utilise experiences/extracurricular activities to respond to 21st Century based interview style questions