Middle School Update

Last week Mr Shirley and Ms Schorer presented an information session at the national Middle Years Schooling Conference in Queensland. They were invited to speak on the interdisciplinary units of work we call iLearn. Your sons will have talked about iLearn, the amalgam of Science, Social Studies and ICT content and skills wrapped up in a unit of work arranged under one of the MYP's Areas of Interaction: Human Ingenuity, Environments, Approaches to Learning, Health & Well Being, Community & Service.

The purpose of the invitation was to offer to other interested teachers around the country an insight into a successful model of curriculum integration. A model that offers a broader, richer context for students to wrestle with, understand and apply the key learning concepts.

You can be proud of the professional delivery Mr Shirley and Ms Schorer gave and the affirmation by the audience through their questions and requests for more information that iLearn is an innovative, well thought through curriculum initiative, likely to be adopted by a range of other Middle Schools across the country.

Our congratulations also to Felix Jones 7G and Jack Taylor 6O on their presentation on behalf of Scotch Middle School at Government House last week as part of the "Kids Who Give" program. Their composure, delivery and response to questions was outstanding.

Mr Richard Ledger

Head of Middle School