Academic excellence and breadth of experience through broad co-curricular programs are at the heart of Haileybury’s exceptional education. Last week and the week ahead see students engaged in all elements of this great program.
National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing started last Wednesday and has been successfully completed for most of Haileybury’s 1,500 students across Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The students were assessed across five domains: reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy.
As always, Haileybury teachers will use the extensive data received to continue the School's improvement plans. The collaboration and debriefing on results identifies best practice, which is shared. All of this contributes to Haileybury students being amongst the strongest in Australia for development of core skills in literacy and numeracy.
The strong literacy and numeracy base of Haileybury students is the foundation from which analytical thinking, problem solving and communication skills can be further developed as they move through the School.
This development is further enhanced by the extensive co-curricular program on offer. A core component of that is the sport program. Next Saturday is the second last weekend of what has been a highly successful summer sports season with more than 3,500 students from Years 7 to 12 representing the School in more than 20 sports across the APS/AGSV girls and APS boys competitions. We have tracked results closely across all year levels and teams to make sure that the season has been a good experience for all and to provide additional coaching and support where it is required.
As we head into the final rounds, we wish our badminton girls and boys, table tennis (mixed boys and girls teams), girls softball and girls cricket all the best as they remain in the running to win their respective first team titles. We also wish our girls and boys swimming and diving teams good luck with their big championship event on Thursday, 27 March.
On Friday evening, 28 February, members of the Haileybury community joined each other under beautiful, warm skies to celebrate Haileybury’s Founders Day. It was with joy and gratitude that we gathered to celebrate a momentous occasion — the 133rd founding anniversary of our great School. For over a century, Haileybury has stood as a beacon of learning, shaping generations of students with knowledge, character, and purpose. On Friday, 28 February we honored that legacy while looking forward to the bright future ahead.
We were thrilled to have the company of Council Chair, Professor Greg Whitwell, (pictured below), a great Haileyburian and a generous custodian. Greg officially opened the new Visual Arts Centre. We dedicated the new buildings to the purpose of knowledge and activity, as a place where talent will flourish. It is our hope that the Visual Arts building will be a sanctuary for imagination, a stage for self-expression, and a home for developing artists who will carry forward our tradition of excellence.
Derek Scott
CEO | Principal
