Junior School Sports

Middle School

MRS JAYE ROSS, HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

2021 has been another very successful year for the girls attending Fairholme Middle School. We welcomed 106 new Year 7 girls in January and a small number of new Year 8 and Year 9 girls. They quickly found their Holme in the Middle School and all Middle School, girls contributed to the academic successes highlighted below. In true Fairholme spirit many Middle School girls also involved themselves in The Arts and Sport as well as participating in Service activities. Fairholme is proud of the achievement of these Middle School students.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SERVICE ACTIVITIES

• Serving at the following Toowoomba Hospital Foundation fund-raising events: the Legends at their Game function, the Women of Strength function, and the Ladies Diamond Luncheon • Preparing up to 50 meals fortnightly throughout the year for Tony’s Kitchen, where volunteers serve food to the disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the Toowoomba community • Shoes for Planet Earth – girls donated their old joggers to save the environment and also to support local charities in the Toowoomba region • Visiting Tricare Nursing Home to entertain the residents • Boost Fundraiser for Toowoomba Modified Rugby Program • Middle School Book Swap • Fundraising for Indigenous Literacy Foundation

MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT

• Mother and Daughter luncheons or breakfasts to build positive interactions between girls and parents and to help enhance the ‘family’ feel in the Middle School • Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 camps to allow opportunities for the girls to mix more and get to know each other in a different environment whilst also assisting students to grow and build resilience as they overcome challenges • Social activities with other schools such as the Year 7 games afternoons with Toowoomba Grammar School and St Mary’s College • Excursion to Emu Gully for Year 9 girls to celebrate the end of their Middle School years and also to further enhance their confidence through achieving while being challenged • Year 9 Leaders’ Excursion to Highfields Cultural Centre to attend the yLead Leadership Conference • Middle School ‘A Box of Chocolates’ concerts – an opportunity for Middle School girls involved in The Arts to perform in a supportive environment • Lunch-time games and activities, including: Handball, Chalk Drawing, Just Dance, Middle School Masked Singer, Middle School Murder Mystery, RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) Buddies, Historical Women Dress-up Day, Mini-Olympics, and the Middle School Pot Plant competition

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

NAPLAN RESULTS

2021 Mean Score Comparison Year 9 Year 7

Fairholme State National Fairholme State National

Reading 629 571 577.5 580 539 542.4 Spelling 615 577 580.1 575 545 548.7

Grammar/ Punctuation

637 570 570.9 582 532 533.4 Writing 617 539 550.7 535 511 522.2 Numeracy 619 583 587.9 581 545 550.6

READING

YEAR 9 YEAR 7 98.9% 100%

SPELLING GRAMMAR/ PUNCTUATION WRITING NUMERACY

YEAR 9 YEAR 7 97.8% 100% YEAR 9 YEAR 7 97.9% 100% YEAR 9 YEAR 7 96.7% 97.8% YEAR 9 YEAR 7 100% 100%