Learning and Teaching News

Year 12 External Assessment 

The Year 12 External Exam Block begins next Monday 24 October. For many Year 12 students, these External Assessments are the culmination of 13 years of study. The Maths and Science papers will count for 50% of each of their subject overall grades, while all other subjects will complete a paper worth 25%. The schedule of exams was released by QCAA earlier this year and can be found on the parent portal. An updated schedule with the location of each exam and the start times for Marist students will be sent to students and parents as well as published on the portal this week. Please also check the portal for the equipment required for each exam. It is essential that all students attend each exam with all the required equipment.

Thank you to the Marist teaching staff for their effort in preparing the Year 12s for these exams. I wish all the boys sitting External Assessment the very best of luck.

Thank you also to Mr Peter Gaiter and the Year 12 Applied and VET staff for the organisation and implementation of the VOC Masterclasses which have run over the last three weeks. The sessions provided students with many valuable skills which will come in handy during the fast-approaching ‘life after Marist’. 

ICAS Success

Congratulations to the following boys who participated in the ICAS assessments last term, and achieved the following results:

Distinction: Cade Kelly

Credit: Hugh Ambrose, Tyson Cooper, Isaac Farrelly, Alessander Javier, William Lambley, Leo McKenna, Jack Purcell, Matthew Stower, Baxter Thompson

Merit: Aiden Lau, Daniel Thirgood, Fletcher Wessling

Participation: James Dee, Lucas Dempsey, Oliver Eaton, Adrian Garbellini, Oliver Hayes, Lachlan Pawsey, Isaac Ting.

Cade Kelly’s result placed him in the top 8% of students who sat this test nationwide. Well done, Cade!

How to Read a Task Sheet

Elevate Education Parent Seminar

We’re excited to announce that Elevate Education will be hosting a free webinar for our parents on Wednesday 26th October.

Elevate Education works with our students, delivering high-impact workshops on study skills, motivation, well-being, and exam preparation. By tuning into their webinar series you will learn how you can help better support your children at home by reinforcing the skills they learn at school:   

Wednesday 26th October @ 6:30pm (AEDT)

How to Help Your Child Manage Their Time

Click here to register for free

​​​​​In this webinar Elevate will be showing parents how to:

✅ Align family expectations on homework

✅ Work with your child on managing other activities such as your child's hobbies or sports

✅ Create the best weekly planner tool for your child

Study Hall – All Year Levels 

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning the teacher librarians in the senior library offer study hall sessions for Year 7-10 from 7:45 am to 8:30 am where we look at specific study skills and assessment relevant to the year levels. This term, the Year 9 and 10 students are invited on Tuesday mornings, and Year 7 and 8 students are invited on Thursday mornings. These are designed to build the student’s capacity to study independently by teaching them key skills for the first 15mins of the sessions and then offering independent supported study for the remainder of the time. 

If a student cannot make either session and still wishes to attend, they are to contact infoservices@marash.qld.edu.au or a teacher librarian directly to arrange a suitable time to meet.

Accessing LMS for Task-Specific Feedback 

At the completion of each drafting stage and final completion of the assessment (both written and exam), your son will receive task-specific feedback from his teachers. It is important that your son/s access this feedback, so they are aware of their strengths and limitations. Parents are also encouraged to access this information.

Please follow these steps to access task-specific feedback.

1 - Open Parent Portal and click on “Parent Lounge”

2 - On the left-hand tab select “Curricular Activities Due” and select “view all activities” on the top right-hand side of the page. 

This will take you to a screen that lists of your son/s assessment to complete, or has been completed.

3 - Click on a subject to view feedback. 

4 - Once you click on the subject you will be able to find the following information:

1. Task sheet for assessment – this will outline what your son needs to do to complete the task successfully
2. Draft due dates and due dates
3. Criteria sheet
4. Feedback
5. Result

How to access Academic Reports – Parent Lounge

Please follow these steps to access academic reports

1 - Open Parent Portal and click on “Parent Lounge”

2 - Academic Reports are accessible via the link on the left-hand side of the page, or at the bottom of the main screen. Click on the academic report you would like to see.