Assistant Principal

Indicative Exams 

Indicative Exams are trial exams for our year 12 VCE students. Traditionally these have been scheduled to occur during the term three holidays, however due to the extensive building works occurring during this break, these will now take place during the first week of school in term four.  The English exam will take place in the Drama Centre on Monday Morning. The remaining exams for the other subjects will take place during regular timetabled classes.  Attendance at these exams is compulsory for all students and will be used by their teachers to form a prediction of each student’s performance for the final exams. Students should actively revise and prepare for these exams during the holiday break. 

Teachers will mark these exams and provide feedback on student performance. This forms part of an important element in the preparation to the final exams. It will provide clear directions to students, as to the areas requiring additional revision of content and an authentic opportunity under exam conditions to practice skills critical to that specific subject area including time management during the exam. 

These approaching holidays are a good opportunity for students to really ramp up their preparations for readiness for the approach to the home stretch of successful completion of exams. Unit three and four summaries should have already been completed, if not, this is a great time to get on top of these. 

Edrolo is a useful resource the school has provided for our year 12 students free of charge, which allows for fantastic and engaging revision opportunities, including the ability to go back and watch videos of concepts students may need to revisit, many unit quizzes and practice exam questions. Each student completing a unit three and four subject has a code to access this platform. Please encourage your child to make the most of this opportunity as part of their final revision routine.

Year 11 students are working hard to prepare for final School Assessed Course work (SACs). Please continue to check their Learning Task Feedback comments from their teachers for each of their subjects. Teachers can be contacted should you wish to discuss progress in individual subjects. 

 The end of term three is also the time that Progress Reports are available to parents regarding their child’s work habits. Please check compass on the last week of term, when these will be uploaded onto the platform. Again, we welcome parent contact regarding the progress of their child.

Have a wonderful term break.

Laura Forster.