Year 12 Students - Reminders

EARLY ENTRY PROGRAMS

Deakin Regional Access Scheme – OPEN NOW

Federation Uni Early Offer – Close 1st December

CASPer TEST (On-line) – Education Courses

Last day to sit the test:

Nov 12, 2023 - 10:00 AM

https://takealtus.com/casper/

VCE Results and the ATAR

https://resultsandatar.vic.edu.au

Year 12 Careers Availability

Sue is still available for Career appointments with the 2023 Year 12 students.

Appointments can be face-to-face, via email, phone or WEBex either through Miss King (Meaghan.king@education.vic.gov.au) or with Sue directly.

Email: s.clay@ncllen.org.au or

Mobile: 0429 426 950

Year 11 Students – Reminders

Year 11 exams will take place from Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th November. These examinations are compulsory for ALL students undertaking a non-vocational Unit 1 or 2 VCE subject, and serve as important preparation for Unit 3/4 exams and any other exams that students may sit in the future. The Year 11 Exam timetable will be given to students next week Monday, and will appear in next week’s edition of the Parents’ Bulletin.

Year 11 students will then attend the compulsory Step Up program on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th November. This important program will equip students with an introduction to their Year 12 sequences. A Step Up timetable will be given to students next week, and will appear in next week’s edition of the Parents’ Bulletin.

Year 10 Students – Reminders

Year 10 exams will take place on Wednesday 15th and Friday 17th November. Students will receive their exam timetables next week, and will appear in next week’s edition of the Parents’ Bulletin.

Year 10 students will then embark on their Work Experience Camp for two weeks. A monumental effort has been put into operating this camp by students, teachers and parents, and this is an outstanding opportunity for our students.

Upon their return from Work Experience, Year 10s may have Monday 4th December off from school, to recover from Work Experience, before attending two compulsory days of Step Up on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th December. This important program will equip students with an introduction to their Year 11 sequences. A Step Up timetable will be given to students after their exams, and will appear in the Parents’ Bulletin while they are away at Work Experience.

Girls in STEM promotion

STEM skills are driving innovation across almost every industry, so no matter what your passion, there’s a STEM career to match. Love design and construction? Maybe engineering is for you! Into fashion and jewellery? You should check out digital design. Want to improve social justice? Explore the impact of big data analysts on policy. STEM careers are evolving quickly – your career possibilities with STEM are literally limitless!

Visit:

www.thegist.edu.au/students/careers-in-stem

Vocational education and training (VET)

VET is designed to teach you knowledge and specific practical skills to help you in the workplace. It's delivered in a number of ways – through schools, dual sector universities with VET courses, TAFE institutes, private registered training organisations and community colleges.

For further information visit:

https://myfuture.edu.au/career-articles/vocational-education-and-training

VCE Summer School promotion

January 2024

University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus

The VCE Summer School (VCESS) is a two-week tutoring program that takes place in January and aims to help VCE students from a range of backgrounds gain a head start on their final years of secondary education. In January 2023, there were two formats: in-person in Parkville, and a small online cohort for limited subjects.

The program has a particular focus on creating a healthy study-life balance and providing tutoring on a wide range of subjects. In fact, in several previous years we have had tutors for each and every VCE subject students have taken, no matter how small the subject may be.

Applications to be a student for VCESS 2024 will open in late 2024. If you are interested in participating at the upcoming VCESS program, please add your name to our VCESS 2024 student expression of interest form.

Visit:

www.umsu.unimelb.edu.au/things-to-do/summer-school/

Westpac Youth Impact Challenge

The Westpac Youth Impact Challenge is a nationwide initiative open to all young people around Australia aged 7 to 21 years. The Challenge aims to help young Australians solve problems in their local communities.

To take part in the Challenge, participants must identify a local problem and brainstorm an innovative business or social change idea to solve it. Participants can choose to work individually, or in a group of up to 3.

This year’s challenge launches Monday 13 November.

www.youthimpactchallenge.com.au

Student Wellbeing

Jess McGurk and Tasha Roberts