Senior School Report  

Term 3 has commenced for all senior students.

Our Year 11 and 12 students came back to school Term 3 onsite and some senior classes were taught remotely. We are now currently conducting full time online learning and once again, our students have adapted really welll to this. 

Some Information from the State Government and the Education department. 

Please take note of the following dates as they have now been finalised:

• VCAA - GAT (General Achievement Test) : Wednesday 9 September.This is compulsory for any student studying a Unit 3/4 subject wanting to do the external exams
• VCAA External Exams : Monday 9 November to Wednesday 2 December

Our Year 12 students also completed their Mid-year exams from Monday 20th July to Thursday 23rd July.

Their results will be on the ‘End of Unit 3 Reports’. These reports will be available to families by Friday 15 August.  Every attempt will be made to post them on Compass earlier.

Just reminding families that there is another exam period for all Year 12 students who completing VCE for an ATAR.  These Unit 3/4 Practice Exams will take place during the September holidays: Monday 28 September to Friday 2 October.

With all the assessments taking place so we can best prepare our students for their final exams, it is important that students and families are aware that marks may change due to statistical moderation, the GAT and individual student ranking. 

We have also booked ‘Elevate Education’ who will be running workshops for our Year 11 and 12 VCE students in September. These workshops will be done remotely.

ABCN Focus has finally commenced again this year. It is a leadership program for girls. Twelve Year 11 girls have been selected and they will be working with a mentor from TAL (Life Insurance). Again this is all going to be done remotely.

Year 11 students have selected their subjects and courses for 2021. Some have also chosen to move from VCE to VCAL.  I just want to remind families that the is a ‘Promotion Policy’ from Year 11 into Year 12, regardless of the choices that students make. Please have a look at the ‘Senior Sub School handbook’ that was given to families during Term 1 as it explains the policy.

Coordinators will also be contacting families if their child is at risk of not meeting the Promotion Policy.

Again, we would like to thank parents who contact us when their child is absent for any reason. This is of great assistance to the Year Level Coordinators, as we call home regularly if there are any unexplained absences. The Case Management process continues to monitor closely the attendance, achievement and individual needs of all our students. Please contact us on 9366 2555 if you have any queries or concerns about your child.

Ms Stav Bekiaris

Senior Sub School Leader