Senior School News

Senior School News

Term 3 is when much of the Senior School focus is on next year. The Year 12 students have now begun the process of registering for VTAC and considering their 2022 course preferences. Each student should book a meeting with Heather Palm to ensure this is done correctly and is fully completed before the closing dates.

 

Along with planning for next year students need to maintain a balance with the SACs and coursework required for their Unit 4 classes. All teachers are expecting to complete content for their classes before the end of term. The rest of this term will be extremely busy completing the remaining SACs and also beginning the exam revision process. 

 

All Year 12 students will be required to sit practice exams during the first week of the upcoming school holidays. These exams are a vital part of the students’ preparation. The first set of practice exams that cover content encompassing an entire years learning can give students a real insight into their level of readiness.

 

We have almost completed the first part of the course counselling process with current Year 9-11 students. We are still in the process now of interviewing students to discuss their subject selections for 2022. While our focus has been on next year, Year 11 students have been getting stuck into unit 2. Most subjects have had their first SAC by now and students need to continue to ensure they are well prepared for all of their classes. Students who do not satisfactorily complete a SAC are required to sit a SAC redemption after school on a Tuesday. Once students start requiring SAC redemptions it is hard to get out of that cycle as it takes away from the preparation required for other SACs.

 

All Year 10 students should have completed their course counselling interviews by now. Students who have not done this should see Heather Palm in the Senior School office as soon as possible to book an interview and submit their subject selections for 2022.  We will be using the information on these forms to advise us on which subjects will run next year.

 

Once we have completed all course counselling meetings we will begin the process of identifying how many classes of each subject we will be running in 2022. Students will be notified of subjects not running during this term.                                                         

 

Jeff Micallef

Senior School Leader

Year 12 News 

A reminder for all parents and students:

  • Missed SACs or redemption SACs - medical certificate is required upon return to school.
  • GAT: Students were given the GAT advice slip and the VCE Exams Navigator 2021.  This publication is also available online.  To access the online version please go to the link below.

https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/Navigator/VCEExamsNavigator2021.pdf

 

This publication has important information about the rules and procedures for the GAT and end of year exams.

 

Below is a list of events that are being planned for the end of Year 12.  Please note that all activities will be done in accordance with COVID protocols and therefore plans may need to change with very little notice.

  • Last day of classes is Monday 18th October - this will be a normal school day with students in classes
  • Celebration Day is Tuesday 19th October - Funfields excursion (XUNO notice will go out shortly)
  • Valedictory is on Thursday 18th November (venue and time to be announced).
  • Please contact me at the college, if you have any queries regarding your Year 12 student.

Laura Brancatella

Year 12 Coordinator