Senior School Report

Message Senior School Assistant Principal

Our Senior School students years 10 -12 have made an impressive start to the year, and we are very excited to be delivering year 12 VCE programs for the first time and the college will also commence the delivery of the new VCE Vocational Major (VM) at years 11 and 12 for the first time. The Senior School Leadership team is led by Glen Cowan- Assistant Principal, with a highly experienced team as follows:

Principal Awards 2022

We started the year with a special assembly for our year 11 & 12 Senior School Principal's Awards for 2022. The recipients are listed below and we are very proud of their achievements and their ability to demonstrate the College values both in and outside of the classroom.

The academic excellence is given to the student who has achieved the highest results in their CATS and all forms of assessment across the cohort 2022.

Technology: Halima Abubeker

Visual Arts: Mryana Qis Mussa

English: Reina Lay

Humanities Barneet Kaur

Maths Vidhi Patal

Science Vidhi Patel

Health & Physical Education Kane Tutundzievski

Performing Arts Heifa Zeki

Year 11 Academic Excellence awards.

English Hanan Hirsi

Chemistry Sayara Sharma

Physics Reym Url Kanindot

Biology Reym Url Kanindot

Psychology Shreya Dass

Legal Studies Vidhi Patel

Business Management Sandra Saiju

Physical Education Reym Kanindot

General Maths and Maths methods Siddu Nadempali

Health & Human Development Gurleen Sidhu

Food James Dimech

Product Design & Technology James Dimech

Visual Communication & Design Naia Taimani

VCAL Literacy Ash Vahedi

VCAL Numeracy Alyssa Darrage

VCAL Personal Development Skills Cooper Richards

VCAL Work Related Skills Iolana Amato

VET Seadet Ademi

The academic achievement award is given to the student who has achieved the highest growth in their learning 2022 across the cohort (year level) for that subject across the whole year.

Technology: Hadi Mansour

Visual Arts: Adam Abbouchi

English: Syirah Yusoff

Humanities Shalom Poto

Maths Brodie Serafin

Science Kunwarpreet (Aman) Singh

Health & Physical Education Phillip Deak

Performing Arts Eva Nastevska

The Dux awards are given to the student with the highest overall academic results in the year level across all the subjects.

Dux Award for Year 10 2022 goes to Vidhi Patel

Dux Award for Year 11 2022 goes to Reym Url Kanindot

VCE Information Night

The college invited Familes, students and Carers, to attend an important information evening on Wednesday, 15th February, 6-7:00 pm to outline the college’s VCE program that includes VET and the Vocational Major (VM) that has replaced the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and the exciting programs we have planned for our students in 2023. The event was open to all Senior School students and families who are undertaking VCE in years 11-12 and those families where your year 10 student is undertaking a VCE subject as part of their year 10 studies in 2023.

At the Information Night we outlined the following:

Welcome
Introduce the team and important school contacts
Outline the Senior Year expectations
Provide overview of VCE (inclusive VET and new VM)
Overview new Vocational Major which replaces the VCAL program in 2023
Overview of Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authorities (VCAA) rules and guidelines
External Year 12 Examinations & GAT.
Explain the importance of the Senior School Student / Parent Agreement 2023
Overview of the important programs, events activities planned to support our students in years 11 and 12 to be successful in 2023.
Overview of Careers pathways support
Briefly outline the Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC) and entrance requirements to Universities and TAFE
Study and Homework and how to support your student
Wellbeing and support
FAQ

Importance of Attendance and providing Medical Certificates for absences during SACs.

Our VCE students in Years 11 & 12 are all now starting to complete School Assessed Coursework (SACs) to demonstrate their understanding of the Outcomes for each of their subjects. If a student is absent on the day of a SAC, they must provide a medical certificate with the date of the SAC on it. Presenting this certificate will give them the opportunity to complete the SAC for a score. Without a certificate, their score will be zero. For Year 12 students, a score of zero has serious consequences for their ATAR. If a student is away on the day of a SAC, they need to contact their teacher to discuss when they will complete the SAC. Senior students are expected to maintain 90% + attendance at college.

Importance students only submitting their own work

School Assessed Coursework (SACs) must be completed within fixed time frames and be verified as being the work of the student. Students must submit work that is; genuinely theirs, observed in class time, completed with acceptable levels of assistance.

A suspected breach of VCAA authentication rules (plagiarism) will be investigated if work is suspected of not being the students own original work.

Year 12

The Year 12 students were very excited on their first day as the 'Class of 23' to receive their Year 12 jackets. A very big THANK YOU to Maddie for her work in organising the jackets and having them ready for the first day. The Year 12 students are recognisable every where they go and are wearing their jackets with pride,

We encourage our Year 12 students to plan ahead for their upcoming SACs, by recording when they are in their Google Calendar. The Assessment Schedule is posted to the Year 12 Noticeboard and will be updated regularly.

Request to all parents and carers it is essential that all Senior School student absences are supported by a Medical Certificate

Planning for Year 12 Valedictory event on 8th December

The college has commenced planning to celebrate as a community the successful completion by our first cohort of year 12 students of their VCE studies. We will establish a working party comprised of students and staff to work together to plan this important first event.

Senior School Study Sessions

Year 12 students have been taking advantage of their Study Sessions in the Library. We will soon be receiving our new furniture, that has been ordered for the Senior Lounge. Advice on how to study is also available on the Year 12 Noticeboard and on the signs around the Senior Lounge. It is important for students to recognise the difference between coursework/homework and study. Year 12 students ALWAYS have study to do. Even if they have completed their homework, they can still study in order to revise their notes and prepare for upcoming SACs.

VCE - Vocational Major

What does the VCE Vocational Major look like?

To get your VCE Vocational Major, you must successfully finish at least 16 units, including:

●3 VCE VM Literacy or VCE English units (including a Unit 3–4 sequence)

●2 VCE VM Numeracy or VCE Mathematics units

●2 VCE VM Work Related Skills units

●2 VCE VM Personal Development Skills units, and

●2 VET credits at Certificate II level or above (180 nominal hours)

The Vocational Major (VM) students are also working towards demonstrating an understanding of their first Outcome. VM students will complete several Hurdle Tasks in the lead up to a School Assessed Task (SAT). The hurdle tasks are important as students will receive feedback which will help them with their SAT. If a VM student is absent on the day of a SAT or when a SAT is due, they are required to provide a medical certificate for that absence.

Year 12 Surf and Study Camp

Year 12 students who will be sitting end of year VCAA exams will be attending a Surf and Study Camp at the end of March. The College has arranged for two special guests to come to the camp to work with our students on preparing for their exams.

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Our guests who are VCE assessors and experts in their fields, will focus on writing, reading data and key science skills. The workshop will focus on preparing the students to optimise their capacity to successfully complete the for the upcoming year 12 VCAA exams in October/November.

Students will also be able to experience beach activities, include Surf Safety, Boogie boarding, and will focus on each student attempting to Surfing and/or use a Stand Up Paddle board. We will also run workshops to support our students on setting individual goals and share with then some techniques on how to take care of their mental health and wellbeing during the challenges associated with year 12 studies.

Year 11

The year 11 cohort has made a fantastic start to 2023. They have hit the ground running, handling VCE/VM and the associated challenges with poise and determination. On the 3rd of March, our VCE students will be participating in an upcoming event called "Elevate Education", where former students who excelled in their VCE studies will come to our school to coach our students in how to succeed in VCE and set good study habits. We are excited to have Elevate join us and know it will be a great opportunity for our students to learn, grow and thrive.

Year 11 Vocational Major

Our VM students are taking full advantage of the VET courses offered to them. They are thoroughly enjoying their courses and learning new skills that will be beneficial to them in their future studies and career paths. We are proud to offer these courses and our students are making the most of the opportunities presented to them.

College offers a wide range of VET programs at years 11 & 12

The college is part is part of the Northern VET cluster of schools that enables our college to offer a range of VET programs in 2023 to our VCE and Vocational Major students. These include courses such as:

-Media

-Sound Production

-Dance or Sound Production

-Engineering

-Hospitality

-Building and Construction

-Hair and Beauty

-Sport and Recreation

-Plumbing

-Electrical Industry

-Automotive

-Integrated technologies

-Applied Fashion Design and Technology and many more.

Year 11 Time Management seminar

Elevate's high impact seminars & workshops help students improve their study techniques, increase motivation, build confidence, and lift exam performance.

Elevate’s reputation for achieving behavioural change has led the company to become an international leader in education, working with over 1500 schools and 350,000 students in the UK, USA, South Africa and Singapore.

On Friday 3rd March Elevate Education delivered their second workshop to our students on Time Management as part of our program to prepare them for success with there senior school studies.

The session today delivered by highly successful University Students covered the following topics:

The session today delivered by highly successful University Students covered the following topics:

Developing routines to balance study and lifestyle
Working smart by completing high value work
Utilising study groups to leverage time
Techniques for overcoming procrastination

Year 10

Summit Camp

The year 10 Summit leadership camp will be running March 14th to 15th. This is a great opportunity for our year 10s to build their leadership and teamwork skills in an exciting and challenging environment. The Adventure activities are used to build your capacity to work together as a team, whilst developing your individual leadership capacity to achieve your ambitions and aspirations. The program uses a combination of personal and team building activities, outdoor challenges and interactive workshops to take you to the next level of personal leadership. Some students have CSEF funding that can be used to help pay for part of the camp. Parents will still need to consent on Compass for these funds to be used. There are spots still available! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Volleyball has returned!

The year 10 volleyball tournament on Friday lunchtimes has returned bigger than ever and with two exciting first rounds already completed the championship could be anyone’s for the taking. The return of the tournament has been met with excitement and anticipation from our year 10 students with all 6 games so far being tightly contested matches and 1 game being forced into overtime. Our current leading team is 10HPE3 with 2 wins and 0 losses. The race for the top 4 and a spot in the finals has begun!

Planning for the Year 10 Formal 2023

Our Year 10s have an exciting year ahead of them with the Year 10 formal coming in week 7 of Term 3 on Friday August 25th. Planning has already begun to ensure that this is a night our Year 10s will never forget as they build wonderful memories with their friends.

A sign up sheet has already gone out to all of our students to form a student led planning committee. We look forward to providing you with more updates regarding this exciting event.

Up coming Careers Networking for Young People

Students will visit interactive stalls hosted by representatives from universities, TAFEs, RTOs, apprenticeship and traineeship groups, Australian Defence Force, local government etc, with opportunities for practical engagement in a range of vocational areas. This excursion is important to help students plan for their senior schooling pathways. The excursion is $10, families who are eligible will be able to use CSEF funding.

A word from One of our Year 10s

Chris Menzies interview with Julia in year 10.

The start of the new school year has gone well so far. The new electives and classes have been an exciting change for all students. This semester I’m doing psychology where we’re learning about the different functions of the brain and mind, body and soul where we’re learning about the dimensions of health and the different factors that affect them. I also decided to challenge myself by choosing the advanced maths class and so far it is going great. We just finished our unit on simple and compound interest and are now looking at probability, I enjoy the increased pace and challenge compared to other years. I’m enjoying all my new classes and have loved the opportunity to get to know some new people through all of my different classes. It has also been great to be able to attend lunchtime activities such as the year 10 volleyball tournaments on Fridays and study sessions in the library. Overall I couldn’t have asked for a better start to year 10.