Coburg High School Newsletter

VCE & On-Site Learning

For our year 12 students, less than ten weeks of classes remain. We acknowledge the difficult circumstances under which they will be finishing their schooling and also the way they in particular have conducted themselves to date. 

This term the General Achievement Test (GAT) will be held for ALL students doing a Unit 3 & 4 Study. Please note, this includes students doing an early entry Unit 3 & 4 at year 11, as well as all of our year 12 students. Coburg High School students who are studying a Unit 3 & 4 subject externally, will also be doing the GAT at Coburg HS.

 

The GAT performs a critical role in the VCE for students undertaking a Unit 3 & 4 subject. The General Achievement Test is a test of general knowledge and skills in these broad areas:

  • written communication
  • mathematics, science and technology
  • humanities, the arts and social sciences.

It is important that students note that GAT results:

  • do not count directly towards a student’s VCE results
  • help check that school-based and external assessments have been accurately assessed
  • contribute to statistical moderation of school-based assessment results
  • help calculate Derived Examination Scores
  • determine scores in school-based assessment, external assessment and if a derived examination score is required due to illness, accident and trauma.

As such it is extremely important that students take the GAT seriously and apply themselves in this assessment. This is especially so in 2020.

 

To support our students, we are running a GAT information session presented by Melanie Buscema-Moore: The information session will take place on Wednesday 2nd September, 1.30PM via a Google Meet through the VCE Support Google Classroom. 

The GAT itself will take place on Wednesday 9th September, 10.00AM - 1.15PM. 

 

We also take this opportunity to remind our students doing a Unit 3 & 4 subject this year, that practice exams will be held in the September school holidays. This offers an excellent opportunity for students to test their skills ahead of the end of year written exam period commencing on Tuesday 10th of November. The full VCAA exam timetable is available here.

 

David Snaddon

 

 

Chemistry practical classes

Hello All,

We have been busy in VCE Chemistry this very very short term doing lots of exciting practicals!

The year 12's did a super job at their titrations using sodium hydroxide and ethanoic acid, displaying their flair with the burettes and graduated pipettes. It was great to see their enthusiasm despite knowing lockdown was looming. The year 11's were amazing and worked exceptionally hard in their acid characterisation practicals - great to squeeze in this laboratory experience before lockdown came. A big thank you to Lisa, our wonderful laboratory technician, who made our practicals possible. I would like to say how fortunate I am to have such fabulous VCE students, despite this extremely challenging time all are doing their best in their studies and I am very proud of all of them.

 

Keep Safe Coburgians!

 

Lakshmi  Sharma

 

VTAC 

https://www.vtac.edu.au/y12guide.html - All Year 12 students must review this link to assist them with VTAC Counselling and pathway planning for 2021. Also Emma will assist you all individually so please email Emma to arrange a Google Meet Careers meeting online for VTAC and Course Counselling.

VTAC update for Year 12 students and their families (Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre) - Key Dates for all Year 12 students include: Course, SEAS and Scholarship applications are now open www.vtac.edu.au Timely applications close 30th September 2020. Please speak with either Emma or Nicole (Student Wellbeing Coordinator) about SEAS. Emma will also be assisting students with Scholarship applications. Emma is recommending that all documentation for SEAS and Scholarship please be provided by the end of this TERM to ensure that students get the best support and opportunities. Also Nicole and Emma will be hosting SEAS information/sessions online dates and details to be announced. Please keep an eye out on Compass and or VCE Classroom on when this will be offered. 

 

The Year 12 Presentation was held on Wednesday 5th August at 1.30pm to provide an overview of VTAC including how to apply for University and TAFE courses, SEAS and Scholarship information. 

 

Also on Thursday 13th August at 6pm there will be a VTAC parent and guardian Info Session via Google Meet through VCE Support - via Google Classroom. Parents will need to log on to this using their child's CHS login details. 

 

All Year 12 students, parents and families will be offered ongoing support from Emma via Google Meet online to assist with the VTAC and application process.

 

VTAC has opened for business this week on Monday 3rd August 2020 and all Year 12 students are expected to undertake the VTAC briefing tomorrow as well as attend the VTAC Day more information and confirmation will be announced for Year 12 and families for support with your VTAC application process.

 

Please Email Emma Ford (Careers and Pathways Coordinator) if you want individual Year 12 Interviews or VTAC advice or career planning support and then she will schedule you into her calendar and send you a Google Meet invite on the day of your interview. Emma will also be sending Year 12 email reminders for scheduled meetings. Thank you Looking forward to supporting you all. 

Emma Ford

 

Year 12 Home Learning Environments

Chloe Tayler is asking Year 12s to 'Set up your space for success and share it!' here are some examples for you, why not set up your space and share it too?