NGSC Newsletter

SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS

Joel McDougall

Senior-Sub School Manager

 

Welcome back to Term 2, a longer term to complete the semester with continued SACs, course outcomes and exams to complete.

Practice GAT on Curriculum Day – Thursday 16 May.

The General Achievement Test (GAT) is a very important assessment for our senior students.  There is a new format in 2024 which requires all students who complete any year 12 subject to sit the GAT.  This includes any year 11 students who study a year 12 subject.

 

Details of each section is as follows:

 

 

Section A: 

Literacy (Reading and Writing) and Numeracy

  • 50 Multiple Choice Reading Questions.
  • 50 Multiple Choice Numeracy Questions.
  • One writing task.

Section B: 

General Knowledge and Skills

  • 25 Mathematics, Science and Technology multiple choice questions.
  • 25 Arts and Humanities multiple choice questions.
  • One extended writing task.

Timing for the day is as follows:

  • 8:40am      Students to assemble outside gym for roll call.
  • 8:50am      Students enter gym for exam.
  • 9:00am      Reading time for exam.
  • 9:15am      Writing time commences.
  • 11:15am    Finish of part A.

Students will have a break from 11.15m until 1pm.  The school canteen will not be operating on this day, so students will be given permission to leave school grounds during this time to access shops for lunch.  Students will be required to use appropriate crossings during this time.

  • 1:00pm      Students to assemble outside gym for roll call.
  • 1:10pm      Students enter gym.
  • 1:15pm      Reading time.
  • 1:30pm      Writing time commences.
  • 3:00pm      Finish of Part B.

Students will be given additional information via assemblies at school and Google Classroom to ensure they are prepared for the practice GAT to run at school.

Progress Reports

The next round of progress reports will be made available to you soon.  These reports are a great way to see how your student is performing and provide an ideal opportunity to encourage your student/s to have discussions with their teachers about how improvements in results and learning behaviours can be made throughout the term.