Year 12 Indicative/Practice Exams

Indicative Exams are trial exams for our year 12 VCE students who will go onto complete the end of year VCE exams. Traditionally these are scheduled to occur during the term three holidays, Attendance at these exams is compulsory for all students completing VCE unit 3 and 4 studies. They will be used by teachers to form a prediction of each student’s performance for their final exams. This prediction or indication is sent to VCAA for their referencing and maybe used in some exceptional cases to provide a final study score for students. Students should actively revise and prepare for these exams during the holiday break. We seek your support as carers and guardians to ensure the attendance of students. All exams will be held in the Drama Centre and supervised by college staff. Students will need to bring their lunch if they have two exams over the one day. Students should arrive to school by 8.30 for their first scheduled exam which will be English. Please refer to the Indicative Exam timetable below.

Teachers will mark these exams and provide feedback on student performance. This forms an extensive part of an important element in the preparation to the final exams. It should provide clear directions to students, as to the areas requiring additional revision of content and an authentic opportunity under exam conditions to practice skills critical to that specific subject area including time management during the exam. The more practice exams students complete in the final run up to their exams, the greater the opportunities for successful results and confidence to do their best.

These approaching holidays are a good opportunity for students to really step up their preparations to achieve a successful outcome to their exams. Unit three and four summaries should have already been completed, if not, this is a great time to get on top of these.

Edrolo is a useful resource the school has provided for our year 12 students free of charge, which allows for fantastic and engaging revision opportunities, including the ability to go back and watch videos of concepts students may need to revisit, many unit quizzes and practice exam questions. Each student completing a unit three and four subject has a code to access this platform. Please encourage your child to make the most of this opportunity as part of their final revision routine.

Year 11 students are working hard to prepare for final School Assessed Coursework (SACs). Please continue to check their Learning Task Feedback comments from their teachers for each of their subjects. Teachers can be contacted should you wish to discuss progress in individual subjects.

Again, we welcome parent contact regarding the progress of their child.

Laura Forster.

Assistant Principal

VCE Unit 4 Student Indicative Exam Timetable 2024

The following table (across two pages) displays the Indicative Exam Timetable for Unit 4 students.

These exams will be held in the Drama Centre. Students must be seated at the beginning of reading time.

Please arrive 30min prior to the beginning of reading time.

Wednesday 25th September
English (123 students)	3 hrs	Line up 8 30. Reading time: 8:45am – 9:00am Writing time: 9:00am – 12:00pm Lunch Break – 12.15pm – 12.45pm

		Line up 12.45 Reading time: 1:00pm – 1:15pm
Media (17 students)	2hrs	Writing time: 1:15pm – 3:15pm

Thursday 26th September
		Line up 8.30 Reading time: 8:45am – 9:00am
Health & Human Development	2hrs	Writing time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Physics	2.5hrs	Arrive 8.30 Writing time: 9:00am – 11:30am

		Line up 11.45 Reading time: 12:00pm – 12:15pm
Biology	2.5hrs	Writing time: 12:15pm – 2:45pm
Business management	2hrs	Writing time: 12:15pm – 2:15pm

		Lunch Break during the Exam – 30mins

		Line up 2.30 Reading time: 2:45pm – 3:00pm
Food Studies (25 students) MAT, NAN	1.5 hrs	Writing time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Monday 30th September
		Line up 8.30 Reading time: 8:45am – 9:00am
Legal Studies	2hrs	Writing time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Specialist Mathematics	2hrs	Writing time: 9:00am – 11:00am


		Line up 11.15 Reading time: 11:30am – 11:45pm
Chemistry	2.5hrs	Writing time: 11:45pm – 2:15pm
Applied computing software development	2hrs	Writing time: 11:45pm – 1:45pm
Sociology	2hrs	Writing time: 11:45pm – 1:45pm
		Lunch Break during the Exam – 30mins

		Line up 1.45 Reading time: 2:00pm – 2:15pm
History Revolutions (12 students) CAM	2hrs	Writing time: 2:15pm – 4:15pm
Foundation maths (17 students) CAP, MAC	2hrs	Writing time: 2:15pm – 4:15pm
Economics (15 students) DES	2hrs	Writing time: 2:15pm – 4:15pm

Tuesday 1st October
		Line up 8.30 Reading time: 8:45am – 9:00am
Maths Methods (17 students) CHR	2hrs	Writing time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Art Making and Exhibiting (10 students) SIR	1.5hrs	Writing time: 9:00am – 10:30am
Visual Communication Design (9 students) LAR	1.5 hrs	Writing time: 9:00am – 10:30am
Physical Education (21 students) MUR	2 hrs	Writing time: 9:00am – 11:00am


		Line up 11.15 Reading time: 11:30am – 11:45am
General Maths (76 students) ZDR, LAL, KUM, HIL	1.5 hrs	Writing time: 11:45am – 1:15pm
		Lunch Break during the Exam – 30mins

		Reading time: 1:45pm – 2:00pm
Psychology (41 students) CAM, MAR	2.5 hrs	Writing time: 2:00pm – 4:30pm
Product Des Tech (16 students) ALI	1.5hrs	Writing time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm

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