Especean

Curriculum

2024 Stage 5 and Stage 6 Subject Prospectuses and Parent Information Evenings

This is a reminder that the 2024-25 editions of the Stage 5 and Stage 6 prospectuses on subjects for Years 9 and 11 respectively are available on the TASS Parent Lounge for parents/carers and the relevant CANVAS year pages for the students. As mentioned in the 21 June 2023 issue of the Especean, a thorough and sequential subject selection process is in place and details of this process will be given at the appropriate times.

 

Subject information sessions were held for Year 8 and Year 10 students this week and information sessions were held for parents of Years 8 and 10 yesterday evening. The purpose of the information sessions was to complement and clarify the information provided in the subject prospectuses and to provide details of the subject selection process.

 

Both Year 8 and Year 10 students must complete their subject selections online by Monday 31 July and submit their Subject Choice Form, signed by parents/carers, to their homeroom teacher by Tuesday 1 August. The instructions on how to complete subject selections online were explained to students, parents/carers at their respective information sessions.

Assessment Tasks for Semester 2

Welcome back to Term 3. The following is a reminder to parents/carers and boys that information covering assessment for Years 7 to 12 is readily available on the respective CANVAS Year pages. In particular, the College’s Assessment Policy outlines clearly and explicitly well-established protocols governing assessment. I urge all parents/carers and their sons to reacquaint themselves with the College’s Assessment Policy in preparation for assessment tasks in Semester 2.

 

Essentially, the College’s Assessment Policy is drawn up with the clear intention of being considerate and just to all and ensures a level playing field for all boys. It protects the great majority of boys who consistently do the right thing by:

  • applying themselves with diligence to all set tasks
  • thoroughly familiarising themselves with the academic expectations of the College
  • following all examination rules
  • submitting their own work by the specified due date to the specified teacher
  • providing advanced notice, where possible, of absence for an assessment task
  • providing appropriate medical documentation to the relevant teacher immediately on return to school when work is not submitted on the due date
  • discussing the result of a task, with the relevant teacher, at the time the task is returned.

Boys who are absent on the day an assessment task is due, can expect to submit the task on the day of their return to school.

 

In addition, it is important for all parents/carers to note that the College Reception has never been and will never be a place to submit assessment tasks. Should parents/carers wish to submit tasks on behalf of their sons, for whatever reason, then a courtesy phone call to the relevant teacher or Head of Department is required and a mutually convenient appointment made.

 

Reception will not accept assessment tasks from either parents/carers or students. Parents/carers who just “drop in” and insist on leaving tasks at Reception will incur at the very least a 20% deduction for their sons and risk the tasks not being processed with absolutely no recourse for appeal.

 

Ignorance does not constitute a reasonable or valid excuse to breach any of the above-mentioned procedures. It is unfortunate when individuals, accepting of high academic expectations and standards, take exception to the application of these standards to them.  Fortunately, parents/carers and boys are very appreciative and supportive of the College’s high academic expectations and standards.

 

Michael Cutrupi 

Director of Curriculum