Andrew Chisholm
Assistant Principal
Dear Parents and Students,
It is nice to be writing this as the weather starts to warm and the business end of the year approaches. With term 3 ending, this article covers a number of important events and deadlines that are on the school calendar between now and early term four.
VTAC Processes for current Year 12’s
All year 12 students have now had an interview with the Pathways team and they also should have completed their VTAC applications, as well as SEAS statements and scholarship applications where relevant. There are still some students who have yet to register their tertiary choices on the VTAC site, and also finalise SEAS and scholarship applications. It is worth mentioning that all VTAC course applications close at the end of September and if the fee for the VTAC application has not been paid, there is a significant increase in cost.
Trial Exams in Year 12 subjects
All students completing a VCE Unit 3 and 4 exam have October tests scheduled in the second week of the Term 3 holidays.
These tests are an attempt by JMSS to replicate the content and conditions of the final Year 12 exams in November and so provide an excellent opportunity for students to receive realistic feedback on their performance in their subjects and allow them to diagnose with the assistance of their teachers any areas for improvement.
The exams are all face-to-face at JMSS and they will be supervised by VCAA examiners. Students sitting Year 12 trial exams need to arrive at 8.15am for a morning exam and look at the timetable they have been sent for the timings of afternoon exams. Students should be in full JMSS school uniform and all official VCAA rules will be enforced.
A shortened version of the October Test Timetable is shown below. AM sessions start at 9am and PM sessions begin at 1pm. Students should plan to be at school 45 minutes before any October test held at JMSS.
VCE Unit 3 and 4 VCE Timetables, Oral Language, Extended Investigation and Music Performance exams.
Any student completing a VCE Unit 3 and 4 subject has also be receiving an exam navigator and individual timetable outlining all their exams and the locations of these exams. Students do need to show parents this document so that everyone in the family is aware of the times and locations of each of the end-of-year exams. Students doing EI, most languages and music will have an oral component or a performance scheduled in the first two weeks of term 4. These orals and performances begin in the week of Monday October 2nd and the locations of these assessments arevaried. If your student is completing a language oral or music performance, please check the location of this
assessment on your student’s exam timetable closely. Students have been told that they need to turn up to any exam at least an hour early to ensure they are not adversely impacted by traffic or public transport issues.
Competition Results
The results of a plethora of competitions have started to filter in. Congratulations to Sean Roe who was # 1 in Victoria in the Australian Geography Competition. The following students (in no order) also received high distinctions: Lahiru Abeysingha Gunawardena, Oscar Botterill, Sebastian Broadbent, Alex Cleary, Tim Forster, Shaan Gupta, SimoneHaites, Aster Hill, Lachlan Jowett, Nawanut Kaeomueangsi, Igor Kargopoltsev, Joel Tan, Caitlyn Tse, KyriakosTsigklifis-Platis, Alex Xu, Jill Xu, Andrew Zadorozhnyi, Leonard Apale, Dawood Bektas, Janneke Delhey Peters, AshleyGimena, Archie Halliwell, Jesper Isborn, Mathew Kemp, Lennart Leufgens, Nicola Marwick, Yegor Menovchshikov, Jasmine Reji Thomas, Nicholas Rowe, Damian Liang, Trevor Lin, Bailey Loke, Alex Marinopoulos, Jared McCartin, Ethan Mole, Dinh Duc Anh Nguyen, Amelie Parfrey, Harry Peng, Connor Russo, Ethan Tran, Vansh Trivedi, DeclanWong, Caitlin Carpenter, John Gilley, Jamie Jee, Kelly Lacuanan, Matthew Suddin and Jono Wheelton.
This is a remarkable achievement by all these students and is the best result JMSS has ever achieved in this competition.
Congratulations also to Joel Tan who received a High Distinction in the ICAS Science Competition. In the 2023 JMSS school magazine, the achievements of students in the wide array of competitions and Olympiads will be listed.
Andrew Chisholm
Assistant Principal