Learning and Teaching News

Year 11 Unit 2 Report

Year 11 Unit 2 reports were released on Friday. They are available to students and parents via the Parent Portal and Student Café. Please take the time to go through the report with your son.

Instructions on how to access reports can be found on the Parent Portal and by following the instructions below.

External Exam Block

The External Exam block runs from Monday 23 October to Tuesday 14 November 2023. 

Students and parents have all been emailed the schedules for Weeks 1-3. Please check your junk email if you have not received this.

The External Exam block schedule, as well as the required equipment lists, are available on the Marist portal (via this link for parents and via this link for students), and on the QCAA website.

Year 11 Academic Interviews and ATAR Estimations

Over the coming weeks, all year 11 students (ATAR and non-ATAR) will have the opportunity to meet with a member of the Academic Care team, or College Leadership, to discuss their results across Units 1 and 2. They will also be provided with an ATAR estimation during this meeting if they are ATAR eligible.

Parents are invited to attend if they wish.

A schedule for booking, along with instructions, will be emailed to all students this week. Please keep an eye out for this email. It will be sent to both parents and students.

Assessment Schedules

Year 7-11 Assessment schedules have been released. Please ensure that you take the time to read these so that you are aware of what is due for your son.

Your son will also have access to his assessment via Student Café. He will be able to access task sheets and assessment rubrics.

Year 7 Tutoring

Earlier this week we met with the newly elected Academic Captains who will commence Year 7 Tutoring this week. Year 7 boys are welcome to attend a free tutoring afternoon on Wednesdays between 3:15pm-4:15pm with our senior students. These will take place in room 105 and will run between Weeks 4-7 of this term, leading up to the exam block. All Year 7 boys are welcome to attend.

Literacy Afternoon

On Thursday afternoon, a group of Year 8 students worked on improving their narrative writing skills, focusing particularly on how to plan a successful story. Given a NAPLAN writing prompt, students brainstormed a story idea by drawing (literally) the main complication and conclusion. To add detail to their planning, they also considered which description of the five senses could be added where in their story for maximum pay-off for their reader as well as character mapping their main protagonists. All in all, a very productive and fun afternoon!

The boys will reconvene in Week 5 to take their planning and practice writing it up into a successful story. 

Year 12 release of QCE and Senior Education Profiles (SEPs)

Year 12 students and parents/carers were emailed this week regarding how to access their final subject results and SEP (including QCE and relevant certificates). This information has come directly from the QCAA. 

All Year 12 students should be on myQCE – if not, help for registration can be found here: https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/home/help/student-portal-faqs We would suggest this be sorted as soon as possible to make sure results and SEPs can be accessed smoothly from Friday 15 December.

Senior Library Hours

Our senior library is open from 7:30am every morning until 5:00pm Monday-Thursday. It closes at 3:30pm on Fridays. 

Your son is encouraged to head to the library before and/or after school to complete his homework or study, free from the distractions at home.

Year 11 and 12 Night Study Sessions

The Night Study Sessions will continue for Year 12 students who wish to work in collaboration with their peers for external exam preparation. 

When: every Wednesday from 5:00pm-8:00pm, concluding at the end of external exams

Where: Senior Library

Who: 2023 Year 12s only 

Requirements:

• Current ID card is to be presented on arrival
• All students must sign in and out of the library
• All standard library rules are to be followed (including no eating)
• Normal student behaviour expectations apply; if these cannot be met, students will be prohibited from returning to future sessions
• Students are free to wear full College uniform or plain clothes
• Students are free to arrive and leave as they see fit. Supervision is only provided in the library between 5:00pm-8:00pm
• Students are to be in the library only. This is not a time for sport or social gatherings

A librarian will be on duty from 5:00pm-8:00pm to assist if required; however, these are not tutoring sessions.

A quiet designated study space will also be available during the day in the Library

for Year 12s – starting from this week onward until the end of external exams. 

Study Hall – All Year Levels

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, teacher librarians in the senior library offer study hall sessions from 7:45am to 8:30am. These are designed to build the student’s capacity to study independently by teaching them critical skills for the first 15 minutes of the session, then offering independent supported study for the remainder of the time.

Tutoring at the College 

Tutoring at the College is available for all students, and outlined below are faculties where your son can receive assistance. 

*Other faculties by appointment with the classroom teacher. 

Additionally, the CLE run touch-base tutoring for specific students in the College. For more information, contact CLE@marash.qld.edu.au.

Accessing Student Results 

Student results and feedback for assessment items can be accessed by parents on Parent Lounge. The 1 minute clip below shows how you can access student results by subject or for every subject in one document –

Alternatively, please follow the steps below which highlight how to access your son’s results and feedback.

1. Open Parent Portal and click on “Parent Lounge”

2. On the left-hand tab select “Curricular Activities Due” and select “view all activities” on the top right-hand side of page.

This will take you to a screen that lists of your son/s assessment to complete or has been completed. 

3. Click on a subject to view feedback. 

4. Once you click on the subject you will be able to find the following information: 

1. Task sheet for assessment – this will outline what your son needs to do to complete the task successfully 
2. Draft due dates and due dates
3. Criteria sheet
4. Feedback 
5. Result