Learning and Teaching News

Year 11 Unit 2 Report

Year 11 Unit 2 reports will be released this week.  They will be available to students and parents via the Parent Portal and Student Café. Please take the time to go through the report with your son, celebrating his achievements and reflecting on areas of potential improvement. 

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

Year 12 Masterclasses 

Week 3 of our Masterclass timetable begins this week, running from Monday to Wednesday. 

All students must log in via the QR code located on the door of each masterclass room.  A roll will also be taken.  Masterclasses are compulsory.  Students need to be dressed in full school uniform and ensure they have all the required equipment for their subjects (e.g., calculators, plays/novels etc.). 

If you have any questions about General subject Masterclasses, please contact Roxanne Rosenberg at rosenbergr@marash.qld.edu.au or Adam Knight at knighta@marash.qld.edu.au  

For boys who are not enrolled in any General classes and therefore will not be required at General subject Masterclasses, the College is running Skills masterclasses across weeks 1-3 of Term 4. These classes are designed around the concept of life skills required after school.  If you have any questions about Skills Masterclasses, please contact Mrs Robyn Gooley on gooleyr@marash.qld.edu.au.

External Exam Block

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

Year 12 students will receive an email this week outlining rooming for these exams.  It is important that all boys read these emails carefully as they will include information about equipment and the timing of all exams.

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.  

Assessment Schedules

Year 7-11 Assessment schedules will be released this week.  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.

Leader visits to Year 8 Math Classes 

To best prepare our boys for NAPLAN next year and encourage our boys to continue to develop the skill of appropriate and logical working out in Mathematics, leaders will continue visits in our Year 8 maths classes this week. 

Leaders are giving students a raffle ticket who are demonstrating exceptional working out. Congratulations to last week's winners who received a $10 tuckshop voucher or a front-of-line tuckshop pass.

Year 8 Mathspace Competition 

Each boy in Year 8 has been instructed to complete 20 minutes of MathSpace each night. At the end of each week, Ms Davidson will be checking the boy's productivity and achievement with the top achieving students being put into the raffle at assembly for the $10 tuckshop vouchers or Fastpass.

Homework Expectations 

Boys are expected to be completing homework and/or study for their subjects each night. This is of particular importance as it is a short-term. This comprises of the following elements: 

• Completion of any follow-up work set in a particular class that day;
• Researching, organising, developing or completing an assignment or a set assignment task in any curriculum area;
• Revising material for an examination, class quiz or test, or for an assessment task. 

Below outlines the minimum expectations for homework, revision and study across Years 7-12:

• Year 7: 60-80minutes 
• Year 8: 60-90minutes 
• Year 9: 90-120minutes 
• Year 10: 120-150minutes 
• Year 11 and 12: 180-240minutes 

Should issues arise at home that prevent students from being able to complete homework tasks, parents are asked to advise teachers by means of a note in their diary.

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 the 15th of 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