Deputy Principal, Teaching and Learning
Dear Parents and Guardians
We are pleased to report that our students have successfully completed their End of Year Examinations and have enjoyed five days of the 2022 Step Up Program.
At the end of the week your son or daughter will receive their Semester 2 Report. It will be released via PAM on the College Learning Management System SIMON. Instructions for how to use PAM have been attached to this document. You will note that in Term 3, learning behaviour indicators were published without a written comment for each student. In Term 4, there are both assessment grades and updated learning behaviour indicators. Please refer to the example below.
Last Friday, the College’s Remote Learning Program was recognised for ‘Excellence’ at the Australian Education Awards, and we praise our students for working consistently this year throughout the continuous remote learning and face to face learning periods. Alongside our College assessments, progress is monitored via NAPLAN results for year 7 and 9 students, as well as UNSW REACH testing in Math’s, English and Science that was conducted earlier in the year for all year 7-10 students. New Digital Learning Profiles are currently being explored to better capture the story of your child’s growth.
On the 16th of December our students studying VCE Unit 3-4 subjects will receive their results. This is an important time for our Year 12 students as they confirm their next steps into further study or work.
Thank you for your support of the teaching and learning at The Hamilton and Alexandra College. We value our partnership with you and look forward to working together in the new year.
Yours sincerely,
Susan Bradbeer
Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning
Edrolo Registration Information
The College will continue to use Edrolo in 2022 to support the study of selected VCE subjects. Please find attached a letter from Edrolo outlining the process for account activation and payment. Access is free until Friday 10 December 2021. Students are required to use their school email address to login via a link on the SIMON Home Page under School Links - Library.
Please find following a summary of the resources available on Edrolo by Subject area:
Year 11 Units 1 & 2
- Maths Methods – Digital resources only
- General Maths – Digital resource and textbook
- Physics – Edrolo – Digital resources only
- Psychology – Edrolo – Digital resources only
- Biology – Digital resources only
- Chemistry – Digital resources only
- Business Management - Digital resources only
- Physical Education – Digital resources only
Year 12 Units 3 &4
- Maths Methods - Digital resources only
- Further Maths – Digital resource and textbook
- Specialist Maths – Digital resources only
- Physical education – Digital resources only
- Physics – Edrolo – Digital resource and textbook
- Psychology – Digital resources and textbook
- Studio Arts – Digital resource only
- Visual Communication and Design – Digital resources only
- Biology – Edrolo – Digital resource and textbook
- Chemistry – Edrolo Digital resources and textbook
- English – Digital resources only
- EAL – Digital resources only
- Business Management – Digital resource only
If you have any queries relating to the Edrolo suite of resources, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Kym Dempsey.
Kym Dempsey
Year 11, 2022 - Optional Central Australia Experience Information
As per the letter sent out recently to all 2022 Year 11 parents, the school needs to know by Friday 10 December if your child intends to be part of the April school holidays Central Australia Experience. This ensures that we can plan our staffing and AUSCAMP can do bookings for accommodation, transport, etc. Please email Mr Leigh Alexander about this by the end of the school year and also pay the $845 which covers the cost of this years July Alpine Camp.
Leigh Alexander
Head of Outdoor Education Programmes