Cranbourne East Secondary College Newsletter

General Information

Casey Winter Festival

Cranbourne East Secondary College Exhibition at Cranbourne Library. 

 

The Visual Arts Department has teamed up with the Casey Winter Festival to showcase an exhibition of selected year 7, 10, 11 and 12 Student work at Cranbourne Library. The exhibition is called 'Through our Eyes' and displays year 7 drawings, year 10 Portraiture outcomes as well as Year 11 and 12 Impressionism exploration. The exhibition runs until 28th June so be sure to check out the work by our highly talented students.

Student Voice

Elevating student voice is an area of continuous improvement for Cranbourne East Secondary College.  The Department of Education and Training describes student voice as the following:

 

Student voice involves students actively participating in their schools, communities and the education system, contributing to decision making processes and collectively influencing outcomes by putting forward their views, concerns and ideas.

 

Spearheading CESC’s efforts in the is the college’s Student Representative Council (SRC) which consists the school captains, year level captains and specialist roles including publicity officer, and social and community relations.  The SRC undertakes a variety of functions such as: 

  • representing the college at community events including laying a college wreath at the Casey Cenotaph (Abbie Robilliard pictured), and the Student Leaders presentation at Bunjil Place Theatre
  • organizing and managing whole school assemblies including Harmony Day, Anzac Day and end of term announcements
  • presenting regularly to the School Council proposals and updates related to SRC

Semester 1 saw many of the SRC team step up into their roles and worthy of particular mention are the college’s school captains Joel Kimiora, Angelena Binu, Abbie Robilliard and Riley Collard.  These four have led by example particularly through volunteerism and accountability.  Our two School Council representatives, Layla Cerna and Alexandra Viritch, have also been outstanding in their representation of SRC through fulfilment of reporting duties at formal meetings.

 

In Term 3, the SRC has organized workshops which include class captains and other emerging leaders that will provide training and practical application for becoming even more involved in the decision making process included in the definition above.  The first workshop, provided by High Resolves, is called Just Society which works towards student teams creating their own social advocacy projects.  The second workshop, Social Progress, makes use of a mock UN scenario to teach students techniques for leadership, communication and “how to get things done.”

 

Staff at CESC also play a critical role with embedding student voice into the school culture.  In addition to student leadership workshops in term 3, we will be providing professional development to staff on the meaning of and structure for student voice.  Further, tools and activities for incorporating student voice into curriculum and lesson plans. 

Senior secondary certificate reform

Victoria is transforming the delivery of senior secondary education with the introduction of a single senior secondary certificate that will offer greater access to quality vocational and applied learning pathways for all students. The senior secondary education reforms aim to provide access to education and training that is relevant, engaging and that delivers in-demand skills for the future world of work, ensuring that students can access education that leads to employment.

 

Next year students will still be able to enrol in either the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) or the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). The following year, in 2023, VCAL students will be enrolled in the new VCE Vocational Specialisation or the new foundation pathways certificate which will be introduced to replace Foundation VCAL.

 

The VCE Vocational Specialisation will be recognised internationally, be valued by employers and will build on the strengths of VCAL including providing:

  • flexible timetables that allow students to study at school, TAFE and work
  • opportunities to experience real-life workplaces
  • subjects that will build students skills and prepare them for life after school
  • greater access to high quality VET learning, either in school, a neighboring school or a local TAFE

The new certificates are part of a suite of 38 reforms recommended in the Review into Vocational and Applied Learning Pathways in Senior Secondary Schooling (the Firth Review) to lift the quality and perception of vocational education and help more students access high-quality applied learning programs.

 

Course selection in 2022

 

We are supporting all students in their course selections for 2022 and are providing the following advice and information to students considering a VCAL pathway.

 

If students are studying VCAL in 2022 they will transfer into the VCE Vocational Specialisation with credit for completed VCAL subjects in 2023. In 2023, students will continue to study Senior VCAL subjects in the new certificate as part of the implementation process. At the end of 2023, these students will be awarded the VCE Vocational Specialisation if they meet the requirements. 

 

Students who are studying Foundation VCAL over multiple years, including in 2022, will transfer into a new foundation pathways certificate in 2023 with credit for completed subjects. These students will study the new foundation subjects and graduate with the foundation pathways certificate. 

 

This approach provides assurance and clarity to current Year 10 students some of whom will be among the first cohort to receive a VCE Vocational Specialisation certificate in 2023.

 

The following diagram sets out the senior secondary pathways for students commencing the VCE or VCAL in 2022.

                * Note: Students can also move between certificates

 

If you would like to talk further about these changes please contact, Carys Freeman or Irene Greenwood. To learn more about Victoria’s senior secondary certificate reform, you can email the Senior Secondary Reform team.

 

Semester 1 Reports - Publication date delayed

Due to the recent Circuit Breaker lockdown and Remote Learning, a number of the Term 2 Assessment Tasks have been rescheduled for Week 9. As a result, to support teachers to complete the marking and report writing processes, the Semester 1 Reports will now be published at the end of Week 1 in Term 3. 

 

Parents and carers will be able to access the reports via the Compass Portal. If you need to have your Compass username / password reissued, please send an email to itsupport@cesc.vic.edu.au. Please include the following information in your email. 

  • For a STUDENT username / password include the following:
    • Student’s name, Compass ID, eg. AAA0001, Year and home group, eg. 7A
  • For a PARENT username / password include the following:
    • Parent’s name and one child’s ID, eg. AAA0001, Year and home group, eg. 7A

Your password will be sent as a text message during school hours to the parent or guardian listed in Compass.