10-12 Campus News

Be relentless with your learning!

With a median study score of 30 in 2019, Sandringham College has again announced its intention to be an academic force to be reckoned with in the roaring 20's - 2.0.  To this end, our teachers across the entire school are working incredibly hard to continue to build on our academic momentum.  V.C.E. teachers have been working within their Professional Learning Communities and in small focus groups to dig through the data from 2019, with the goal of finding areas where we can improve and hence impact student outcomes.    The process is ongoing and is heavily influenced by our ever evolving Learning Architecture.

 Teachers have spent time early this term looking at examination exemplars as they look for that perfect answer, to that oh so esoteric section of the course.  They have poured over examiners reports, endeavouring to further understand the way that the examiners think and indeed the language that they want us to use to answer their questions, their way.  We are terming this ‘VCAA literacy’ and it is a vital part of high achieving programs.  Teachers continue to review and re-imagine the ways in which they approach both the teaching of subject based content and, perhaps more importantly, the skills that are being tested through this content knowledge. 

The teachers at Sandringham College continue to hold themselves to their own, very high expectations.  They will be demanding the same commitment to excellence from all of their students in the months to come. 

Semester 1 is such a vital time for our students at all levels but perhaps especially those in the midst of a Unit 3 & 4 subject.  Push hard at your studies now; ask as many questions as you can, seek the answers from all quarters.   Be relentless with your learning!

David Hall