WELCOME Parents & Year 11 & 12 Students Information Session - Career Expo – Parent Teacher Meeting 24 TH February 2016

AGENDA 1. Opening Dua’1:50 PM 2. Address By Executive Principal1:55 PM 3. Address By Principal2.00 PM 4. Information Session2.05 PM 5.NAPSA Presentation2.20 PM 6. Career Expo3:00 PM Venue: Gymnasium 7. Closing Dua’3.30 PM 8. Parent –Teacher Meeting3:40 PM Venue: Multi-purpose Hall

Today we shall be looking at these points: 1.WACE Graduation 2.ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Ranking) 3.Academic and behavioural expectations 4.Assessment policy 5.Certificate of Excellence 6.Admission to Medicine and Dentistry WELCOME TO YEAR 11 & 12 CONGRATULATIONS

YOUR CHOICE YOUR PATH Open To ALL All students were interviewed at the end of 2015 Choices made Recommendations Conditions set 4 weeks – 1 st test Performance Review All students are subject to a performance review at the end of February. Where necessary, adjustments to course selection will be made when any student fails to achieve at least 60% in any course.

SECONDARY GRADUATION: STUDENTS WHO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECONDARY GRADUATION WILL BE ISSUED WITH A W.A.C.E. -WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION. THIS MARKS THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 12 YEARS OF FORMAL SCHOOLING.

Complete Literacy and Numeracy tests to demonstrate a minimum standard. NAPLAN Band 8 or OLNA category 3 Achieve an ATAR or complete a Certificate II or higher. Complete two Year 11 English units and two Year 12 English units. Complete at least one pair of units from List A & one pair of units from the List B courses in Year 11 and 12. Complete at least 20 units or equivalents, including a minimum of 10 units in Year 12. Achieve a minimum of six ‘C’ grades in Year 11 & 8 ‘C’ grades in four pairs of Year 12 units or equivalents. Altogether 14 ‘C’ grades are required for WACE graduation. Note: To achieve an ATAR students are required to complete a minimum of four Year 12 ATAR courses. WACE

WACE COURSES ATAR COURSES: YEAR 11: UNIT 1 & 2 YEAR 12: UNIT 3 & 4 PRE-REQUISITES CATEGORY 3 IN OLNA 65% SCHOOL MARKS OF THAT COURSE IN YEAR % SCHOOL MARK IN COURSE IN YEAR 11 GENERAL COURSES: Courses with school based tests/exams and include externally set exams as well. These courses will typically be based on stage 1 and 2 course units with modification. PRE-REQUISITES CATEGORY 2/3 OLNA A ‘C’ GRADE IN THAT COURSE IN YEAR 10 FOR YEAR 11 A ‘C’ GRADE IN THAT COURSE IN YEAR 11 FOR YEAR 12.

VET UNIT EQUIVALENCE Of the 20 units required for a WACE, up to a maximum of four Year 11 units and four Year 12 units may be substituted by VET qualifications.

UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE At the end of Year 12, the best four ATAR course results (SBA + WACE exam 50/50 combined) will be used by TISC to calculate your TEA ( Tertiary Entrance Aggregate). The TEA will be used to award you with an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank).

Example – Five courses CourseScaled score English 62 Mathematics 85 Biological Sciences 83 Accounting & Finance 82 Economics 80 Best four course sum: = 330 TEA =

AWARDS

Medicine and Dentistry at UWA & Curtin University 2017 & Beyond Students wishing to study Medicine/dentistry at UWA need to sit UMAT & complete a three- year undergraduate Science Providing the score is above level 5.5 (equates to 75%) The student (if no UMAT) sit for the GAMSAT. (Graduate Australian Medicine Admissions Test). There then follows a further four years of study. Curtin University Five year direct-entry medical degree. 60 places in first year Applications open in June ALL require Minimum ATAR 96 Suitable UMAT English competency Welcomed 3 AIC students into Aaqib Azram Abdiaziz HajiAli Khadija Mansoor

If students miss a Scheduled Assessment Task (exams, tests, in class investigation, in class essay, oral presentation, etc.), they should only be given the opportunity to complete that assessment or a similar task and gain credit if the student’s absence is explained by the following: Medical certificate Assessment Policy Student will sit for the assessment task on the day of return to the school. Otherwise, there will not be any opportunity of sitting for the missed task. Where a student submits an assignment task late either with no satisfactory explanation or without prior agreement with the teacher, then a penalty of 10%per day (including weekends) will apply.

Behavioural Expectations All Yr 11 and 12 students are expected to behave appropriately. There will be consequences of suspension and even expulsion with repeated offence if any student Misbehave, disruptive or disrespectful to teachers Consistently late in class/assembly without any reason Consistently absent when there is an assessment task scheduled Found outside class room or study room without permission

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL Year 11 and 12 Rana Al-Baghdadi Year Coordinators Shady Fouda Sehrish Chaalni