Parent Information Night – Senior school Nice opening slide with picture

Parent Information Night – Senior school “Our education, our future………”

Parent Information Night The OP pathway school university

PRIDE It starts with PRIDE Prepared Respected Dedicated Educated Included Dedicated Educated

Demonstrating PRIDE in Year 11 and 12 Year 11:Passouts at end of each term House points Year 12: Passouts at end of each term Eligibility to purchase a jersey Eligibility to go to formal

Dedicated and Educated Every student is aiming for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) OP students are aiming for the OP that will set them on the path they have chosen. DBS students are aiming to achieve rank equivalent OP of around 9.

Dedicated and Educated Guides for university entrance Year 10 – June “Tertiary Pre-requisites” Year 12 – June “QTAC guide 2018”

Success in 2017 “Our education, our future………” Students: Engage in your learning and complete all work Attend school 100% Work at home - successful students will study for 2 – 3 hours each night Study sessions – twice weekly in the CRC from 2.40 – 4.45pm Balance school and study commitments with other commitments

How much work is legal? “Our education, our future………” During school week During non-school week During school day During non-school day 12 hours 38 hours 4 hours 8 hours If an employer is not following these laws, they need advice from parents or the school.

How to be successful in year 11 and 12 “Our education, our future………” Ensure outside work stays within the legal limit Create an assessment schedule Read as widely as possible Create a study schedule for homework Keep in touch with teachers (parent-teacher interviews and after when required) Start discussions about possible career pathways, check QTAC entry requirements & pre-requisites

Pathways Night “Our education, our future………” Each subject has a display with information about subjects & career paths Tuesday August 3 Displays from TAFE and the universities help Students to plan their future direction HODs and teachers on hand for advice

Read as widely as possible “Our education, our future………” Reading is the key to success in senior Read as widely as possible, as often as possible Build complexity of reading You can pick up a reading schedule from your English teacher The librarian is there to help

Senior Results 2016 Overall Position (OP) 1 – 5: 16 students, 19.2% 1-10:

Senior Results 2016 2016 Overall Position (OP) 1 - 5 with levels of achievement OP QCS Results 1 A 6 x VHA 2 5 x VHA, 1 x HA 4 x VHA, 2 x HA 3 6 VHA - 4 x VHA, 1 x HA 4 C 3 x VHA, 3 x HA 5 B 4 x VHA, 1 x HA, 1 x SA 3 x VHA, 2 x HA A = VHA B = HA C = SA

Senior Results 2016 OP QCS Results 9 B 2 x VHA, 3 x HA, 2 SA 10 C 2016 Overall Position (OP) 15 – 20 with levels of achievement OP QCS Results 9 B 2 x VHA, 3 x HA, 2 SA 10 C 4 x VHA, 1 x HA 11 A 4 x HA, 2 x SA 12 D 1 x VHA, 4 x HA, 1 x SA 13 1 x VHA, 4 x HA 6 x HA 14 1 x VHA; 2 x HA, 2 x SA 15 1 x VHA, 2 x HA, 3 x SA 4 x HA, 2 x SA  17 4 x HA, 2 x S 18 2 x HA, 4 x SA A = VHA B = HA C = SA

Senior Results 2016 Course and university OP required Diploma of Business students received offers for the following courses Course and university OP required Bachelor of Business Queensland University of Technology 8 Bachelor of Nursing 9 Bachelor or Information Technology

Year 11and 12 Queensland Core Skills Test (QCS) Forest Lake State High School

When is the QCS test held? Last week in August year 12 Two days – Tuesday and Wednesday

What is involved? Tuesday morning: Writing task Tuesday afternoon: Multiple choice paper 1 Wednesday morning: Short response paper Wed afternoon: Multiple choice paper 2

Who has to do it? Anyone who wants an Overall Position at the end of school Those who want to go to university using the OP system Anyone wanting high level courses at university

What do each of the tests require? WRITING TASK: 550-650 words in response to stimulus provided on the day Based on a theme eg Gold any genre except poetry 2 hours available

Multiple choice paper 1 & 2 100 questions each covering all subject areas, skill sets 90 mins each

Short Response Paper all subject topics write answers work maths & science problems design things 2 hours

VERY! How hard is the QCS test? It needs to challenge the brightest students in the state. It is designed with some quite reasonable/easy questions and some very, very difficult questions. It takes practice to learn to be good at answering the questions.

Why does it matter? Every OP eligible student does the test and their results in each subject are scaled Each student in the subject has their results compared to the average for each class It matters VERY MUCH if someone is doing a slack job on the QCS test – all in the subject can suffer We work hard to ensure you prepare well and take it seriously

Skills gained in QCS Skills gained in QCS enable students to succeed in all subjects Skills learned in this test will help with all other assessment Skills learned will help each student in their future study

What we will be doing in this subject Practising the tests Learning the particular skills required in each test (in rotations throughout the year) Tracking student progress – students set goals and are expected to improve over the 18 months we work on this Reporting to parents on how seriously your child is working on QCS preparation

Report comment choices ‘Name’ is preparing thoroughly for QCS tests, by engaging well with all activities and preparing appropriately at home. OR ‘Name’ is preparing solidly for QCS tests but needs to practise more at home. OR ‘Name’ is not yet engaging appropriately in QCS preparation and needs to practise more at home; she/he should consider changing their pathway. OR ‘Name’ is working well on QCS test preparation but is struggling with the standard required; she/he should consider changing their pathway.

Reports based on comments from the 3 different teachers for QCS preparation Students: Need to work hard in QCS classes Need to keep all practice tests and notes in one book/folder – brought to every lesson Need to practise QCS skills at home using the resources set for homework by your teacher THIS IS A SUBJECT – it matters.

Time for questions