Senior Parent Information Evening

Prayer

2018 Senior Education Results Mr Newman 2018 Senior Education Results 52% OPs 1 - 10 88% OPs 1 - 15 100% OPs 1 – 18 100% QCE Completion Rate 100% QTAC Offer 100% Certificate or VET Qualification 44 Students undertaking SBAs (Years 10, 11, 12) 

Principal’s Forum Monday 4th March 7pm College Library Followed by light supper and drinks Content: All activities of Year 11 and 12 2019

Overview of Program Year 10 and 11 New QCE System (ATAR) Information The Current Queensland Certificate of Education System (OP)

Year 12 Parents to the Library Mrs Hannam

2019 New QCE System Parent Information Evening

New QCE The Queensland Certificate of Education is the state education qualification and St Mary’s College expects all students to be working towards the attainment of their QCE.

Literacy and Numeracy Requirement Literacy Component Numeracy Component A C grade or higher in: English English Literature English Essentials Successful completion of the Short Course Literacy Mathematics General Mathematics Methods Mathematics Essentials Successful completion of the Short Course Numeracy

Subject Categories General Syllabuses Applied Syllabuses Contribute the Calculation of an ATAR. For students looking for Tertiary Entrance Applied Syllabuses Maximum of One Applied Subject can be used in the calculation of an ATAR. Focus on Skills for the Workplace and Technical and Applied Future Options.

ATAR Eligibility - General Syllabuses Generally, from 2019 onwards students will study 6 subjects.  Five subjects will be used to calculate an ATAR. One of these subjects can be a Certificate III or an Applied Syllabus. If students study less than 4 General subjects, they will not be eligible for an ATAR.

Shape of the Senior Years Term 1 Unit 1 Term 2 End Unit 1 Begin Unit 2 Term 3 End Unit 2 Term 4 Begin Unit 3 Year 12 Term 1 Finish Unit 3 Term 2 Begin Unit 4 Term 3 Finish Unit 4 Term 4 Revision Study Phase External Exams from Week 4

(50% in Maths and Science Subjects Unit 3 and 4 Assessment Internal Assessment 1 Internal Assessment 2 Internal Assessment 3 External Assessment 4 Examination (50% in Maths and Science Subjects 25% in all others)

Unit 1 and 2 Assessment Internal Assessment 1 Internal Assessment 2 Mock External Assessment4 Examination (50% in Maths and Science Subjects 25% in all others)

General Syllabuses Organised into Four Units across two years. Units 1 and 2 occur in Terms 1, 2 and 3 of Year 11. Units 3 and 4 occur in Term 4 of Year 11 and Year 12. General syllabuses are assessed by 3 internal assessments and one external exam. Once Unit 3 commences students cannot change subjects.

Assessment Approaches From a number of stand alone assessments scaled to the QCS test… 2 4 1 3 QCS TEST 7 6 5 To a Continuous Learning Journey where knowledge and skills are interconnected, interrelated and developmental. External Exam

Alternate Pathways to University “In a new report, the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University says that only 26 per cent of domestic students entering undergraduate courses in 2016 were admitted on the basis of their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank score. This is down from 31 per cent in 2014.”

Applied Pathway Students Can study both Applied Subjects, Certificate Courses and General Subjects Can undertake a School Based Apprenticeship or Traineeship or Tafe In Schools course

For students not pursuing tertiary entrance TAFE – Year 10, 11, 12 TAFE in schools – 1 day per week, 6 months – 2 years Cost’s vary, payment plans available, Cert II, III, IV Wide range of industries School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships 1 day per week (usually) in work setting Some traineeships can occur outside the school timetable Traineeships can usually be completed within 12 months Trade apprenticeships lead to full time apprenticeships after school Other Training Providers Many courses available – speak with Director of Senior Pathways

Exam Blocks Year 11 Year 12 One Exam Block End Term 3 Two Exam Blocks One Mock Exam End Term 3 Final Exams Term 4

Assessment Styles All General subjects have a 2 hour 20 minute exam in Term 3 Year 11 and Term 4 Year 12. Extended Written Response Combination Response Investigations Research Tasks Compositions / Projects / Folios

Term 1 Assessments 3, 4, 5 Period 4 + Sport Time 5, 6 and 7 Week / Day Period Subject Length Place 7 Tuesday 3, 4, 5 Accounting Biology (60 mins) Geography Literature 2hrs 20 mins Hall Week 7 Wednesday Period 4 + Sport Time SOR Week 7 Thursday 5, 6 and 7 Music   Music Rooms Week 7 Friday Design Week 8 Monday 5, 6, and 7 Economics Chemistry (60 mins) Week 8 Monday 2, 3, 4 Modern History

Parent Teacher Interviews Week 8 Term 1 Please come and meet your son’s teachers and discuss his progress to date.

What does study look like?

Writing notes Revising Notes Filing and refining notes Doing worked examples Doing practice questions Creating practice questions Asking questions of teachers / peers Reading

Cornell Notebooks

The ATAR Learner Does a little each day to ‘connect the synapses’ Is self-motivated Is organised Asks questions. Keeps track of learning and learning materials Reads widely. Accesses online study materials. Knows how to chunk knowledge for easy revision Works as a team with the teacher against the external exam. Uses colour coding and diagrams to make revision and knowledge retention easier. Seeks and enacts feedback. Writes clear summaries of new information

Stress and Senior Schooling Manage stress through healthy habits. Self-talk Meditation Taking a Break Exercise Socialising (face to face) Breathing exercises

In a 2013 article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on stress mind-sets, the researchers Alia J. Crum, Peter Salovey and Shawn Achor noted that the human stress response, in and of itself, can put “the brain and body in an optimal position to perform.”

To reframe how we think about a phenomenon that has been roundly, and wrongly, pathologized, we should appreciate that healthy stress is inevitable when we operate at the edge of our abilities. Stretching beyond familiar limits doesn’t always feel good, but growing and learning — the keys to school and much of life — can’t happen any other way.

“Avoiding stress doesn’t work and is often not possible “Avoiding stress doesn’t work and is often not possible. To achieve and grow, we have to get outside our comfort zones and approach challenges.”

Three Little Words … and that’s ok.

Studiosity

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