1. Senior Parent Information Evening

2. Prayer

3. 2018 Senior Education Results
Mr Newman
2018 Senior Education Results
52% OPs
88% OPs
100% OPs 1 – 18
100% QCE Completion Rate
100% QTAC Offer
100% Certificate or VET Qualification
44 Students undertaking SBAs (Years 10, 11, 12) 

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

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

6. Year 12 Parents to the Library
Mrs Hannam

7. 2019 New QCE System Parent Information Evening

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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.

12. 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.

14. 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

15. (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)

16. 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)

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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.”

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

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

27. What does study look like?

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

31. Cornell Notebooks

33. 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

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

36. 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.”

37. 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.

38. “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.”

39. Three Little Words
… and that’s ok.

40. Studiosity