Your son/daughter’s academic report for Semester 1 2019 will be available for download tomorrow via PAM.
This report provides an overview of student achievement for the current academic semester. The report aims to highlight student progress and achievement across the different curriculum areas and programs, whilst also providing feedback to your son/daughter to enable them to set goals as they progress to the next stage of learning.
The academic report is an integral part of the learning and teaching process. Report data is gathered using a range of assessment processes and practices such as teacher observations, annotated student work samples, tests, portfolios, exhibitions and presentations. The gathering of this data enables the regular monitoring of student learning and ongoing constructive feedback, with the explicit intention of improving learning outcomes over time.
We encourage all families to read through the report with their son/daughter and take time to discuss with him/her the successes and challenges they experienced in their learning during Semester 1. We ask all our students to use this information as an opportunity for reflection and setting new learning goals for Semester 2.
If you would like further information about your child’s Semester 1 Report please contact the following staff:
- Subject based questions, in the first instance please contact the relevant subject teacher or if unavailable, the relevant faculty learning leader
- General questions about overall academic performance, please contact the relevant Campus Learning Advisor or if unavailable, myself, the Deputy Principal – Learning and Teaching.
Semester 1 Award Ceremonies
The Semester 1 Award ceremonies will take place at the commencement of Term 3. The focus of these assemblies is to gather in year level groupings to acknowledge and celebrate academic achievement with the awarding of both Academic Awards for excellence in learning and Merit Awards for positive approach to learning and giving your best. An invitation is extended to all parents to come along to the relevant ceremonies on the following dates:
- Year 12 - Tuesday July 16
- Year 8 - Thursday July 18
- Year 9 - Wednesday July 24
- Year 11 - Thursday July 25
- Year 7 - Wednesday July 17
- Year 10 - Tuesday July 23
All assemblies will be held in Centennial Hall and will commence at 8.50am. Parking will be available on the green basketball courts.
Criteria for Academic and Merit Awards
Academic awards are awarded to students who demonstrate academic excellence, personal organisation, a positive contribution to the learning environment, enthusiasm for the subject, creativity and originality, and have achieved a subject average of 85% or above in a given semester. The 85% average is a weighted average. Each faculty determines how this average is calculated based on the number and a nature of assessments. Merit awards are limited to a maximum of four per class and are awarded to students who demonstrate enthusiasm to study, consistency in effort, punctuality, completion of homework, meeting task due dates, and a cooperative approach to others.
Subject Selection
The process of planning for 2020 will commence early in Term 3 when students currently enrolled in Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 will be asked to select subjects for the following year. Letters about this process will be distributed to families via the Parent Portal during the Term 2 holiday period. However, in readiness for this process I would like to highlight the following important dates:
- Year 11 (2020) VCE/VCAL/VET Parent Information Evening – Tuesday 30 July
- Year 10 (2020) Parent Information Evening – Tuesday 6 August
Both evenings will commence at 7.30pm with venues to be confirmed via the letter to be uploaded to the Parent Portal.
