STATEMENTS OF RESULTS FOR 2009

All students who completed any VCE or VET studies in 2009 should now have their VCAA Statement of Results (distributed in Form Assembly on Tuesday Feb 9). Please check to make sure that it is accurate – no missing units, results correct. If any corrections need to be made please see Ms Milne immediately. If you haven’t received yours, please check with your Form Teacher.

FREE YEAR 12 LECTURES

The School For Excellence is offering FREE lectures in Study Skills, Further, Methods and Specialist Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics and English ESL. Including notes, these lectures are worth over $200. (You will be asked to donate at least $5.00 to the Fred Hollows Foundation (a very worthy charity). The school will run a FREE bus to these lectures at Melbourne University on February 21. If you wish to attend and use the free bus service from school, please complete the registration form and return to Ms Milne ASAP to guarantee a place in the lectures of your choice, but no later than Tuesday Feb 16.

This is an excellent opportunity. Students should ask their class teachers or Ms Milne for a brochure, or find one at www.tsfx.com.au

WELCOME BACK!

Welcome back to school for 2010. A list of important dates for VCE students has just been added to this site. Click on VCE DATELINE 2010 in the top box.

Also in the top box is a new page headed ‘Tutors’. From time to time we get information from people interested in tutoring students. Any information will appear on this page. New tutor details have been added today.

On Monday Feb 1 school will begin with General Assembly at 9.00am. Classes will begin in period 3. All Yr 12 will meet in the Library in period 4 and all Yr 11 will meet in the Library in period 5. Please bring a pen to your meeting.

Don’t forget to scroll down to the bottom of this page for lots of useful links for VCE students!

YEAR 12 RESULTS AND ENTER

Results and ENTERs will be available 7am Monday December 14.  You can access them by SMS, Internet or phone. In each case you will need your VCAA student number and your PIN (if you haven’t changed it, it will be your birthday and month. eg. 4th October would be 0410).

SMS – you must pre-register before midnight December 13. send your student number (8 digits, no letter) , space, PIN to 19787888

INTERNET – vcaaresults.vic.edu.au

PHONE – 1900957888

MAIL – your results will arrive by snail mail from Tuesday december 15 onwards.

VCE CERTIFICATES will be posted to the school, NOT your home address. Please collect yours from the General Office after Tuesday December 15.

Your VCAA number is on most things related to VCE. if you can’t find yours please email me and i’ll send it to you. milne.margot.b@edumail.vic.gov.au.

SAC MAKEUP

The opportunity to re-sit a SAC to try to achieve ‘S’ (satisfactory) is a privilege and not a right. Students should understand that unless they have demonstrated a genuine effort in classwork leading up to the SAC, and a genuine effort on the SAC itself, they will not have the opportunity to repeat the SAC in order to get ‘S’ for the outcome. Students should demonstrate in class to their teachers before SACs, that they have made every effort to complete and understand the work. Where students have not demonstrated this effort, and they do not achieve a satisfactory result on the SAC, the student will receive ‘N’ (not satisfactory) for the SAC and therefore ‘N’ for the unit.

Students are reminded that if they are absent from a SAC, they must have a medical certificate or other VCE Approved Absence.

Students who have been absent for the reasons outlined above, or who have made every effort, but still received ‘N’ on their first attempt at a SAC, are welcome to re-sit the SAC in a SAC makeup class on a Wednesday or Friday afternoon, in an attempt to receive ‘S’ for the outcome.

YEAR LEVEL MEETINGS

A reminder that Year level meetings on Tuesday mornings are COMPULSORY for all students in the year level. You must be there whether or not you have a class in period  1.

On Tuesday Aug 11 all year 11 students are required in the Gym for Form Assembly.

Other meetings this week – Tuesday (Aug 11) lunchtime N4 all House and School Captains regarding Yr 12 last day activities.

                                                  – Thursday (Aug 13) lunchtime N4 all yr 12s interested in helping with the graduation.

MOBILE PHONES IN EXAMS

Please note that you cannot take your mobile phone into the exam room for the GAT or any other exam. Students with mobile phones in the exam room will have their exam paper cancelled. Students are advised NOT to take their mobile phone to the exams as there is no secure or supervised place for you to leave it.

SAC MAKEUP CLASSES

If you miss a SAC through illness, or you have been offered the opportunity to re-do a SAC to get an ‘S’ for an outcome, you will be placed in a SAC makeup class. These are supervised classes that run on Wednesday and Friday afternoons during periods 5 and 6 in P6.  If your teacher tells you that you have been placed in one of these classes, you MUST attend it. The only exceptions are if you have a medical certificate or a VCE Approved Absence from Ms Milne. If you do not attend, and you do not have an approved excuse, you run the risk of failing this outcome and therefore the unit. These classes are provided to help you satisfactorily complete your work and thererfore get ‘S’ for the unit.

YEAR LEVEL ASSEMBLIES

The end of  Semester 1 and examinations are rapidly approaching. There will be two year level meetings held at Form Assembly time to distribute important information relating to the end of semester and examinations.

Tuesday May 12 – all Year 12 meet in the Gym for Form Assembly

Tuesday May 19 – all Year 11 (including 11 Blue and 10 Mango) meet in the gym for Form Assembly.

Attendance at your appropriate meeting is compulsory.

Exam guides are available for Yr 12 June exams on the Education Age website. Click on the link at the bottom of this page.

VCE Help

Students are reminded to check the ‘newspaper’ shelf near the General Office regularly for information about lecture series designed to help VCE students. Brochures are now starting to arrive about revision sessions for June examinations. Some of these sessions may be very good. Check with your teacher first to see whether they have any information about the quality of the seminars. You are also reminded to scroll down to the bottom of this page where you will find links to a variety of sites that you might find helpful. A new one has been added. VCEonline advertises itself as a ‘free service for all students around Victoria completing VCE to allow for collaborative learning to assist with revision for both SACs and external exams’.