From the Assistant Principal - Teaching and Learning
As the end of term is on the horizon, we are again working with students in Years 7-10 on their End of Semester 1 Grade. We continue to ensure that everything counts when providing your child with a grade for their learning in each course. This means that all classwork, homework and assessment tasks count towards the grade that your child will receive at the end of this term. We remind you that “Grading student achievement is the process of assigning a letter (A, B, C, D, E) to summarise the level of a student's achievement in a course.”
The Common Grade Scale is accessible to all parents via the NESA site.
For our Year 11 students, we are one-third of the way through the Preliminary course. There is one more term before the HSC begins. A few reminders about how we are able to ensure that your child has successfully completed the Preliminary course:
A student will be considered to have satisfactorily completed a Preliminary course if, in the principal’s view, there is sufficient evidence that the student has met the course completion criteria.
The following course completion criteria refer to both Preliminary and HSC courses. A student will be considered to have satisfactorily completed a course if, in the principal’s view, there is sufficient evidence that the student has:
- followed the course developed or endorsed by NESA; and
- applied themselves with diligence and sustained effort to the set tasks and experiences provided in the course by the school; and
- achieved some or all of the course outcomes.
The above points explain that NESA expects students to complete ALL classwork and home learning tasks assigned to them by the class teacher. Failure to do so places successful completion of a course in jeopardy. This also means that students must be present at school and in class to demonstrate that they are applying themselves to the coursework as outlined by NESA. Those students who are continuously late, or absent place the successful completion of their Preliminary and/or HSC course in jeopardy.
The HSC Trial Examinations begin in Week 3 of Term 3. We encourage students to review their Trial Timetables and ensure they are familiar with the College’s examination rules and illness/misadventure policies.
If there are any questions about the above information please feel free to contact me via email - jkalifa@parra.catholic.edu.au.
Ms Josilin Kalifa
Assistant Principal - Teaching and Learning