From the Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning

HSC MINIMUM STANDARDS 

Year 10 students who were away for the HSC Minimum Standards Tests or have not reached Level 3 or Level 4, have the opportunity to complete the test(s) in the Learning Centre on Wednesday afternoon. 

It is important for every student to pass each test in order to receive the HSC Testamur after the Year 12 exams. 

Year 11 and 12 need to complete their remaining test(s) in the Learning Centre. It is important that each student achieve the required results as soon as possible. 

Effective Skill Toolbag for Learning

Guy Claxton and his colleagues (Claxton, Chambers, Powell, & Lucas, 2011) outline four dispositions for effective learning in their book The Learning Powered School:

• Resilience (the ability to persevere and manage distraction) 
• Resourcefulness (the ability to question, reason, imagine, and make links) 
• Reflectiveness (the ability to plan, revise, and distill) 
• Reciprocity (the ability to collaborate and show empathy)

It is imperative that education is focused on developing lifelong learners, and therefore, cultivate positive learning dispositions as well as effective learning skills.

Semester 1 Reports

Students this term have been given feedback against Steps in Learning. Whilst the Steps in Learning give students feedback about how they can improve, so they have the opportunity to apply the feedback to demonstrate improvement, the reports in Semester 1 will highlight how the student is achieving against the Common Grade Scale. The Common Grade Scale highlights the overall achievement of students, and therefore everything a student does contributes to their grade.