Senior Sub School Year 10 Parent Information Evening

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Senior Sub SchoolYear 10 Parent Information
Evening
19th February 2013
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Tonights presentation will include

• 1. Welcome! Whos who in the Senior School for
  2013
• 2. 2012 a review
• 3. 2013 Our Focus What to expect in the Senior
  School
• 4. Exams
• 5. Pathway Planning Work Experience and MIPS
• 6. Performance Review
• 7. At risk process
• 8. Senior School expectations and Promotions
  Policy
• 9. Helping Students Achieve their best in year 10

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Senior School Team

• Principal Mr Wayne Terrill
• Assistant Principal Mr Keith Halge
• Head of Senior School Mr Jason De Araugo
• Senior Curriculum Manager Ms Jan Homsi
• Senior Program Manager Mr Eden St James
• Student Pathways Manager Ms Neisha Macrae
• VCAL Coordinator Ms Jessica Stone
• VET Coordinator Ms Sandra Avellino
• Year 12 Coordinator Ms Candice Smith Ms Claire
  Smyth
• Year 11 Coordinator Ms Emily Hawes Ms Karen
  Jacobson
• Year 10 Coordinator Ms Rachel Barney Ms Naomi
  Muir

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Senior School Team

• Educational Support
• Senior School Support Ms Megan Penn
• Careers Support Ms Tanya Jizba
• Attendance Officer Ms Helga Pullin

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2012 a review

• VCE Pass Rate 96
• Top ATAR score 92.15 6 students received 90 or
  above
• 115 students in 2012 cohort
• 89 students put in a VTAC offer
• 71 received offers in the first round.
• All students who missed out applied directly to
  universities and have since received offers.

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Our Focus for 2013

• To offer the best support to our students and
  teaching staff through programs, activities and
  resources for both to achieve their best.
• - Social, emotional development
• - Take ownership of their own learning
  environment
• - Supporting students into a positive
  destination post year 10
• - Decision making in regards to VCE or VCAL

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Whats to come 2013

• Over the course of the year the year 10s will be
  involved in a number of activities
• 13th March Year 10 High Resolves begins
• 27th 28th March Parent/Teacher interviews
• 24th April Study Skills Workshop
• 2nd May Careers Night
• 10th May Work Experience forms due
• Semester 1 Exams 3rd to 13th June

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And theres more in 2013

• 10th May WRICA Careers Expo
• 19th June Guest Speaker Mr Mark Dobson
• 20th and 21st June Year 10 MIPS Health Days
• 24th to 28th June Year 10 Work Experience

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What does it mean to be in the Senior School?

• Different environment
• New start!
• Strong focus on relationships
• Academic rigour
• More responsibility - Leaders

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Coming prepared

• It is now time for your child to take their
  education seriously.
• The Senior School expects that all students will
  come to class prepared with the appropriate
  materials and textbooks.
• Students are required to bring their netbook to
  school each day, fully charged.

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Homework

• Students must be engaging in some form of
  homestudy and continuing the good work done in
  school, at home.
• Wednesday afternoons are Homework club. All
  students are encouraged to attend. Senior
  students are encouraged to work after school
  everyday.
• Your child should be completing at least 2 hours
  of homework after school. If your child is not
  attending to homestudy please contact Ms Barney
  or Ms Muir for support and guidance.

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Exam Preparation

• The Exam timetable will be released as early as
  possible to ensure students have the opportunity
  to prepare themselves.
• Mid year study skills seminar with Assistant
  Principal Keith Halge and other Senior School
  members prior to the exam period
• Exam results will be reported
• Semester 1 Exams 3rd to 13th June
• Semester 2 Exams 18th 27th November

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Promotions Policy

• HCSC places pride in academic rigour. We aim to
  encourage all students to be their very best.
• Many students fail in their obligation to
  complete adequate coursework. This is either due
  to poor attendance and lateness, illness,
  wellbeing issues or general apathy.
• The Promotions Policy at HCSC requires to
  students to achieve 60 or more at the expected
  level to proceed into VCE.

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Senior School Honours

• Senior School awards Honours to students for
  their academic achievement in individual
  subjects. If a student scores on or above 80,
  the student is awarded with Honours.
• The process of awarding Honours by subject allows
  every student the opportunity to excel in the
  subject of their choice. Senior School Honours
  awards the effort displayed by each and every
  student.
• Students receiving Honours are celebrated at the
  Senior School Honours evening on Thursday 18th
  July

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Uniform

• A strong emphasis is placed on correct uniform at
  HCSC. Year 10 students are now differentiated as
  a Senior student with a slight change in uniform.
• Pride in uniform equates to a pride in your
  school. The Senior students set an example to the
  rest of the school.
• The uniform policy is outlined in full in the
  student engagement policy. Facial piercings are
  not acceptable. Students wearing facial piercings
  at school will have them confiscated.

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Year 10 Formal

• The Year 10 Formal is an exciting occasion in
  your childs educational journey. For some this
  will be the last time that they are a student at
  HCSC.
• The Formal will be held on the 6th December 2013.
• The evening is a celebration of 11 years of hard
  work. HCSC expect students attending the formal
  to be exemplary representatives of the school.
  Students not following the welfare and
  management policy over the course of the year may
  have the privilege of the Year 10 Formal
  retracted.

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Year 10 Formal
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Costa Mesa Exchange Program

• HCSC provides the opportunity of a lifetime with
  the Costa Mesa Student Exchange Program.
• Students are selected on the basis of their
  dedication and involvement with the school
  community, not just on academic merit.
• Students who travel to Costa Mesa are ambassadors
  for not only HCSC but the entire Wyndham region.

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China Program

• HCSC will also seek students from Year 10 to join
  other students from Year 9 to travel to China in
  2013.
• Again, students are selected on the basis of
  their dedication and involvement with the school
  community, not just on academic merit.
• Students will travel to schools and talk to
  students in China about the similarities and
  differences in lifestyles and education

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Camp 2013

• New camp
• Snow skiing (weather
  permitting)

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Electives

• Year 10 is a completely elective based year
• Students do a wide selection of subjects from
  multiple KLAs
• Increased engagement and independence
• Highest number of students undertaking a VCE
  subject

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Managed Individual Pathways

• A class that operates once a fortnight that will
  assist the students to
• Undertake study skills training
• Assist with exam skills
• Build resume and CV
• Support the students in regards to VCE/VCAL in
  2014

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Work Experience

• Your child will be involved in work experience in
  the last week of Term 2
• It is your childs responsibility to source their
  work placement and make contact with this
  business/organisation
• Work experience is facilitated and guided by HCSC
  but the onus is on the student to take
  responsibility for their work placement
• Work experience dates 24th to the 28th June

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Pathway Planning Career Resource Centre

• To provide a successful pathway from school to
  further education, training or employment.
• To provide students with a range of opportunities
  to support the development of a pathway plan.
• To support and encourage students to make the
  best possible choices for their future.

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Decisions

• University
• TAFE
• Apprenticeship/Traineeship
• Employment
• Research is the key

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Performance Review Book

• Strategy to keep students involved
• Increases communication between senior school,
  teachers and parents
• Student directed goals
• Allows students to reflect on learning
• Not a behavior management strategy focus on
  academic achievement

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At Risk Process

• In 2013, a student in Year 10 will begin the At
  Risk process once they fail (less than 50) an
  assessment task.
• The Classroom teacher or the Coordinator will
  call home and produce an At Risk form to notify
  Parents/Guardians of the unsatisfactory work.
• See page 18 of the Parent Handbook

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At Risk Process

• If a student continues to fail to submit the
  required coursework from the At Risk form then
  the classroom teacher will have no option but to
  give the student a progression point of a D or E
  therefore placing their successful completion of
  Year 10 at risk.
• Ms Barney or Ms Muir will make contact with
  families to discuss the consequences of a student
  who receive multiple number of Ds and Es in
  Year 10.
• See page 19 of the Parent Handbook

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Surviving Year 10

• Develop the partnership between parents, students
  and the school.
• Encourage effective communication with Teachers
  and Coordinators.
• Encourage Goal Setting and Time management.
• Stay informed.

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Surviving Year 10

• Become involved in your childs schooling.
• The best way for us to remember something is to
  teach someone else. Encourage your child to
  teach you about their work.
• Always remain calm.
• Encourage healthy eating, plenty of exercise and
  the importance of rest.

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Surviving Year 10

• Remind your child that they need a balance
  between their social life, part-time work,
  sporting commitments and school.
• Provide a quiet place for them to work without
  distractions.
• The other AT RISK Social and emotional wellbeing

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Helping students achieve their best in Year 10

• What will the school do?

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Surviving Year 10

• Offer a range of programs for students for
  example
• Study Skills
• Goal Setting
• Motivation
• B2 Available before school and after school each
  day
• Homework club in the Library every Wednesday

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Wellbeing Team

• The Student Wellbeing Centre provides students
  and parents with counselling and personal support
  in times of need.
• SWC can refer students and parents to external
  agencies that will provide assistance across all
  areas.
• The Wellbeing consists of Jane Williamson,
  Melanie Cousins, Kirsty Warren the new school
  nurse Trish Worthington . A referral can be made
  through the Senior School or the student can
  contact SWC direct.

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• Questions?