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Senior School Information Evening

Lilydale High School VCE in 2020

https://inewsletter.co/YpdgOY/lilydale-high-school- news-issue-10/#/0

Senior School Coordination Team

Katie Wilson: Head of Senior School and Year 12 Janine Sayers: Head of Year 11 Caitlin Wiles Mark Beatson Hayley Cook Katie Hunter Jenny Mclean

Careers Counselling

Craig Harris Tim Kogelman

Student Welfare Counselling

Rob Webb Jane Robbins

Principal Team

Wendy Powson Principal

Stuart Young Melissa McMillan Trent Silk Genaha Thompson

• Study Hall, Library, Silent Study

Room and Computer facilities

• Sporting Fields and Multipurpose

surface

• Paved sitting area
• Locker Bay

VCE at Lilydale High School- Facilities

VCE at Lilydale High School- Programs and Events

• Study Skills Programs
• Points aggregate
• Career Pathways Program
• Welfare and Careers Counselling
• Year 12 Breakfast
• Funky sock Friday

• Year 11 Awards Presentations
• Year 12 Valedictory Dinner
• Presentation Ball
• LOTE Educational Overseas Tours
• Camps
• Interschool Sport
• Staff versus Student matches

VCE at Lilydale High School- Programs and Events

• Orientation Program
• Examination schedules
• Class attendance monitoring
• Live attendance data
• Improved Performance Time (IPT)
• Year 12 Study Retreat- both VCE and

VCAL

VCE at Lilydale High School- Programs and Events

• Comprehensive Curriculum
• Electronic Device preferred
• High expectations
• 5 subjects studied in Year 11 and 12
• Tertiary Information Session
• Vocational Education
• Governed by the VCAA
• VCAL Program- Library @ 8:05pm

VCE at Lilydale High School- Curriculum

VCE at Lilydale High School: Victorian Certificate of Education VCE is accredited by the VCAA

Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority

VCE at Lilydale High School

• FIVE subjects studied per year
• In Year 11 subjects are studied as Units 1 and 2
• In Year 12 subjects are studied as Units 3 and 4

and are studied sequentially

VCE at Lilydale High School: Satisfactory Completion of VCE

Students must satisfactorily complete 16 Units of study including:

• Three English Units (any); must gain an S in both

Units 3 and 4 of the same English

• Can do more than one English
• Three Unit 3 and 4 sequences other than English

VCE at Lilydale High School: Satisfactory Completion of VCE

• Learning Outcomes are the basis for

satisfactory completion of VCE

• Class attendance also plays a major factor in

the satisfactory completion of VCE

• Year 11 students

Graded School Assessed Coursework (SACs), not reported to the VCAA

• Year 12 students

Graded School Assessed Coursework (SACs) or School Assessed Tasks (SATs), reported to the VCAA

VCE at Lilydale High School: Internally Assessed Performance

VCE at Lilydale High School: Performance Assessment Year 12

• Scores are moderated up or down using

the GAT and the external examinations

• VCAA Examinations in November
• General Achievement Test (GAT) in June

VCE at Lilydale High School: General Achievement Test GAT

• Used as evidence of student capabilities
• Used if a Derived Examination Score is required
• Used to check the validity of the school’s internal

assessment

• Vocational Education and Training
• VCE VET is studied as a Unit 1 to 4 sequence and if

successfully completed, contributes four Units to VCE

• More information will be after VCAL session in the

Library

VCE at Lilydale High School: VCE VET Studies

VCE at Lilydale High School: ATAR

• Year 12 students receive an ATAR or Australian

Tertiary Admission Rank

• Used for tertiary entrance; both TAFE and

University

• The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC)

calculates the ATAR by adding the Study Scores

VTAC adds the Study Scores of:

• English (any) Units 3 and 4 (compulsory

component)

• The best Study Scores of three Unit 3 and 4

sequences, other than English

• This is called the “Primary Four”

VCE at Lilydale High School: ATAR Calculation

VCE at Lilydale High School: ATAR Calculation

• 10% of a fifth and/or sixth Study Score
• VCE VET Units 3 and 4 sequence with a Study

Score can be counted in the “Primary Four”

• VCE Vet Units 3 and 4 with no Study Score

contribute 10% of average “Primary Four”

Tertiary entrance may also be achieved by:

• Interview
• Audition
• Folio
• Entrance Examination

Other Tertiary Entrance Requirements

Tertiary Entrance Requirements

• Year 11 students – Prerequisite Guide 2020
• Year 10 students – Prerequisite Guide 2021
• Both available online
• Further advice see VCE coordinators or

Careers

Course Selection Process

• Year 10 and 11 students should be asking

themselves:

• What do you expect to be doing at the

end of 2021 or the end of 2020

• Where to now?: A Publication on the

VCAA website

Where to?

• TAFE or University?
• Apprenticeship?
• Employment?

Course Selection Process

• Year 10 students :

Think of a TWO year course

• Year 11 students:

Continue with the same subjects? Change direction?

Course Selection Advice

• Select subjects you are interested in
• Select subjects you are good at
• Select subjects required as prerequisites

for tertiary study

Online Course Selection Criteria

• Access the website between Wednesday 24th

July to Monday 5th August

• Personal webcode has been emailed to

students-please ignore as incorrect.

• Students to print course selection sheet and get

a parent or guardian to sign it

• Submit signed course selection sheet to Senior

School Coordinators by Monday 5th August

Online Course Selection

• Year 11 and 12 students are to choose

English, English Language and/or Literature

• All students must do at least one English

subject

Online Course Selection Criteria

• Mathematics teacher’s approval is

required for any Maths selected

• Some studies require additional fees

eg – Outdoor and Environmental studies and Food Studies

Aim to perform at a high level to keep your options open

Leave Your Options Open

ROOMS

Supper Room - Senior School Coordination Team Library - VCAL presentation @ 8:05pm

• Room 1- Food Studies
• Room 18 Technology
• Room 6&7 - The Arts
• Room 9 - P.A.S.E
• Room 12 - English
• Room 13 - Languages
• Room 14 - Mathematics
• Room 17 - Humanities
• Room 20 - Science

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