What support is available for you to navigate the next 6 months? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Year 12 Parent Information Session

What support is available for you to navigate the next 6 months?

TAS / Presentation by Murray Guest - Seonia Wark / TAS Headmaster - Director of Studies/ 25.05.2012

It’s not always about the ATAR

• It matters…
• It is different
• Know the policies/

procedures

• Appeals
• Talk to your teachers,

advisors & Mrs Wark

Assessment

Appealing Assessment Tasks

• Illness or Misadventure
• Complete form within 48 hours
• f returning to school
• Documentation required to

support appeal

• Contact Mrs Wark or Mrs O’Brien

ASAP if you need assistance

Changing Subjects

Year 11 Parent Information Session

Changing Subjects

• Must complete 12 units in Year 11
• Must complete >10 units in Yr 12 -- very good reasons to

drop a subject

• Yr 12 starts Week 4 of Term 4
• In consultation with the school - advice based on work

load, ATAR implications & future careers

• Meet with Mr Taylor - he is the only one who gives out the

form - must have parent permission

Sample HSC Results (approx)

English Advanced Mathematics Economics Chemistry

Modern History

ATAR 3737

90 90 90 90 90 80 80 80 80 80 70 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 60 60 82.1 61.95 35.95 96.4

English Standard Agriculture Design & Tech Business Studies

Standard Maths

ATAR

90 90 90 90 90 80 80 80 80 80 70 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 60 60

Sample HSC Results

73.85 49.1 <30 92.8

What should you do now?

Year 11 Parent Information Session

• Talk to your teachers and listen to their

advice

• Aim at improving your marks from this report by

an achievable amount for the Semester 2 report

• OR realise that the fjrst assessment task may have

focussed on an area of strength - so how do you not go backwards too much from here?

• Work at focused study vs comfort study

Questions

Year 11 Parent Information Session

Thank you