Year 10

Students will be completing their HSC Minimum Standards testing over the next few weeks. Students need reading, writing and numeracy for everyday life after school. This is why students in NSW are being supported to meet a minimum standard of literacy and numeracy to receive the HSC. To show they meet the HSC minimum standard, students need to achieve Level 3 or 4 in short online reading, writing and numeracy tests of skills for everyday life. If students do not make the minimum standard in any of the tests they will be given more opportunities to take the tests and any support needed to ensure success.

Year 12

The Trial HSC Timetable will be available Thursday this week - these exams will be in Weeks 4 and 5 of Term 3. Students will only be required to be at school for their examinations but may access the library at other times.

In these busy times students need to ensure that they are looking after their wellbeing. Some advice is:

• Take the time to plan - this is really important if students have outside commitments that are causing additional time constraints
• Look after yourself - build in some downtime and ensure you’re not hungry when studying
• Rest when you need to - don’t study more than 40-50 minutes with a short break and try and get plenty of sleep
• Stay focussed - it’s OK to say no to social events if you are studying - many more will come along. Turn off distractions too.
• Ask for help - do this earlier rather than later - contact your teacher if you need some assistance
• Be prepared - rehearse the conditions of the task such as practising writing out answers (if an exam) or practice speeches in front of a mirror.

Remember your classroom teacher is the first and best point of contact for any questions or issues you may have with your subjects

Andrew Morton                                                                
Assistant Principal - Teaching and Learning