Tag: Information

SCSA Advice – Contingencies for WACE Examinations

September 21, 2020

 

Last week, Year 12 students and families were emailed by the school with advice and reminders about the upcoming WACE Examinations. This information has also been discussed in Education Plus. Of course, please do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any questions at all.

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) continues to monitor the impact of COVID-19 and is providing ongoing advice for students, teachers, school leaders, parents/guardians/carers and the community as the situation evolves. The Board of SCSA continues to work from the premise that no student should be disadvantaged as a result of the COVID-19 situation. SCSA encourages everyone to stay up-to-date with their latest communications and resources as they become available. Students are asked to log into the SCSA Student Portal every day before each examination.

The Student website https://student.scsa.wa.edu.au/ now includes a general advice page for Year 12s. The page also links to the Curriculum and Assessment Advice – COVID-19 page for students. The updates to the Parent and Community website https://parent.scsa.wa.edu.au/ provide additional information and advice to support Year 12s. The new information is collected under an additional tab: How can I help my Year 12? The focus of the initial SCSA update is on finishing Year 12 (all students) and completing the ATAR course examinations (ATAR students).

Liz Criddle

Deputy Head of Secondary (Teaching & Learning)

Careers Newsletter

August 31, 2020

You can find a link to the September 2020 Careers Newsletter on the home page of our school careers website. There is a wide variety of information in this one about the latest news from our universities, TAFE applications opening today, applying to Uni in the UK or USA as well as links to employment opportunities. Please click on the link below to access our Careers Website and take the time to read the newsletter.  If you haven’t already done so, please find time to explore the careers website too. It pays to know as much as you can about the opportunities that are available to you.

Careers Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 2020 Newsletter

 

UWA SOME USEFUL INFORMATION

August 28, 2020

UWA with some useful information. If you have applied or are thinking of applying to UWA – Read on!

Changing preferences via UWA Direct Apply 
We’re seeing a number of students change their existing application with the release of our new courses. If you are interested in changing, email our Admissions team at admissions@uwa.edu.au. In the email,  state the subject header as ‘Request to Change Course/Major’, and provide your full name, UWA student ID (if known), course and major you applied for, and your new course preference order. Find out more.

TISC | Health and Medical Sciences | No late applications
If you are interested in studying Direct Pathways to Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy or Podiatric Medicine, applications for these close on 30 of September, with strictly no late applications accepted. For more information, visit UWA Health and Medical Sciences application website.

Events

UWA Year 12 Parent Information Webinar | 9 September
This is a must for parents of Year 12 students to find out more about our courses, admission requirements, application process and the range of scholarships available. Parents and their Year 12s can register here.

EZONE tours | 12 and 20 September
For students interested in studying engineering and mathematical sciences, sign up for an EZONE UWA Student Hub Tour where you can view the facilities, hear from guest speakers and more.

Campus tours | 18 September
This is a fun and immersive way to become better acquainted with the UWA Perth campus and we encourage students and their families to register.

Parent Advisory Sessions | 22–23 September 
To assist parents in supporting their children, we’re offering free 45-minute sessions with our Future Students team, either in person or online.

NCCD Notice

August 3, 2020

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

  • year of schooling
  • category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
  • level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

  • formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
  • consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
  • develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school provides data to the Australian Government – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).

Further information regarding the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data school students with disability, please visit: NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

This is a national fact sheet about the NCCD for parents, guardians and carers.

https://www.nccd.edu.au/tools/fact-sheet-parents-guardians-and-carers

If you have any queries regarding the NCCD, please contact the relevant Learning Enrichment staff.

Duncraig

Mrs Toni Mills (Secondary)

Toni.Mills@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Mrs Christine Roddy-Clark (Primary and ELC)

Christine.RoddyClark@ststephens.wa.edu.au

MasterMind Australia Master Classes

July 29, 2020

Master Classes for Term 3, 2020

For Senior School and Middle School Students

These small-group seminars for senior school students focus on the ATAR Learning Areas of Chemistry, Physics, Maths, English, Literature, Human Biology, Economics, Politics & Law, Modern History and Psychology.

The program for middle school secondary students focuses on the Learning Areas of English and Mathematics.

The objective of this program is to give students on-going academic support which will reinforce and consolidate the skills and processes learnt during the week at school. It aims to better prepare them for success in school-based assessments and final ATAR examinations.

Students may enrol in these classes at any time during the term and pay pro rata.

Brochure link here: MasterMind Australia

FIRETECH HOLIDAY COURSES

March 27, 2020


Firetech are taking their courses online these school holidays. Visit the Firetech website to explore the course options available:
– Live Tutor-led sessions
– Secure and moderated online classroom
– Rolling start times
– Small groups (maximum eight students per group)

Firetech are offering 50% off for this inaugural run. Join them at www.firetechcamp.com.au

Year 7 Maths Pathway Information Session

March 13, 2020

We will be holding a Parent Information Session at the school on 26th March at 5.30pm, where we will discuss your child’s mathematics learning in further detail and answer any questions that you might have. We will also show you how to log in to Maths Pathway and how to use the data in the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s progress and discuss how you can support your child in their mathematics learning.

Details for this event are as follows:

Date: 26th March 2020

Time: 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Location: Glenda Parkin Building (Yr 7 Building)

Recommended: Please bring your child and their device with you so that you can log in to the Parent Portal on our school network during the event.

We look forward to see you there,

Year 7 Mathematics Team

 

STUDY SKILLS FOR OUR STUDENTS

February 3, 2020

St Stephen’s is a subscriber to the study skills website www.studyskillshandbook.com.au

This is a website that helps students develop essential skills for academic success. There are units of work on topics such as improving time management skills, how to study, research skills, summarising, technology use, brain and memory.

There are heaps of resources, including useful handouts, grids and planners on the Things to Print page. We spend time in Forum and Education Plus working through some of the Study Skills Handbook activities, as well as using other resources. Parents are encouraged to chat to their children about the study skills covered at school, as well as to take a look at the site for advice and assistance with their child’s study routine.

To access the handbook, go to www.studyskillshandbook.com.au and login as a subscriber with these details:

username:   ststephens

password:   100success

Dr Liz Criddle

Deputy Head – Teaching and Learning