School Certificate Information Night

1
Years 9 10 at Port Hacking High
School 2015-2016
2
School Leaving Age

• As from 1st January 2010 it has been compulsory,
  by NSW law, that all students complete Yr
  10 and until the age of 17
• Remain at school or be registered for home
  schooling
• OR
• Enrol in a Cert 2 TaFE course or higher
• OR
• Undertake approved vocational training eg
  cadetship
• OR
• Employed full time ie 26 hours a week.
• OR
• Engage in a combination of work, educations
  and/or training.

3
Course Requirements for Yrs 9 10

• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• HSIE Australian Geography core subjects
• HSIE Australian History
• PDHPE
• Elective 1
• Elective 2
• Elective 3
• SPORT

4
Available Elective Subjects

• CHILD STUDIES INFO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
• COMMERCE DANCE
• DESIGN TECHNOLOGY JAPANESE
• DRAMA FOOD TECHNOLOGY
• MARINE STUDIES TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY
• MUSIC PHYS ACTIVITY SPORT STUDIES
• FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHIC DIGITAL
• GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY VISUAL DESIGN
• HISTORY (Elective) VISUAL ARTS
• INDUSTRIAL TECH METAL maximum of 2 of
• INDUSTRIAL TECH MULTIMEDIA these electives
• INDUSTRIAL TECH WOOD

5
What are the right reasons for choosing a
subject?

• You enjoy and are interested in the subject.
• You are good at it.

6
What are the wrong reasons for choosing
a subject?

• Your friends are choosing it, although you have
  little or no interest in it
• You think your favourite teacher will be teaching
  it or not teaching it.
• Relying on one persons advice
• You think you need it for a future career or it
  will help you in Yrs 11 12.

7

• For the parents
• There are no prerequisites for Years 11 and 12.
• Eg. A student can study Year 11 Visual Arts even
  if they havent studied it in Years 9 and 10.

8
For the parents - FEES

• Please be aware that some electives have a fee to
  cover the cost of materials which the school
  purchases on your childs behalf. The practical
  projects belong to the students once they have
  been marked. The fees for these subjects are in
  the subject booklet.
• The core subjects English, Maths and Science
  also have a small fee to cover additional
  resources that cannot be covered by the schools
  global budget but which the school believes will
  benefit your child. These fees are also included
  in the subject booklet.

9
Elective selection process

• After discussion with your parents, choose the 3
  subjects you wish to do.
• Make 2 reserve selections in case you are
  unsuccessful with one of your first 3 choices.
• Complete online Elective Selections by Monday 4th
  August. You can change your choices up until 11pm
  that night.

10
How to submit your choices.

1. Tomorrow (Tuesday 29 July) you will receive a
   piece of paper with instructions and your
   individual webcode.
2. Click on http//web.edval.com.au this is a
   direct link to the webpage.
3. Type in your webcode. Each webcode is
   individual and linked to one student only.

11
How to submit your choices

1. Select the subjects you wish to do via the drop
   down menus.
2. 3 elective subjects plus 2 reserves.
3. Submit
4. Print your form.
5. Get your parents to sign the form and hand to Ms
   Moorhouse.

12
The RoSA

• In February 2012 the Education Minister announced
  that a new certificate, called the Record of
  Student Achievement (RoSA), will
• Be a record of the full range of student
  achievements right up to the day they do their
  HSC or leave school
• Provide an electronic record of achievements that
  students can use at any time
• Use assessment by teachers in schools, moderated
  by the Board of Studies
• Offer on-line literacy and numeracy tests, with
  particular emphasis on work readiness, that
  students will be able to undertake twice a year.

13
continued

• Provide the capacity to record vocational courses
  and students vocational experiences as well as
  citizenship and leadership achievements.
• Mr Piccoli said,
• The formal RoSA credential will be awarded to
  eligible students who choose to leave school
  prior to receiving their HSC, while still
  allowing students to view and download a
  transcript of their achievements when applying
  for jobs or further education or training.

14
The new credential will

• Provide an ongoing, cumulative record for
  students
• It will record grades for courses students
  complete in Year 10 (and in Year 11)
• Report results of moderated, school-based
  assessment
• Introduce optional, online literacy and numeracy
  testing for 2016 school leavers.
• Provide the opportunity for students to
  incorporate extra-curricular achievements.

15
Who will get a RoSA?

• Students entering Year 9 in 2015 will be eligible
  for the new credential when they have completed
  Stage 5 (ie Year 10 in 2016)
• Students will need to have completed the
  mandatory requirements for Stage 5 (Yr 10) to
  eligible for a RoSA.
• It will only be issued to students when they
  leave school prior to completing the HSC.

16
The RoSA is awarded to students who

• Follow and satisfactorily complete a pattern of
  courses required by the BOSTES
• Apply themselves with diligence and sustained
  effort in their studies

17
How are school grades awarded?

• All subjects have an assessment schedule that
  will be given to every student in Year 10.
• Students are advised to transfer this information
  into their school diaries for each of their
  subjects.

18
COURSE GRADES
awarded by the school
A B C D E
Based on the BOS course performance descriptors.
19
Attendance Rate
85
20
For more information NSW Board of
Studies WEBSITE
www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au