Curriculum Information EveningMonday 24 July 2017

Year 11 2018

Presenting this evening:

Mrs Andrea Sherwood – Director of Learning

Mr Tony Ritson – Head of Senior Students / SACE Coordinator

Mrs Jenny Howland – Careers Counsellor

Welcome

Subject Selection ProcessThe subject selection process for 2018 is online. Subject selection can be completed at www.selectmysubjects.com.au

1) Discussion and careful consideration2) Complete the Approval Form in weeks 1 and 23) Complete the Subject Selection Planner 4) Discuss choices with your Head of Faculty for each subject you have chosen or your subject teacher5) Discuss your ideas with your Head of House6) Discuss your selections with your Parents

Approval Form

• Online Subject Selections to be completed by Friday 18th August

• Opens Monday 7th August and closes Friday 18th August

• Print, sign (student and parents) and return the online form and Approval

Form to the Senior School Office by Monday 21st August

• Missing deadlines could mean restrictions imposed on subject selections

• Year 11 interviews begin on Monday 28th August

Subject Selection Process

SACE DETAILS

Head of Senior Students / SACE Coordinator

Mr Tony Ritson

• SACE is short for South Australian Certificate of Education

• A certificate you receive when you successfully complete

requirements of a selection of courses

• Internationally recognised

• Helps lead to work, training or further study

What is the SACE?

The South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) is designed to enable students to:

1. develop the capabilities to live, learn, work, and participate successfully in a changing world

2. plan and engage in a range of challenging, achievable, and manageable learning experiences, taking into account their goals and abilities

3. build their knowledge, skills, and understanding in a variety of contexts, for example, schools, workplaces, and training and community organisations

4. gain credit for their learning achievements against performance standards.

• You earn credits for completed subjects or courses

• You need 200 credits to get your SACE (by the end of Year 12)

• You need to get a C grade or higher for compulsory

subjects to get your SACE

• One semester in a subject is worth 10 credits

• Two semesters in a subject is worth 20 credits

About the SACE

Compulsory Stage 1 or Stage 2 Compulsory Stage 2

Additional choices subjects & courses from either Stage 1 or Stage 2

Numeracy 10 Credits

Literacy 20 Credits

PLP 10 Credits

Research Project 10 Credits

Stage 2 Subjects & Courses60 Credits

30 Credits 70 Credits

90 Credits

Compulsory Stage 1 = 10 Credits

Compulsory Stage 2 = 70 Credits

Additional choices = 90 Credits

SACE = 200 Credits

‘C’ Grades or better

‘C’ Grades or better

Grades A to E or Competency

SACE RequirementsModel for Subjects and Courses

Compulsory Stage 1 10 Credits

Compulsory Stage 1 or Stage 2 = 30 Credits

• Special provisions are available if you are eligible

• The School will notify you in Term 1 2018

• May include misadventure, illness or learning difficulties

(see Mr Briggs or Mr Ritson)

• The SACE Board also offers Modified Subjects as options for

students who have any of the following:

- severe multiple disabilities

- moderate to profound intellectual disability

- mild intellectual disability

Special Provisions

• At Stage 1, all subjects are assessed by school (A-E)

- School assessment is moderated (double-checked)

in Mathematics, English and the Personal Learning

Plan to confirm a minimum C standard

• At Stage 2, 30% of the assessment of every subject

(e.g. investigations) is marked by experts outside the

School (A+ to E-) and 70% of the assessment of every

subject is marked by your teacher and moderated by

the SACE Board

How are my subjects assessed?

How many subjects?• All students study 2 semesters or 20 credits of an

English course. • All students study at least 2 semesters or 20 credits of

a Mathematics course. Some will complete more. • All students will undertake the compulsory Research

Project worth 10 credits. This will be completed during Semester 1.

• All students will have a lesson of Careers Education in Semester 1 and a lesson of RAVE in Semester 2.

• There are 4 remaining elective lines.• Students will select the equivalent of 8 semester

electives, each worth 10 credits. • A full year subject (eg: Physics) counts as 2 electives.• Students may choose 8 semester electives or 4 full

year electives.• Alternatively, students can select a mixture of

semester and full year electives.

• A measure of how your overall achievement in the SACE compared to other students

• Used by Universities to select school leavers for a place in University courses

• Ranges from 0 to 99.95

• Was formerly called the Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER)

What is the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)?

Research Project

SACE

• Compulsory 10-credit Stage 2 subject in which students must attain a C- grade or better

• All Year 11 students will be enrolled

• Semester 1 course

• Expectation for all to complete by the end of Semester 1

• 2017 End of Year Program includes a week’s introduction to RP

Research Project

Why Research Project?What type of learner/learning does the SACE seek to certify?

A SACE graduate should be able to:• know, understand and develop Capabilities• plan, direct and manage their own learning• think critically• solve problems• evaluate their learning and themselves as learners

Why does the SACE seek to ‘validate’ or ‘certify’ that type of learner/learning?

Because it is about empowering young people

Is that type of learner/learningworthwhile √

valuable √

appropriate for the 21st century √

prevalent around the world √

essential for every learner √

This must be assessed/validated/certified...

How do we do this for every single learner, regardless of pathway or pattern of study?

The Research Project!

• Chose an area of study:

- New area - Work related - Community related

- Hobby - Subject related

• Develop a focus question/idea

• Research and plan Research Proposal

• Conduct and record research development

• Comment on Capabilities

• Evaluate (external assessment)

• Folio (30%) Outcome (40%) Evaluation (30%)

Research Project: Process

• Creating a specialty cookbook/children’s book• Computer games and adolescent socialisation• Learning a new Language/Sign Language• Research a Family Tree• Emulate an artistic style to create a piece of artwork• Coaching a sporting team• Improving child health through ‘Jump Rope for Heart’• Regenerating an area with native flora• How do I publish a novel?• Producing a line of fashion garments• Furniture design to capture Australian culture• Designing an ‘eco-friendly’ home• The pros and cons of water fluoridation

Ideas

Implementation timeline2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

F–10 Teaching

Development 11-12 SACE AC

English Mathematics

Teaching11-12 SACE AC

English Mathematics

Development11-12 SACE AC

SciencesHistory

Geography

Teaching11-12 SACE AC

SciencesHistory

Geography

Senior Mathematics

• SACE Mathematics courses changed in 2016 due to the alignment with the Australian Curriculum.

• There are new names and Subject Outlines.

• Essential Mathematics• General Mathematics • Mathematical Methods • Specialist Mathematics

• Specialist Mathematics can only be studied with Mathematical Methods• Specialist Mathematics will be in the elective line

Senior Mathematics

• SACE English courses for Year 2016 changed due to the alignment with the Australian Curriculum.

• At Stage 1 they are called:

• English (we call it English and English Literary Studies)

• Essential English

• English as an Additional Language (Non English Speaking

Background)

Course AimsStage 1 English

• Select subjects you enjoy within reason

• Select subjects you are good at and give you the background you

require for future courses

• Get advice from your teachers, parents, Head of House,

Ms Sherwood, Ms Howland or Mr Ritson

• Set realistic goals

• Get ready for a great 2018

Advice

• www.sace.sa.edu.au

• Mrs Howland’s email: jhowland@westminster.sa.edu.au

• Mr Ritson’s email: tritson@westminster.sa.edu.au

• Ms Sherwood’s email: asherwood@westminster.sa.edu.au

Assistance

Careers Counsellor

Mrs Jenny Howland

Finding your Career: a Journey of Self Discovery - Year 11-2018; Year 12-2019…………

Change is inevitable!-Andrew McAfee What will future jobs look like?

https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_what_will_future_jobs_look_like?language=en

The Future is now!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAN6XbBtcU

• Amazon robots• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtBa9yV

ZBJM• Robots at New RAH• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGEWW

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Futurist Christopher Barnatt provides a countdown of ten potential new employment

possibilities

• 60% of future jobs will require a background in STEAM subjects: Science, Technology,

Engineering, Arts (Humanities and Creative Arts) and Maths.Not just STEM- need the humanities: ethics, creativity…..Have Balance and RigorNew opportunities and visions

• Career development is a whole of life experience. It’s a journey not a destination-We need to become life long learners!

Preparing for the Future

Top 10 skills

• Keep your options open as long as possible

• Consider your career direction and choose relevant subjects

• Subject choices should consider your passions and abilities but also give

you the necessary background for future study

• Don’t be afraid to choose challenging subjects- rigour will help your

future- don’t just take the ‘easy’ option

• for some a VET course will be an excellent inclusion – Certificate courses

lead directly into TAFE courses (no longer just Stage 1)

• Learn self discipline- it’s the key to success

• Choosing the right subjects and having success in them

= Happiness, fulfilment, success and livelihood: empowered to be

contributing citizens of the world

Steps to the future

•Today there is more flexibility in terms of transfer between courses and

institutions

•There is also a lot more movement between TAFE and University and some

offer dual pathways

Alternative entry to University:

• STAT Test, Uni test but ATAR is the best pathway for the greatest percentage of

students.

• Foundation studies and Uni SA College for those who do not gain an ATAR

•The Future direction involves 7 major Career Clusters:

Different pathways to achieve a goal

• Very important to know what these are – essential to gain entry

• Check the Guides- SATAC, VTAC, UAC, QTAC, TISC, UNITAS

• Courses with prerequisites include Bio- medical Science, Medicine,

Dentistry, Engineering, Optometry, Pharmacy, Vet. Science.

• Most prerequisites include at least one of Maths, Physics &

Chemistry.

Think twice before you drop your Maths and Science! Maths

increases your choices!- if you are good at it

• Also check assumed knowledge (desirable course)

• There is an increasing concern that attrition at Uni results from

students not studying subjects to support further study

Prerequisite Subjects

What will You study?Eg Health Sciences

• Core - Year 1 topics• 27 units comprising:• BIOL1102 Molecular Basis of Life (4.5 units)

HLTH1304 Communication and Interprofessional Practice (4.5 units)HLTH1305 Health Practitioner Practice 1 (4.5 units)HLTH1306 Health Practitioner Practice 2 (4.5 units)NUTD1105 Food Systems (4.5 units)NUTD1106 Nutrition, Physical Activity and Health (4.5 units)

• Plus one of:• CHEM1101 Chemical Structure and Bonding (4.5 units)

CHEM1201 General Chemistry (4.5 units)• Plus:• CHEM1202 Chemistry for the Life Sciences (4.5 units)• Check the University Websites

• From 2016 entry all SA universities will apply the same bonus point scheme

• Exceptions: Medicine & Veterinary Science

• Subject Bonuses: students will be awarded 2 points up to a maximum of 4 for completing a subject in any of the following:

• LOTE or 2x10 credit Indigenous language subjects

• English Literary Studies or English

• Mathematical Methods

• Specialist Mathematics

Bonus Points for Entry to University

• Aggregate /90 ATAR• 88+ 99.95• 84.5+ 99+• 75.5 90• 72 85• 69 80• 67 77.05• 66 75• 63 + 4 Bonus 70• 61.75 67.65• 61 65• 57.75 + 4 Bonus 60• 54.75 55

Effect of Bonus points can be substantial

Bonus points are added to the Aggregate before calculating the ATAR.They can make a big difference to an ATAR score.

• ‘Cut off’ scores - generally a result of supply and demand and

indicate the lowest ATAR of the final student to be accepted into a

course, eg course has 200 places - 500 apply, ranked in order of

merit -200 student - ATAR becomes ‘cut off’.

• Cut offs can change from year to year.

• Most Universities publish a ‘preferred’ or ‘guaranteed’ ATAR to give

students some guidance

• Keep in mind that every year universities are offering new degrees

ATAR and Cut off Scores

ATAR- a rank• Aggregate- 90:• Top 3 scaled scores out of 20 = 60 + 30 credits

flexible option: scaled score for 4th subject + ½ Scaled score for 5th subject or Research Project

• Or scaled score equivalents for recognised studies eg VET Certificate 3

• Aggregates are ranked from highest to lowest• Top 5% will get an ATAR 95+• Top 10% ATAR 90 + etc• In previous year an aggregate of 75.5/90 has

given an ATAR of 90 ie average 17 or A

• Aggregate /90 ATAR- RANK• 88.80+ 99.95• 85.40+ 99+• 75.50 90• 71.80 85• 68.40 80• 65.40 75• 63 70• 59.90 65• 57.10 60• 54.60 55

Aggregate /90 to ATAR

Scaling• Aggregate is based on scaled scores• SATAC undertakes the process of scaling to

ensure that students have equitable chances of gaining entry to courses

• http://www.satac.edu.au/pages/scaling• Based on common candidature

Common Candidature

Subject A Mean 70

Subject B Mean 75

Adjust Adjust

• English is compulsory for Year 12 students interstate.

Most interstate unis require English

• Some University courses accept students without Year 12

English, particularly if they have a very high ATAR, however

University of Melbourne will not.

• ANU and UNSW will accept SA students without English

• Check subject prerequisites and individual faculties at

different Universities

Entrance to Interstate Universities

• It is possible to study at overseas Universities with a SACE certificate - in

some cases an additional qualifying exam,

eg the SAT is also necessary in the USA

• Apply via http://sat.collegeboard.org/home

• To find out about study in Britain - toll free 016 301 204.

https://www.ucas.com/

• https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/choosing-course

• http://search.ucas.com/

Applying Overseas

• Currently there is a shortage of trades people- see the website for the

list of skills shortage- Tradies are in demand and earn between $60

and $80 an hour!- check out the opportunities at Tonsley- TAFE SA

• Apprentices get paid while they are learning

• Government options: www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au

• Opportunities for off and on-the-job training

• www.careerone.com.au

More than 500 occupations and industries in Australia- flexible-full and

part time

• Private Providers

Traineeships, & CadetshipsApprenticeships,

• Keep options open for as long as possible

• Research information

• Attend University Open Days

• Friday August 18 and Saturday August 19 Flinders Uni

• Sunday August 20- Adelaide University and University of South Australia

(City West Campus)

• Roseworthy : September 19 11am and 2pm, September 20 11am and 2pm

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2017-roseworthy-campus-information-sessions-tickets-32910889356?aff=erelexpmlt

Look after you personal well being

• https://www.adelaide.edu.au/uni-thrive/

Aim High!

Useful Websites• My future• www.myfuture.edu.au• http://www.yourcareerguide.com.au/• Job Outlook• http://joboutlook.gov.au/• TA Centres• www.satac.edu.au• www.vtac.edu.au• www.uac.edu.au• www.qtac.edu.au• www.tisc.edu.au

• Put all the information together to find out what is right for

you. It will be different for your friend!

All the very best for a successful, happy future

- Accept challenges and

- Don’t give up when the going gets tough

• NB Creativity, vision, leadership and innovation are the

qualities needed for the future

• If you need more help or to make a time, contact me via:

E: jhowland@westminster.sa.edu.au

T: 08 8276 0354 (direct line)

Over to You...

Year 11 2018