Welcome to Term 2. I hope you had a relaxing break and could spend some quality time with your family. The Admin Updates section of the newsletter will provide families with important dates for the term and exam timetables.

NSW School Vaccination Program

The Year 7 vaccine date is rapidly approaching. NSW Health will be at the College to administer vaccinations to Year 7 students on Wednesday 28 May 2025.

Parents/carers will need to consent to their child's vaccination online or complete the paper consent form if they want their child to receive the immunisation.

If you have questions regarding the school immunisation program, please contact the Public Health Unit.

HSC Examination Timetable

The NSW Education Standards Authority released the HSC written exam timetable last week. I encourage all Year 12 students to check their Schools Online account to view their individual exam timetables. The HSC exams start on Thursday 16 October and finish on Friday 7 November.

Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT)

PAT Maths assessments will continue this week for all students in Years 7 to 10.

The PAT assessments provide objective, norm-referenced information to teachers about their students’ skills and understandings in a range of key areas. Each PAT has its own proficiency scale with descriptors outlining the content and skills students are consolidating at any given point on that scale. Each PAT assessment provides data on student performance, making PAT ideal for understanding students’ current strengths and weaknesses, informing teaching and learning, and monitoring progress over time. The tests are online, multiple choice and each test will take approximately 40 minutes.

Year 7 Mathematics - Tuesday 13 May, period 2

Year 9 Reading - Wednesday 14 May, period 4

Year 10 Reading - Monday 12 May, period 1

• 45 multiple-choice questions.
• Adaptive — meaning it tailors to a student's ability. Questions become harder or easier depending on whether a student is answering questions correctly or incorrectly.

• 45 multiple-choice questions.
• Adaptive — meaning it tailors to a student's ability. Questions become harder or easier depending on whether a student is answering questions correctly or incorrectly.
• An on-screen calculator will be provided for some questions.

• One question based on a visual or text prompt.
• Response of up to 500 words to be provided in the on-screen text box.
• Marked by trained markers according to the achievement level descriptions, relevance of writing to the topic, structure and sequence of ideas and control of language.

Next week’s reminders …

· All the best to our Bill Turner Soccer team playing at Captain Oldrey Park on Monday 12 May.

· Good luck to our netball teams on Tuesday 13 May. Students are representing the College at the Eurobodalla Schools Netball Cup.

· The Year 11 Religious Education excursion will take place in Sydney on Thursday, May 15th and 16th.

· All the best to our students representing the College at the Archdiocese Cross Country in Canberra on Friday 16 May.

· VET Work Placements will take place in Week 4.

· The University of Canberra Open Day will take place on Monday 19 May.

· Good luck to the girls competing at the Euro/Far South Coast Katrina Fanning Cup on Tuesday 20 May.

· The SRC students will be attending the Teddy Bears Picnic on Tuesday 20 May.

· Our Gurubangamba mentoring day will be held on Wednesday, May 21.

· The Eurobodalla Youth Committee meeting will take place on Thursday 22 May.

· The Year 12 Religious Education classes will visit Sydney on Thursday, May 22nd and 23rd.

Mrs Sandra Harris
Administration Coordinator