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2021 Higher School Certificate Update
The NESA COVID Response Committee has made additional changes to the 2021 HSC timetable to give students certainty in the lead up to performance, practical and written examinations.
In line with Health advice, we will:
- Extend the hand in date for all major projects by 2 weeks. The hand-in date for Industrial Technology has been extended by 4 weeks
- Reschedule Drama performance exams to run from 6 to 17 September
- Music performance exams continue as scheduled, running from 30 August to 10 September
- Reschedule the written exams to begin one week later on 19 October with HSC results out on 17 December.
These changes mean all students have some additional time to prepare for exams or complete their project and still receive their results this year.
The decision aims to give students as much clarity as possible so they can focus on their studies, their wellbeing and plans for the future.
We know that some students and schools may be facing additional challenges. We will provide further detail on arrangements needed to ensure equity and fairness for all students.
Revised timetables for the language oral, practical, performance and written exams will be published on the NESA website and Students Online by next Friday.
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Positive feedback during Covid
We want to express how proud we are of all the students for the positive way they have approached learning from home in the last two weeks. We also want to express our gratitude to all the parents and carers who have been supporting their child/ren to successfully engage with online learning. We really appreciated the feedback you gave us in your responses to the parent survey. We acknowledge that whilst many of you are finding the experience to be much easier the second time around, it is still a challenge for many of our families. We know how difficult this is for many of you who are also juggling working from home at the same time.
The NSW Department of Education held a live Q&A for parents earlier this week which has been highly commended for assisting parent s with advice about how to manage learning from home. You can watch the video of it here
We know that learning from home will continue up until at least 30 July under the current public health orders. We can't thank you enough for keeping your child at home at less absolutely necessary. We continue to have a skeleton staff on site at the insistence of the NSW Department of Education who is following the advice of NSW Health, given how contagious the Delta variant is proving to be. Please continue to stay up to date by regularly monitoring the parent advice from the department here
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Year 8 and Year 10 Upcoming Events
Year 8 and 10 have a number of important upcoming events. Please take note of the following dates. There will be more information about these events sent to families via email shortly.
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Year 10 Subject selection Information sessions
Tuesday July 27 at 5:00 pm - Live Zoom information session - Zoom link will be sent via email on Monday July 26.
Thursday July 29 at 2:30pm - Live Zoom for follow up questions.
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Year 8 Elective subject selection Information sessions
Wednesday July 28 at 5:00pm - Live Zoom information session- Zoom link sent via email on Monday 26th July.
Year 8 and Year 10 Parent Teacher Night
This PTN will occur via Zoom on Tuesday August 3 between 3:00 - 7:00pm. Families will receive an email on details how to book appointments via the Sentral parent portal shortly. A list of teacher's Zoom meeting details will be shared closer to the event to allow parents to access their parent teacher meeting via Zoom. If parents require technical support on the night they will be able to call the school on 9301 0300 to seek support. This event is a wonderful opportunity for parents to seek feedback from classroom teachers and discuss the learning progress of their child.
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UAC Mental Health and the HSC online information session
The Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) is hosting a Mental Health and the HSC online information session. A panel of experts will help HSC students and their parents identify the differences between healthy stress and more serious mental health challenges.
When: Thursday September 2, 2021 06:00 PM AEST
Where: Online Register for the session here
What: UAC is excited to bring together a panel of experts to chat about mental health and the HSC. We understand that some stress is healthy; however, we don't want it to negatively impact your life during the HSC.
We'll discuss:
– healthy stress vs unhealthy stress
– strategies to minimise stress
– how to recognise when your stress has turned into a more serious mental health concern
– strategies to manage mental health leading up to, during and after exams
– how to tell your parents and school if you're feeling overwhelmed
– how to study effectively to avoid burnout.
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Year 12 Legal Studies excursion
On Monday July 19, five Year 12 Legal Studies students participated in an online seminar on Identification Evidence run by the University of New South Wales Law Faculty. This seminar gave participating students, Hattie, Eden, Liron, Aidan, and Naomi, an insight into the study of Law at a tertiary level and allowed them to interact with current university students and discuss the operation of the legal system in New South Wales. The students would like to thank Mehera San Roque of UNSW for facilitating the RBSC Law Outreach and Mentoring Program this year and for providing such an invaluable learning experience at this stage of their HSC year.
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IEF Fun Fridays!
The IEF love Fridays, they get to move and groove on Zoom with the Maccabi All Abilities Dance Project organised by Shelly Diamond and Gabriella Green.
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Year 9 walkaround
Year 9 Commerce students are currently studying Travel and some were tasked with making a walking tour of their local area while learning from home. With stay at home restrictions preventing many of us from travelling, what better way to get to know a new place than to have a local take you around? You can watch one of our students, Finn, as he takes you around his suburb of Dover Heights in this 5 minute video, via this link we.tl/t-mJbGOHOwJQ
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HSC English Preparation
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Interested in choosing a CAPA subject?
If you want to know more about what the RBSC CAPA Faculty are all about, what subjects we offer and what extra curricular programs we run, please visit our RBSC CAPA website where you will find information about subject selection as well as examples of student work. Click on the link below:
rbsccapa.squarespace.com
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P&C ZOOM Meeting - Tuesday July 27
The next P&C Meeting will be on Tuesday 27th July starting at 7.00pm via ZOOM! All parents, carers and school community members are welcome. We especially look forward to welcoming those new to the school.
In order to access the meeting use the link or copy and paste the following URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85932736644?pwd=TmxqblorZzVKQW5RZVdDc0N0YjM0Zz0
Alternatively, use the following details to "join a meeting" in Zoom on your device:
Meeting ID: 859 3273 6644
Password: 733405
Membership of the P&C and voting rights is by gold coin donation which this year will need to be paid online. In order to be able to vote on motions at the meeting, please pay a ‘gold coin donation’ into the RBSC P&C account by Sunday 25 July.
Please note, the P&C voluntary contribution paid with school fees is separate from the gold coin donation for P&C voting rights. In order to vote the P&C Federation requires you to be a financial member, this is achieved with a gold coin donation. The P&C voluntary contribution allows RBSC P&C to provide funding to many school programs and projects.
The bank details for a gold coin donation are:
Name: RBSC P&C
BSB: 062238
Account: 10113005
Payments should note ‘P&C 2021 + name’ so membership can be verified.
Please also send an email address with bank receipt to rbscpandc@gmail.com.
Please feel free to email us at: rbscpandc@gmail.com
The agenda and meeting documents are available 7 days prior on the P&C Public Drive.
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ICAS Assessment 2021 information (repeat)
Rose Bay Secondary College will be participating in the ICAS AssessmentsTM this year for Year 7 to 10 students. ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science and Writing.
Learn more about ICAS here: www.icasassessments.com/products-icas
Click here for dates and payment details
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2021 Year 9 Bronze Practice Hike cancelled (repeat)
Unfortunately the current COVID-19 restrictions have left us no choice but to cancel the Bronze practice hike scheduled for Thursday and Friday in week 2.
At this stage there is the intent to reschedule the hike hopefully for mid to late Term 3 if restrictions have been lifted or are at a level to allow us to proceed with an excursion.
For any further information please contact the RBSC Award Leader Mr Dearing.
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