1. Year 10 2021: RoSA
Parent Information Session
7:00pm ~ Tuesday 23 February 2021

2. Year 10 Support Team
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Mark Redrup
Year 10 Adviser
Lisa Edwards
Deputy Principal
Renee Storey
Assistant Year 10
Adviser
Casey Hadfield
Head Teacher
Secondary Studies
Terry Martin
Careers Adviser

3. What is the RoSA?
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Record of School Achievement:
A cumulative credential for students who
leave school before completing their Higher
School Certificate.
• Lists all mandatory and additional Stage 5
and, where applicable, Stage 6 courses
completed by the student, and the grade
awarded.
• Lists any courses commenced but not
completed at the time of leaving school.
• Includes results of any minimum standards
literacy and numeracy tests
• States the date the student left school
• The NSW Education Standards Authority
(NESA) issue the formal RoSA credential

4. Mandatory
Subjects
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English
Mathematics
Science
HSIE – History and
Geography
PDHPE
Students must satisfy the requirements of all
mandatory courses to progress to Stage 6:
• Followed the course developed by NESA
• Applied themselves with diligence and
sustained effort to set tasks and experiences
• Achieved some or all of the course
outcomes

5. RoSA Reporting
and Grades
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• The RoSA includes an A to E grade
for all Stage 5 (Year 10) and Stage 6
(Year 11) courses that the student
has satisfactorily completed
• Grades are:
• Based on students’
achievement in their
assessment work (formal and
informal assessment)
• Submitted to NESA by the
school in Term 4
• Monitored by us for fairness
and consistency
• Grades will not be shown for
partial completion of Year 10
courses

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• Students will complete a maximum
of FOUR FORMAL assessment tasks
throughout the year.
• Students will complete ONE
Assessment Week in Term 4 Week 1
• From 2021, there will be no
weightings on formal assessment
tasks
• Final grades are decided based on
student performance in formal
assessment tasks AND informal
assessment through class work,
homework and formative tasks.
• Final grades map a student’s
demonstration of skills and
understanding to the common grade
scale and subject-specific grade
descriptors A-E
School-Based Assessment

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A: The student has an extensive knowledge and
understanding of the content and can readily apply
this knowledge. In addition, the student has
achieved a very high level of competence in the
processes and skills and can apply these skills to
new situations.
B: The student has a thorough knowledge and
understanding of the content and a high level of
competence in the processes and skills. In addition,
the student is able to apply this knowledge and
these skills to most situations.
C: The student has a sound knowledge and
understanding of the main areas of content and
has achieved an adequate level of competence in
the processes and skills.
D: The student has a basic knowledge and
understanding of the content and has achieved a
limited level of competence in the processes and
skills.
E: The student has an elementary knowledge and
understanding in few areas of the content and has
achieved very limited competence in some of the
processes and skills.
School-Based Assessment

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Formative Assessment
• Assessment FOR learning
• Ongoing feedback that can be used by
instructors to improve their teaching and
by students to improve their learning
• Help students identify their strengths
and weaknesses and target areas that
need work, and assists teachers
to recognise where students may be are
struggling and address areas of focus
• Inform teachers of student
understanding at a particular point in
time
Formative and
Summative
Assessment
Summative Assessment
• Traditional assessment OF learning
• Evaluation of student learning at the end
of a unit of work

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Illness /
Misadventure
• All assessment tasks must be completed
or submitted on the DUE DATE unless a
valid ILLNESS or MISADVENTURE reason is
provided
• If a student is absent for an assessment
task, he/she or parent must contact the
school to explain the absence on the day
AND
• Submit an Illness and/or Misadventure
claim form with documentation to the
Deputy Principal (Ms Edwards) within
THREE DAYS of returning to school
• Illness MUST BE COVERED BY A MEDICAL
CERTIFICATE and this must cover ALL DAYS
OF ABSENCE ON AND AFTER THE TASK
until the student returns to school
• MISADVENTURE is an unforeseen
circumstance, such as a car accident

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Illness /
Misadventure
• The student must attend school upon their
return and SUBMIT the task OR be prepared
to SIT the task on that day, depending on
the form of the task
• It is the student’s responsibility to organise
this with the relevant subject HEAD
TEACHER on their FIRST DAY OF RETURN TO
SCHOOL
• If a student is absent on the day of a hand-
in task, this may be submitted electronically
• Holidays/travel are NOT valid excuses for
missing tasks
• Technological malfunctions are not
automatically considered a valid excuse.
Students should use cloud technology (such
as Google Drive through the Department of
Education) to back up all work
• Printers and computers are available at
school

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Illness /
Misadventure

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Illness /
Misadventure

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Illness /
Misadventure

14. Malpractice and
Plagiarism
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• Students cheating will receive ZERO
marks for the task
• MALPRACTICE is failure to follow rules
of conduct in a task, including:
• Speaking during an exam
• Disturbing others in an exam
• Mobile phone in exam room
• Copying others in an exam
• Using notes in an exam
• PLAGIARISM is when students submit
work that is not their own
• Students who have engaged in
malpractice or plagiarism will need to
reattempt tasks
MOBILE PHONES
PROHIBITED IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS

15. Non-Completion
of Assessment
Tasks or
Class Work:
N-Warnings
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N-Warning letters are sent to parents if a student has:
• Not followed the course
• Not applied themselves with diligence and sustained effort
• Not addressed some or all course outcomes
• Non-attendance at or non-serious attempt at an assessment
task with no valid illness or misadventure claim
N-Warning letters provide a new due date which must be met.
If a formal task, a mark of zero will still be awarded but student
must complete the task.
N-Warnings are cleared when student completes outstanding
work in a serious attempt.
If a student has TWO OR MORE OUTSTANDING N-Warning
letters when grades are submitted to NESA in Term 4, he/she
may be N-DETERMINED by principal – the student will NOT meet
requirements for a RoSA certificate or move to HSC study if this
is in a MANDATORY course.

16. Minimum
Standard of
Literacy and
Numeracy
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Minimum literacy and numeracy standards must be met
to qualify for the HSC.
Students get up to two times per year in Years 10, 11 and
12 to sit each minimum standard reading, writing or
numeracy test.
The tests are available on all school days.
About the tests:
Reading: 45 multiple choice computer adaptive
questions (45 minutes)
Numeracy: 45 multiple choice computer adaptive
questions (45 minutes)
Writing: Answer one question out of a choice of two
prompts.
Refer to the NESA website for more information and
resources for parents, students and schools

17. Key Dates
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• 24 February – Elevate Education Study
Skills and Organisation Sessions
• 17 March – Year 10 Focus Day –
coordinated by Careers Adviser Terry
Martin, for students to develop focus on
future goals and pathways
• 19 March – Literacy/Numeracy Minimum
Standards practice tests
• 4 June – Yr 10 HSC and Careers Expo ~
Moore Park (optional)
• 7 June & Tuesday 15 June – Literacy/
Numeracy Minimum Standards testing 1
• 11 June – Yr 10 Meningococcal
Vaccinations
• 25 June – Half-Yearly Reports published
• 19 July – Year 10 Future Day – subject
selections information
• 19 July – Subject Selection Information
Evening
• 20-26 July – Subject Selection Mentoring
• 2 August – Subject Selections Year 11
2022 due
• 6-12 October – Year 10 Assessment Week
• 25-27 October – ‘All My Own Work’
course completed in preparation for Year
11/12 studies
• 1-2 November – Peer Support Leader
Training
• 12 November – Year 10 Grades to NESA
• 19 November - Literacy/ Numeracy
Minimum Standards testing 2
Work Experience can be undertaken in
areas of student interest in the following
weeks:
• Term 1 Week 7 (March 8-12)
• Term 2 Week 3 (May 3-7)
• Term 3 Week 4 (August 2-6)
• Term 4 Weeks 8 and 10 (22-26
November; 6-10 December)

18. Our School
Values – A Reminder
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19. Strive Hive: Homework Centre
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Mondays &
Wednesdays
until 4pm in the
Library

20. Getting Organised
for Year 10
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• Books – for each class on the
timetabled day
• School Diary – record homework and
assignments
• Pencil case with stationery
• Subject-specific equipment – check
timetables: calculator, apron, PE
uniform,
• Homework planner @ home –
manage time
Device – laptop or
tablet device with
keyboard
Writing in EVERY
lesson

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22. Bring Your Own
Device (BYOD)
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Software Downloads:
• All students have access to FREE PC
or MAC versions of:
• Windows 10 for Education
• Microsoft Office
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Visit:
• https://nsw-students.onthehub.com
• Register using students’ Department of
Education email address
Device – laptop or tablet device with
keyboard

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24. Communications: Keep up to date
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25. Communications: Parent Tab
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26. Communications: Port Life E-News
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27. Communications: Facebook
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28. Communications: Parent Portal & App
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Login details will be
provided in early
Term 1. Once
registered you can
access:
• Attendance
records and
explain absences
• Academic reports
• Student
timetables
• Parent-teacher
interview
bookings
• Digital permission
notes
(increasingly)

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