Belridge Secondary College eNewsletter

Vice Principal - Years 10, 11 and 12

Year 12 students had their final WACE exam on Thursday 19 November. Again our students sat their exams at Woodvale and Prendiville Colleges. We took precautions to make sure students were familiar with the environment. Hal Spedding and myself took students to the exam venues. There, they were given a tour of the school, shown the exam room, toilets and so on. We also had a Belridge staff member present at the start of each exam with spare equipment and identification forms. The whole exercise went very smoothly. I now wish all our Year 12’s the best in their future endeavours.

Special exam arrangements for Year 12 in 2021

Students in Year 12, 2021 and their parents need to read this information carefully.

Candidates who have a permanent or temporary disability, illness and/or specific learning disability that could disadvantage them in demonstrating their knowledge, skills and understandings in standard assessments may apply to the School Curriculum and Standards Authority to sit WACE examinations under special arrangements. Applications can be made for the written and/or practical examinations. Applications must be made by the school. The Authority will notify the school and candidate of the decision.

The granting of special examination arrangements is not automatic, but takes into account medical and/or psychometric evidence plus supporting school-based information related to the candidate’s ability to access the examination. The role of special examination arrangements is to provide reasonable access to an examination. Schools should ensure that they have placed on record all current medical/psychological documents that relate to their decision to trial special arrangements for the student. Each application is considered individually, with decisions based on the nature of each examination to be sat by the candidate.

There are five sections:

Section A	Student details - to be completed by student
Section B	Provisions requested - to be completed by the school and the student
Section C	School case coordination - to be completed by the school and the student
Section D	Supporting information - relevant sections to be completed by the school, psychologist, occupational therapist
Section E	Medical evidence - to be completed by a medical practitioner/registered health professional (if applicable)
Section F	Student’s declaration and principal’s declaration - to be completed by all applicants.

N.B. Providing evidence for Sections D and E is the
responsibility of the student and parent.

Closing date for applications is 1 April 2021, but the process is long and complicated and needs to be started early in Term 1. If you think your son or daughter is eligible please contact me at the school on 9408 8000.

Year 11

The Year 11 students have also completed their final exams and work placements. On their final day, Monday 23 November, students returned to school to hand in their Workplace Learning logbooks and go through their exams with their teachers. Also, students that were not up to date in their certificate courses were sent letters to return to school to catch up.

Years 10 and 11 OLNA

Students moving into Years 11 and 12 and who have not yet achieved OLNA should take some time over the break to prepare for the March round of OLNA. Students have been given access to OLNA help via Connect. Please contact Mr Notarpietro if you need assistance.

2021 Years 11 and 12
Arrangements for Period 5 Wednesdays

It is a timely reminder for the parents of all Year 11 and 12 students that Wednesday period 5 is an important period on the timetable and that students should not make arrangements to use the period for non-school activities, such as work.

Year 12 ATAR students will be required every Wednesday Period 5, and all other Senior School students will need to attend where meetings and information-giving sessions are organised. Also, students in Years 11 and 12 that do not meet deadlines for assessments, or are not up to date with their certificate courses, will be required to attend period 5 Wednesday until they complete this work.

Mr Strickland will contact parents of students behind in their courses and Mr Notarpietro will do the same for certificate students. Failure to attend when required may result in loss of good standing.

Finally, I hope all Year 10 and 11 students have a good break and return refreshed for a great 2020.

Mobile Phone Use

A reminder to all students that due to the new government regulations, students will not be permitted to use mobile phones at the school in 2021. The rule is mobiles phones must be switched off and out of sight from the time students enter the school grounds, until they are released from class at the end of the day. Please discuss this again at home, so we don't start the school year with a spate of phone confiscations - thank you.

… one Final Message

May I request that staff, parents and students be careful on the roads around the college. Students need to be extra careful whilst crossing the road when using mobile phones and need to remember to look right, then left and then right again. Students need to take extra care crossing the exit from the main school car park as they are obscured from the vision of drivers by a solid wall, and also when crossing Ocean Reef Road, where the speed limit is 70kph. The safest option is using the lights or crossing attendants.