OLNA (Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment)

We received results from Round 1 OLNA this week. It is pleasing to see many students achieve the required standard of Category 3 across all components, and many other students getting closer, by passing in one or two of the components. Students who have achieved the required standard in all three categories have now met the WACE Literacy and Numeracy achievement standard, and will no longer be required to sit OLNA assessments in future rounds.

For students who did not achieve Category 3, we will continue to support you to achieve it in the next rounds. Letters and official (SCSA) OLNA results have been sent to all families involved. This should clarify your current status.

A reminder that Year 11 and 12 students who are yet to achieve the standard must attend the OLNA support sessions in the college library on Wednesdays, 1:30-2:30 pm. Year 10 students have been provided free access to olna.com.au > Skill Builders, and have 24/7 access to these resources.  Please let me know if there are any issues with logging in to the site.

OLNA Student Performance Progression
After Round 1, 2020

VET (Vocational Education and Training)

Despite the difficulties caused by the Covid 19 disruptions, our VET students continue to work towards completing their qualifications on schedule. The teacher/trainers have adapted their content delivery to focus on background learning and theory focused Units, and now the majority of students have returned to full time attendance, there will be an increased focus on practical activities and assessments. We have finalised all ‘third party agreements’ for AQF qualifications delivered by BSC staff, on the BSC campus, on behalf of our RTO partners. It is important for students and their families to understand that the college is not an RTO (Registered Training Organisation), and we work in partnership with RTOs to deliver qualifications. Certificates, once achieved, are issued by the relevant RTO.

The College made the difficult decision to postpone our scheduled mid-term ATAR Examination / Workplace Learning break during Weeks 7 and 8 of this term in order to make up for teaching and learning time lost during the Covid 19 school closures towards the end of Term 1.  The June WPL block release will still be required by some students completing external TAFE courses with mandated work experience hours, but for the majority of our ADWPL students, the June placement has been postponed until November.

Carlos Notarpietro
Associate Principal