August 2012 Newsletter - Seaview High School

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VI News The Year 12 vision impaired students have been trialling talking GPS devices under the guidance of Guide Dogs orientation and mobility instructors. They have been learning to use them to help ind their way to public transport and different locations in the Marion area. They can then compare their accuracy with mobile phone systems. The girls’ group had their last session with Body Shop presenters who focussed on the use of makeup. Steve Mortimer – Coordinator VI Unit SEAVIEW HIGH SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP VACANCY A casual, paid position is available for a suitable person as Uniform Shop Manager. A Job description is available from the front ofice. This lists the requirements of the position as well as the necessary experience, skills and qualities of the person required. Also noted is the remuneration rate paid on a casual basis from the uniform shop. The successful applicant will be trained and supported in this important role. Any interested person is invited to send a CV to: Jo Coleman Devon Clothing Level 1, 230 Brighton Road, Somerton Park 5044 email to: jo@devonclothing.com.au French Class <strong>Seaview</strong>’s French students have noticed that there has been a lot of French news lately. France’s National Day, Bastille Day, was celebrated on the 14th July. More recently the Tour de France cycling race was held in the magniicent French countryside. Australia’s Cadel Evans, who won the gruelling race in 2011, inished seventh this year and will next try to win a medal at the Olympics in London. Speaking of the Olympics, if you listen carefully, you will hear a lot of French being spoken. That is because French is the oficial language of the Olympic Games and all the announcements and results are spoken in French and English. Our French students will be following the fortunes of France and other French-speaking countries over the course of the Games. Di Crierie - French Teacher
Advice for Year 12 Students From the SACE Board Website and school General advice What seems overwhelming at irst is manageable if you look at it calmly and decide early how to tackle it. Divide your subject study and revision into small portions, rather than looking at it as one huge lump. Approach it eficiently and systematically and you'll feel that you can handle it, one piece at a time. Limit outside work commitments and social activities so that you have time to complete school work. Make a timetable and keep to it Draw up a timetable for the next few weeks. Then for each day concentrate on the speciic portions of your work that you have listed. Spread your tasks out so that your revision is varied, mixing areas that you feel you are good at and already know pretty well, with parts of the work that you have always found hard and are worried about. Set yourself attainable weekly goals. Try to stick to this schedule. You will feel that you are getting somewhere and can expect that each week will bring you closer to the goals you want to achieve. Don't put it off! If something unforeseen happens and you don't achieve the whole week's work, reschedule it and get back on track as soon as possible. Of course, if you don't achieve what you meant to in one week, you will need to rework your revision timetable - but it is very important not to procrastinate. You want to feel in control of your revision, not be faced with lots to do in not much time. What works best for you? Work out the best way to revise and complete your work. If you are revising for an exam, then writing a summary of a particular section of your work may help you. Setting out the summary in dot-point form is a good idea, making it easy to review later. You may ind that saying these main points aloud, to a friend or family member locks them into your memory. Set and answer questions When you have summarised a section of your work, ask yourself some questions about it. If you ind this hard to do, the past examination papers on the SACE website can help you. These can be found under each relevant subject in the Subjects area. These papers may ask you to solve problems or give essay-type answers. For subjects that have numerical problems, try to work with a friend and check your answers against theirs. For essay questions, outline in note form how you would prepare a written answer and how you would construct the essay. See what past examiners have said Assessment Reports from previous years are another important source of information. They give an overall picture of performance in previous years exams and detail aspects of the exams where students have performed strongly, and not so strongly. You may ind this helpful for your exam preparation. Assessment Reports can be found on the relevant Subject pages. Once on the subject page, click on the Assessment and Reporting link and scroll to the bottom of the page. The iles are in the Documents folder, under Assessment Reports and Examinations. Find out about exam conditions Copies of the front pages of the exam paper are sent to schools a few weeks before the exams. Have a look at the relevant ones. This will prepare you for that moment when you have the paper before you in the exam room. You'll know what it looks like, how long you have, how many questions you will be required to answer, perhaps how many marks are allocated to each question, and any other important information about exam conditions, such as whether you are allowed to use a dictionary or a calculator. Think positively If you have followed these tips, kept up with your revision schedule, allowed enough time for your studies, and kept your mind focused on your immediate purpose, you should feel your conidence building. This is important. Tell yourself that you can do it, you can succeed. There may have been times during the year when you have not done as well as you would have hoped, but that was then. Think of times when you were successful. Fill your mind with those positive images, be conident, at ease, and do your best.
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