AHS Internal Examination Period
Our Semester 1 AHS Internal Examination Period support students to demonstrate their understanding of the key knowledge and skills from their Senior School classes. This enables them to test their long-term retention of their learning as well as facilitating goal setting for the start of Semester 2 classes (Term 2, Week 9). Developing examination skills through regular exposure to exam conditions helps our students to build essential skills such as time management, critical thinking, and written communication. It also simulates the conditions of the end-of year examinations that students will experience in our VCE and IB programs.
Using summative assessments such as internal examiantions enables our teachers to use evidence of student learning to make judgements on student achievement. Our staff have been working collectively to design assessment tasks that allow for all students to experience a degree of success while balancing judments that are consistent, informed and measured against curriculum standards (Victorian Curriculum or Study Designs). Examination data allowing teachers to adjust their scope and sequences for Semester 2 as they design targeted support to address learning gaps or misconceptions for the cohorts.
During the Semester 1 Internal AHS Examination Period, Senior School students are to uphold the following expectations.
- Students are required to attend exams wearing full school uniform. Students out of uniform will not be permitted to sit their exam.
- Students are only required to attend school for the scheduled exams. Students can study at home at other times.
- If students have more than 1 exam (on one day) they are able to study privately in the Senior Building.
- Studnets will need to respect the designated spaces that will be allocated for use. This will including signing in.
Students can not:
- Wander around the school grounds or using the yard outside of break times. They are to make your way directly to the Senior Building to establish a strong revision routine.
- Access the canteen outside of break times.
- Leave school to seek food from external venues and then return on-site. Students are only to arrive and leave school once a day.
Exam expectations have been embedded for students. Some key reminders to help them prepare are:
- Student ID cards should be displayed on the exam desk to help the supervising teachers
- Arrive early: 10mins before the start time of your exam
- Clear water bottle – place your water bottle on the floor by your exam desk.
