Lesmurdie Senior High School

1. Lesmurdie Senior High School Thriving in a nurturing environment Conditional Standing – Planning for improvement

2. What is Conditional Standing? • Relates to the standard set by the Curriculum Council to achieve the Western Australian Certificate of Education (graduation). • Our school’s attempt to communicate how a student’s performance compares with the standard required to graduate. • An opportunity for students, parents and the school to work together to address issues in performance and to implement strategies for improvement.

3. The Senior School Standards at LSHS • Performance Standard - Maintain a ‘C’ average 18 points (A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1). • Attendance Standard – 80% attendance in all classes • Conduct Standard – Maintain good conduct

4. Performance Standards for Current Year 12 students to graduate. (abridged) • Achieve English Language Competence • Achieve 5 ‘C’ grades with a minimum of 3 being in Exit Year

5. Performance Standards for Current Year 11 students to graduate.(abridged) • Achieve English Language Competence • Achieve 8 ‘C’ grades with a minimum of 4 being in Exit Year.

6. General Performance Tips • Students must be doing daily review. • We learn best from assimilating new information into what we already know. • 30 to 45 minutes of review for each class in a day. • A sixth day for catching up and further development. • Writing while you read is essential to maximising retention. • Summarising information is important. • Being organised is important. • Using your Course Outlines and other information to focus on what is important.

7. Some Specifics • Students must study for English. • 30 minutes reading each day. • One piece of practice writing per week. • Talk to English teachers who will provide reading lists and practice essay topics. • English teachers will provide feedback on writing so that students can develop skills.

8. Some More Specifics • Many Courses contain lots of small pieces of connected information which needs to be: • Summarised (taking notes while reading and reviewing) • Simplified (recipe cards) • Assimilated (Review in relation to Course Outlines) • Assessed (do practice questions, past papers etc) • Use Study Logs to identify difficult areas of the a Course.

9. Some Common Mistakes • Not reading and summarising. • Not being consistent with ongoing review. • Using questions and past papers to learn material when not properly prepared. • Over-use of technology. – Strategic use is important. • INCLUDING MOBILE PHONES, MSN AND FACEBOOK AS A PART OF THE STUDY PROCESS DOES NOT WORK!

10. How is our School supporting improvement? • Homework/Study Logs • Specialised notification processes for teachers to use in information Senior School Manager of performance. • Curtin Coaches • Yourtutor (sign up in the Front Office) • Semester Review

11. Semester Two Standing Review • End of Semester Two • Year 11 student on Conditional Standing for two Semesters in a row run the risk of not being promoted into Exit Year in 2012. • Why? • Our ultimate aim is for students to successfully complete school. • Achieve to the best of their ability in their program • Place them in a competitive position to enter the next phase of their life. • Gain a sense of achievement from school. • A student who does not meet the Senior School Standards for two semesters in a row is unlikely to experience any of this.

12. What is the next step? • Questions • A conversation between parents and their student about the situation. • Conversations with teachers. • Develop a plan for improvement and stick to it. • Celebrate the successes!