SEMESTER 2: Week
9
Date: Monday 22 August to Friday 26 August 2005
TERM 3 FOCUS: Examination
preparation and mental well being
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Monday Group Meeting (20 minutes)
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- Administration - see Agenda
- Mini Colleges 1-2: Assembly
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| Tuesday Interview Time (60 minutes) |
- 2nd round interviews.
- Discuss VTAC selections (Yr 12), reenrolment information (Yr 11),
exam preparation and record of achievement folders
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| Thursday Group Meeting (25 Minutes) |
- See Agenda
for details
- Catch up week
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| Suggestions / Guidelines for
Tutors |
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Continue with 2nd round of individual
interviews with students this week.
Tutors may like to discuss:
- Parent/teacher interviews next
week
- Pre-exam self-assessment to
be completed by end of term 3.
- Exam preparation, revision and
planning - study program / timetable.
- Planning for 2005 - course, job, year 12 etc.
- Finalising VTAC selections or 2005 course selections.
- Applying for a reference.
- Stress Management leading up
to exams.
- Recording progress to date (refer pp.62-3 Student Handbook).
- Record of Achievement Folder - see p. 107 of Student Handbook
- Pathways Plans - update if necessary
- Involvement in Mental Health
Week / Youth Week activities (last
week).
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| Resources |
- Goal setting / Motivation
/ Time Management Resources
- Thought Mapping
- The role of questioning
in Metacognitive processes
- Rationale for 6 thinking
hats
- Rationale for Proactive
learning
- Memory / Why do we forget?
- Creative / Lateral thinking
- Brainstorming
- Careers Homepage
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| Student Handbook Resources |
- Homework and study timetables, pp.82-3
- Independent learners, p.32
- Note taking skills, p.109
- Thought Mapping, p.110
- How are you going? p.60
- Study tips for school, p.51
- Dealing with stress, p.111
- VTAC, p.105
- Record of Achievement Folder, p.107
- Memory Techniques, p.108
- Countdown to exams, pp.89
- SWOTVAC study timetable, pp.91-3
- Recording your progress, pp.62-3
- Application for a reference, pp.139-140
- Writing an effective resume, p. 106
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