At Tannum Sands SHS we believe our senior students (Yr 10-12) possess a range of skills, values and characteristics that have been developed through the Junior School, but they can be further developed through the provision of more experience, autonomy and learning opportunities. These opportunities are in keeping with the school principles of respect, responsibility and excellence.
Overall in the Senior Schooling years we have a goal to:
- ensure all graduating and exiting students have the opportunity to gain their:
- Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE)
- an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) and/or
- a Certificate II or higher VET qualification
- provide opportunities for students to gain experience in the workplace.
- provide safe, comfortable and enjoyable years of learning.
- provide flexible learning options that allow students to remain at school to complete Year 12, but at the same time, keep as many options for future learning and work pathways open to the them.
- provide opportunities to develop leadership skills.
- reinforce the importance of setting, reviewing and celebrating educational and personal goals.
Information and forms can be
access through Mr Comrie in LC Block
Civil Construction
(ED2CC) – Yr 10, available from EQIP website or Mr Comrie in LC Block.
Application form PREQIP – indigenous student program
– Yr 10, available from EQIP website or Mr Comrie in LC Block.
Assessment
and AARAs - Years 11 and 12
The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) recognises that some students have disability, impairment and/or medical conditions, or experience other circumstances that may be a barrier to their performance in assessment. Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments (AARA) are designed to assist these students.
You can download the AARA application form and policy document (pdf 348kb)
AARA Medical report form (pdf 218kb)
AARA Student statement (pdf 154kb)
AARA Confidential statement non medical (pdf 156kb) to read more
These documents are also stored in our documents tab on this website.
Eligibility
AARA are provided to minimise barriers for a student whose disability, impairment, medical condition or other circumstances affect their ability to read, respond to or participate in assessment.
These barriers fall into broad categories:
- Long-term and chronic conditions
- Mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression
- Short-term conditions and temporary injuries
- Illness and misadventure.
Eligible
Disability:
- cognitive
- physical
- sensory
- social/emotional
Plus:
- illness
- misadventure (unforseen circumstances that are outside of the student's control, e.g. accident, death of a family member)
Not Eligible
- unfamiliarity with the English language
- teacher absence or other teacher-related difficulties
- matters that the student could have avoided, e.g. misreading an examination timetable, misreading instructions in examinations
- timetable clashes
- matters of the student's or parent's/carer's own choosing, e.g. family holidays, sporting events
- matters that the school could have avoided, e.g. incorrect enrolment in a subject
The application of AARA to student assessment is based on the functional impact/s of the condition for which AARA are sought. Students with the same condition may experience highly varied impacts on their education, and their ability to demonstrate their learning, knowledge and skill in assessments. Functional impact/s of the condition may also vary from subject to subject for an individual student.
For more information, parents and carers are invited to visit: https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/assessment/aara/information-parents-carers
Further enquiries can be directed to the Senior Schooling Guidance Officer, Senior Schooling Deputy Principal, Head of Special Education Services or Subject Head of Department.
