Marcellin College Randwick

2016

Year 8 COURSE ASSESSMENT SCHEDULES

Issued Term 1 2016

Management of the College

Headmaster Mr John Hickey

Deputy Headmaster Mr P Buxton

Religious Education Coordinator Mr I Laing

Director of Teaching & M-Learning Mr C Shields

Student Welfare Coordinator Mr Paul Daley

Director of Development & Communications Mrs J Evans

SUBJECT KLA Leader

Religious Education Mr I Laing

English Ms A Emms

Mathematics Mr J Gibbons

Science Ms J Scevity

World History, World Geography Mr A Burke

PD/Health/PE Mr C O’Connell

Technology (Mandatory) Ms P Bourke

Languages Ms C Fede

Music Miss D Gamma

Art Ms K Toohey

ASSESSMENT Year 8 Information Assessment Booklet Assessment is a process of gathering information about your learning. The final mark you receive is an indication of the knowledge and skills you have shown during your studies. Assessment is standards referenced which means your achievements are measured against the specific standards in each course. Teachers use a wide variety of tasks to gather information on student achievement. Assessment Tasks include assignments, class tests, exams, presentations, practical work, long-term projects and performance. Information about the percentage of the total assessment (weighting) that must be given to particular components and the modes of assessment are found in each subject’s syllabus. Specific details of each Assessment Task, including the outcomes to be assessed, will be given to you in writing a reasonable time (usually two weeks) before the task is due. You will also be provided with marking criteria. Preparation for all aspects of an Assessment Task is the student’s responsibility. Boys returning to school after an absence should check with teachers to see whether an Assessment Task was handed out. As part of personal planning, students should keep the Assessment Booklet close to their home study area.

SUBMITTING ASSESSMENT TASKS Students are expected to hand in tasks by the specified due time to their respective teachers. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the tasks are handed in to the correct teacher. In exceptional circumstances, assessment tasks may be submitted to the KLA Coordinator. Under no circumstances are tasks to be left at the front reception office. If a student does not complete a task, parents will be informed by the KLA Coordinator by means of a letter. Where more than two letters have been sent home in any one subject (i.e. when a student has neglected to submit more than two tasks in a subject) a meeting will be arranged with parents, the subject teacher, KLA Coordinator and Year Coordinator.

EXTENSIONS Tasks should be handed in on time. Late tasks must be handed in immediately upon return to school. Where an extension of time is required, students should apply in writing to the class teacher in advance (at least three days) and provide valid reasons for the extension (e.g. illness, misadventure). The loss of electronic work for assessment through failure of computer systems or devices is not a valid excuse for extension or non-submission. Students must make backup copies of files which could be handed in by the due date, regularly print their working drafts and keep their drafts composed on paper to support the late final submission. This policy also applies to printing (ink and toner shortages) as facilities are available via the school library network to print hardcopy assessment. As with all assessment and homework dilemmas students should consult with the class teacher prior to or by the due date.

SICKNESS, EMERGENCY OR MISADVENTURE You will not be penalised for missing classroom tasks or handing in tasks late because of illness or misadventure (accidents or non-medical problems) on the day the task is due, if you provide valid written evidence to the class teacher. All notes of explanation of absence must be shown to the relevant class teacher. The valid written evidence for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 should be a signed letter of explanation from a parent or caregiver for any illness or misadventure that prevents you from completing a task. A medical certificate may be provided but only if convenient, it is not a requirement for students in Years 7, 8 and 9. Tasks will not be compensated for factors such as holiday trips which affect preparation for or performance on tasks. Students with unacceptable reasons for not completing a task will receive a zero mark. Please see your KLA coordinator regarding penalties if tasks are not submitted, or late. Students in Years 7-9 should provide a letter from parents outlining the issue(s) if they feel there is a valid reason for late or non-submission of tasks. If your reasons for missing a task are accepted, you may be given a substitute task. In some cases, it is neither suitable for the student nor appropriate to the nature of the task for a substitute task to be given. In these cases, an estimated mark will be awarded.

LATE SUBMISSION The following penalties apply for any late submission of tasks. Be aware that “day” means calendar day; for example, a piece of work due on a Friday and submitted on the following Monday is THREE days late.

1. Submission ONE day late: 20% of the mark scored will be deducted. 2. Submission TWO days late: 40% of the mark scored will be deducted. 3. Submission THREE days late: 60% of the mark scored will be deducted. 4. Submission FOUR days late: 80% of the mark scored will be deducted. 5. Submission FIVE or more days late: no mark will be recorded.

UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR If you are found to be cheating in a class test or formal examination, you will be awarded a zero mark and your parents will be notified. Plagiarism is also considered cheating and will result in a penalty of some or all marks depending on the extent of the plagiarism. Plagiarism is the presenting of the words and ideas of others as if they were your own. It includes copying sections from books, articles or websites without indicating a quotation and acknowledging the author. Paraphrasing (changing a passage into your own words) is also plagiarism when the author of the original works is not acknowledged. Taking or copying from other students and presenting it as your own are also plagiarism.

GENERAL INFORMATION The date of an Assessment Task can be changed if school circumstances make it advisable. In such cases you will be given reasonable notice, in writing, of the alteration. For each Assessment Task, you are given a mark and appropriate feedback for the task. Your mark for any task is confidential. It is not given to other students. Your Homeroom Teacher is the person you see every day. If you are having trouble adjusting to the assessment routine, they can help you plan a study timetable and provide advice on time management. Your Year Coordinator is the person to go to when the problem seems serious. Year Coordinators work on your behalf with KLA Coordinators and the Curriculum Coordinator. The Curriculum Coordinator is the person to go to with concerns involving assessment procedures.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

TASK DESCRIPTION TOPIC OUTCOMES

WEIGHTING

DATE

1 Writing Task The Teachings

of Jesus K4, S5 25%

Term 1

Week 9

2 ICT Task Disciple, Martyrs

& Witnesses K2, S3 25%

Term 2

Week 5

3 Source Based

Exam

Striving for

Goodness K2, S5 25%

Term 3

Week 3

4 Speech Alive in Christ K4, S3 25% Term 4

Week 5

ENGLISH

TASK DESCRIPTION TOPIC OUTCOMES % DATE

1 Analytical Writing Task Survival 1.14, 1.17, 4.2, 4.7, 6.2,

6.11 20

Term 1

Week 9

29/3

2 Viewing and Listening Task Poetry 1.7, 1.10, 3.2, 6.1, 6.3,

6.5 20

Term 2

Week 6

Exam Block

3 Speaking and Representing Task Culture and Identity 1.3, 2.2, 6.1, 6.6, 6.12,

10.9, 10.11 30

Term 3

Week 9

13/9

4 Creative Writing Horror

6.8, 6.10, 7.1, 7.5,7.9,

7.17, 8.8

30 Term 4

Week 4

MATHEMATICS

TASK DESCRIPTION TOPIC

WEIGHTING

%

DATE

1 Test Number and Algebra

Algebra Techniques, Equations 15

Term 1

Week 8

Tues 22th March

2 Half Yearly Exam

Number and Algebra,

Algebra Techniques

Equations, Pythagoras Theorem

Percentages, Ratios and Rates

30

Term 2

Week 6

3 Test

Perimeter, Area, Volume, Time

Circles & Cylinders

Coordinate Geometry

Reasoning in Geometry

20

Term 3

Week 9

Wed 14th Sept

4 Yearly Exam

Coordinate Geometry

Reasoning in Geometry

Congruent Figures, Graphs

Statistics, Probability

35

Term 4

Week 6

SCIENCE

TASK DESCRIPTION TOPIC OUTCOMES

WEIGHTING

%

DATE

1 Model

Scissors, Paper,

Rock 5WS, 6WS, 7WS, 8WS, 9WS,

16CW 25

Term 1 Week 7 Monday 14th March

2 Student Research Project Farm to Kitchen 4WS, 5WS, 7WS, 9WS, 8WS, 25 Term 2 Week5 Friday 27th May

3 Model/Video Energy 4WS, 7WS, 8WS, 9WS,

11PW, 12ES 25

Term 3 Week 7 Monday 29th August

4 Exam All topics 11PW, 12ES, 13ES, 16CW,

17CW 25 Term 4 Week 6

WORLD HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

TASK DESCRIPTION TOPIC OUTCOMES % DATE

1 Time Capsule The Western and Islamic World– Medieval Europe

3, 5, 8, 10

50 Week 7 Term 1

2 Half Yearly Exam

Expanding Contacts Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples, Colonisation and Contact History

2, 3, 4, 7, 9 50 Week 6 Term 2

3 Media File

Global Change Geographical tools:

Maps

Graphs and statistics

Photographs

1, 2, 5, 6

50 Week 8 Term 3

4 Video lesson

Global Issues and the Role of Citizenship

Maps

Fieldwork

3, 7, 9, 10 50 Week 5 Term 4

MUSIC

TASK COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF TASK TOPIC OUTCOMES % DATE

1 Aural Responding to various genres of

Music using the elements.

Elements of

Music

4.6,4.7, 4.8, 4.9,

4.10 25%

Term 1

Week 8

2 Performance

Solo performance of any

repertoire learnt this term using

Melody.

The Guitar 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 25%

Term 2

Week 5

in class

3 Composition

Compose the background music to

a TV advertisement or Video

Game.

Music for TV,

Film, Radio

and

Multimedia

4.4, 4.5 25% Term 3

Week 9

4 Performance Perform of a short piece in an

ensemble

Music for TV,

Film, Radio

and

Multimedia.

4.1, 4.2, 4.3 2 5%

Term 4

Week 5-6

in class.

PDHPE

TASK DESCRIPTION TOPIC OUTCOMES % DATE

1 Skills Testing Cricket

SEMESTER 1

OC1 and OC2

25% Skills Testing beginning in

Term 1 Week 5

2 Presentation Developing Positive Relationships

SEMESTER 1

OC3 and OC4

25% Assessment in Term 2 Week 1

3 ICT Health Information – Who Can Help

me?

SEMESTER 2

OC1 and OC2

25% Term 3 Week 2

4 Fitness Testing Fit for Life

SEMESTER 2

OC3 and OC4

25% Fitness Testing

begins in Term 4 Week 1

VISUAL ART

TASK DESCRIPTION TOPIC OUTCOMES

WEIGHTING %

DATE

1 Drawing and lino printing with written assignment

The Built Environment

4.1,4.3,4.4,4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10

30%

Term 1 Week 10

Tuesday 5th April

2 Photoshop & clay Pop Art

4.5,4.7,4.8

20%

Term 2 Week 5

Wednesday 25th May

3 Photoshop/drawing & mixed media with written assignment

Street Art

4.1, 4.2,4.6, 4.8, 4.10

30%

Term 3 Week 10 Tuesday

20h September

4 Drawing/painting & mixed media

Great Masters Gone Contempo

4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5

20%

Term 4 Week 5 Friday

11th November

ITALIAN

Task

Description

Topic

Outcomes

%

Date

1

Cultural Background

(research)

Italian Cultural Events 4.MBC.1

4.MBC.2 20

Term 1

Week 9

29th March

2

Reading & Writing Task

Half-yearly Exam

Greetings, likes, dislikes,

family, animals & colours

4.UL.2

4.UL.4 20

Term 2

Week 5

24th May

3

Speaking & Listening

Above plus sports musical

instruments, countries, cities

and telling

4.UL.1

4.UL.3 30

Term 3

Week 6

22nd Aug

4

Reading & Writing

Yearly Exam

All topics covered

4.UL.2

4.UL.4

4.MLC.1

4.MLC.2

30

Term 4

Week 5

8th Nov

TECHNOLOGY (Mandatory)

TASK DESCRIPTION OUTCOMES % DATE

1 Design Project 1

4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

25%

Term 1 Week 10 Monday

4th March

2 Design Project 2

4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

25% Term 2 Week 5

Friday 27th May

3 Design Project 3

4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

25%

Term 3 Week 10 Monday

19th September

4 Design Project 4

4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

25%

Term 4 Week 5

Wednesday 9th November

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MARCELLIN COLLEGE RANDWICK Referencing and Bibliographies Policy All educational institutions require a formalised standard of presentation and acknowledgement of sources of information used in completing an assignment. It is unethical to submit work as your own that has been copied from someone else’s material. This is called plagiarism.

All material should be placed in your own language and terms, remembering to state the source of your material in a bibliography. Marcellin College Randwick’s Policy from Year 7 through to Year 12 is that if a student has plagiarised, then an automatic zero will be given to the entire task. This may seem an extreme measure but is consistent in all educational institutions. As a guide of how to reference your work and make use of a Bibliography the following should be most useful: HOW TO REFERENCE The HARVARD system is a commonly used form of academic referencing. In the Harvard system, the name of the author(s), the date of publication of the text, and the page number are included directly after the quote. Quotation marks are used to enclose the exact words from a text. Example: “Dehydration results in a decrease in skilled performance, which can lead to injury as well as poor performance.” (Cross, Gibbs, Gray, 1991, p131) A BIBLIOGRAPHY When using the Harvard system, the resources used in your research are listed in a Bibliography at the end of your paper. The resources are listed in alphabetical order. The resources may include books, journal articles, videos, CD’s, and Internet sources. Examples: One Author Simpson, W.1987. Adolescence Across Cultures. Penguin Melbourne Multiple Authors Cross, M., Gibbs. N and Gray, J.1991. The Sporting Body. McGraw Hill, Sydney Editor James, P. (Ed) 1989. New Directors in Economics. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. Articles Mathews, P. 1991. “The Australian Family Today” in Journal of Sociology, Vol.19, 559-578 Videos Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Crawford Productions. 1984. Alcohol and Alcoholics. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Melbourne Internet Smith, B. 1996. Management Structure and Efficiency. [Online, accessed 9 Mar.1996] www.neal.ctstateu.edu/management/cite.html

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Assessment Timeline Year 8, 2016

For most courses, this timeline indicates the week in which your assessment tasks are scheduled. Your teacher will advise you of the specific day of the task when you are given information regarding individual the task requirements. You may then wish to write the write the task in the specific day on this timeline.

Term 1, 2016

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

0 College Swimming Carnival

1

2

3

4

5 PDHPE Begin Skills Testing

6

7 WHG Science

8 Music Mathematics Staff Day Good Friday

9 Easter Monday English Italian

Religion 8.1 & 8.3 Religion

10 Technology Visual Art

Term 2, 2016

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 PDHPE

2

3

4

5 Religion Music

Italian Visual Art Music

8.1 Religion Music

Technology Science

6 Half Yearly Exams Half Yearly Exams Half Yearly Exams Staff Day

7 Champagnat Day

8 Public Holiday

9

10

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Term 3, 2016

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1

2 PDHPE

3 Religion 8.1 Religion

4 Activities Week Activities Week Activities Week Activities Week Activities Week

5

6 Italian

7 Science

8 WHG

9 Music English Music

Mathematics Music

10 Technology Visual Art Yr 12 Graduation Pupil Free

Term 4, 2016

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 PDHPE Begin Fitness Testing

2

3 College Walkathon

4 English

5 WHG Music Religion

Music Italian

Technology Music

Music Music Visual Art

6 Yearly Exams Yearly Exams Yearly Exams Yearly Exams Yearly Exams

7

8

9

10