From the Senior School

Ag Inspirations Tour

Some of our aspiring agriculture students were fortunate to be part of this year’s Southern Downs Ag Inspirations Tour last week, which was facilitated by the Agforce School to Industry Partnership Program – SIPP.  The tour comprised representatives from five local schools who toured the region checking out a range of primary production facilities and operations.  The tour was conducted over three days and visited the following locations:

  • B Feeders (Feedlot)
  • Condamine Apiaries (Honey production)
  • Riverina Stockfeeds (Stockfeed)
  • Hydoponics (Asian Vegetables)
  • Eastern Colour (Apples and Strawberries)
  • Queensland College of Wine Tourism (Wine production)
  • John Dee (Meat Processing)
  • Gilabils Holsteins (Dairy)
  • Wickham Farms (Vegetables and Processing)

The tour gave the students a wide and varied ‘taste’ of a range of primary producers providing a snapshot of what goes on in the daily operations.

Acciona Wind Farm Tour

Interested students from Years 10 and 12 attended a School Education and Careers Day on Wednesday 26 July at the MacIntyre Wind Farm Project site.  Students were able to see the project first-hand, touring the compound, stores area, turbine towers and power stations after the initial information session.  Following the tour, students returned to a Q & A session with current employees representing the many careers involved in the project.

 

 

 

Year 11 Camp

Following on the Learning to Lead article from Mr Dobrenov, please enjoy a full gallery of images from our Year 11 camp:

NAPLAN Snapshot

Success is the result of passionate and skilled people with the right resources putting a plan into action! In other words, it is no accident that our students have achieved excellent results in NAPLAN for 2023.

At SCOTS PGC College we have dedicated teachers working in partnership with students and families and the results are in!

In 2020, the Independent Review of NAPLAN recommended that the 10-band NAPLAN measurement scale and the National Minimum Standard (NMS) for NAPLAN be reset. In 2022, ACARA worked with states and territories, sectors, parent bodies, expert teachers, and measurement panels to reset the NAPLAN measurement scale. Education Ministers recently endorsed this work.

This year, NAPLAN bands and the NMS will be replaced by the following four levels of achievement:

  • Exceeding
  • Strong
  • Developing
  • Needs additional support.

Here is a sneak peek snapshot of our NAPLAN results for 2023.

  • Outstanding achievement in Year 3 with students achieving significantly above the State average in all . We celebrate our Prep to Year 2 teachers for their work in the Early Years, preparing our youngest students completing NAPLAN to be capable and responsive learners.
  • Over 80% of students in Year 3 and Year 5 achieved strong or exceeding in the domain of Reading with over 90% of Year 3 students achieving strong or exceeding in
  • Over 70% of Year 7 students achieved strong or exceeding in Reading and Spelling
  • At least 50% of Year 9 students achieved strong or exceeding in all domains
  • Our results from Years 3, 5, 7 and into Year 9 demonstrate the advantage of being a student in a Prep to Year 12 college with teachers who know and understand our learners across Junior, Middle and Senior School.

Individual Student Results (ISR) have been posted to families of students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

We acknowledge that NAPLAN results offer us a snapshot of our students at a particular point in time along their learning journey. These results, together with levels of achievement, standardised testing results and our relationships with our students, assist us as a College to better understand the needs of our learners.