On Wednesday 7th August (Term 3, Week 5), we will host our RSC 2025 Curriculum & Pathways Expo.
Commencing at 4pm and running through until 7pm, the Expo evening will provide vital information for current Year 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 students intending on studying at RSC in 2025.
In particular, current Year 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and their parents will have the opportunity to attend specific information sessions run by the school's Administration staff, the Guidance Officer and the Head of Senior Schooling respectively. As well as this, the Expo evening provides a wonderful opportunity for our College to showcase the diverse range of learning undertaken by our students.
This year our RSC Curriculum & Pathways Expo evening will be our principle vehicle for communicating information to parents and students regarding subject selections and the finer points of the junior secondary and senior phases of schooling.
Whilst the Expo evening runs from 4pm until 7pm, it is not necessary for parents or students to attend the entire program. The evening has been broken up into a number of 30-minute information sessions. We highly recommend that all Year 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and their parents browse the program and attend their relevant session.
As well as these information sessions, students and parents are encouraged to attend the curriculum stalls and displays in the MSC to help inform their subject selection decisions later in the year. Our Transitions Pathways Officer (TPO) Ms Rebecca Meyer has also arranged for some of our external providers for alternative pathways (Busy School, TAFE etc) to be in attendance for this Year 10s looking at options outside of RSC for 2025.
Subject Stalls & Displays Where: MSC
When: 4pm - 7pm
Who should attend: Any current Year 6-10 students and their parents contemplating studying at RSC in 2025.
What you'll find out about: information about the range of subjects offered at RSC in both the junior secondary and senior phases of education in 2025 as well as external pathways.
Session 1 - Junior Secondary Year 6 into Year 7
Commencing at 5pm, our Deputy Principal Mrs Sharyn Crookes and our Principal Mr Mike Hansen will run an information session in the Auditorium (PM22) recapping the Year 6 into 7 transition program. This will be a complementary session to the one run in Term 2 of this year. We urge all Year 6 parents to attend.
Where: Auditorium (PM22)
When: 5:00pm – 5:30pm (30mins)
Who should attend: Current Year 6 students and their parents contemplating enrolling in Year 7 at RSC in 2025.
What you'll find out about: The nature of the 2024 Year 6 into 7 transition program, enrolment timelines, how to best achieve success transitioning from Primary School to High School, what Year 7 in the secondary setting will look like at RSC, the nature of core and elective subjects and the online elective subject selection process.
Session 2 - Junior Secondary Year 8 to Year 10
Commencing at 5:45, our Head of Department Student Services Mrs Nicole Neil and Deputy Principal Mr Adrian Hooper will run an information session in the Auditorium (PM22) outlining moving from Year 7 into 8, Year 8 into 9 and Year 9 into 10, the nature of the Junior Secondary curriculum and its organisation in 2025, and the online the subject selection process.
Where: Auditorium (PM22)
When: 5:45pm – 6:15pm (30mins)
Who should attend: Current Year 7,8,9 students and their parents continuing on at RSC in 2025.
What you'll find out about: Moving through the Junior Secondary years 10, the nature of the Junior Secondary curriculum and its organisation in 2025, and the online the subject selection process, Core vs Elective subjects, time allocations for subject in each year level, how to maximise success, and what supports are available from our well-being team.
Session 3 - Senior Phase Year 10 into Year 11
At 6:30, our Deputy Principal Mr Adrian Hooper, Guidance Officer Mr Luke Forgie and our Head of Senior Schooling, Mr Matt Crosby will run an information session in the Auditorium (PM22) concerning the Senior Phase of Learning at RSC in 2025.
Where: Auditorium (PM22)
When: 6:30pm – 7:00pm (30mins)
Who should attend: Current Year 10 students and the parents of Year 10 students moving into Year 11 in at RSC in 2025.
What you'll find out about: the nature of the 2024 SET Program, subject selection timelines, how to best achieve success in the Senior Phase, the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), ATAR, General vs Applied subjects, senior assessment policy.