As the Director of Learning Systems, I am delighted to reach out to you with warm greetings. It brings me great joy to provide you with valuable insights and updates concerning our learning systems, with a particular focus on our engagement with the QCAA – Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority and Year 7 to 10 Elective choice for Term 2.
About the QCAA
The QCAA is responsible for kindergarten guideline and senior secondary syllabus development, and for providing resources and services to help teachers develop curriculum, teaching and learning programs from kindergarten to Year 12. It also provides testing, assessment, moderation, certification and vocational education and training services to Queensland’s education community.
News from QCAA for Year 11 & 12:
Endorsement
Endorsement is an annual quality assurance process based on the validity and accessibility attributes of quality assessment. It is applied to Year 12 summative internal assessment instruments of:
- Essential English and Essential Mathematics
- all General subjects
Summative assessment instruments from Units 3 and 4 must be endorsed by QCAA-trained endorsers before they can be administered in schools. Schools submit the three summative internal assessment instruments and their supporting documents via the QCAA Portal.
The school has completed the endorsement of all assessments for the 2025 cohort and is now shifting focus to commence preparations for the upcoming round of internal assessments.
Confirmation
Confirmation is an annual quality assurance process for Year 12 General subjects based on the reliability attribute of quality assessment.
Confirmation examines the accuracy and consistency of teachers’ judgments about students’ responses to summative internal assessment instruments, to ensure comparability of results across Queensland. The confirmation process aims to ensure fair and reliable results for students.
Overall subject results for General are determined by a student’s confirmed results in the three summative internal assessment instruments specified by the relevant syllabus, and the summative external assessment.
The school has submitted the initial round of IA1s to QCAA for confirmation, and so far, results have been verified.
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance processes support schools to develop and administer assessment instruments, promote consistency of judgments and support the continuous improvement of assessment practices. Applied quality assurance meetings have been conducted annually for the Applied (Essential) subjects as part of the QCE quality assurance processes.
In 2025, quality assurance meetings will be conducted for: • Essential English (2019) • Essential Mathematics (2019) • Media Arts in Practice (2024) and • Sport & Recreation (2024)
myQCE
Learning accounts are for student at the start of Term 1 for all Year 10 students.
They are used to record enrolments and results for all studies which contribute to a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA).
Students can access their learning account to view their subject and course enrolments, projected QCE eligibility, results and download the Senior Education Profile (when issued).
Year 10, 11 and 12 students can access their learning account via the Student Portal on the myQCE website. (https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/)
To access the Student Portal, students need to register using their 10-digit learner unique identifier (LUI). Student’s LUI’s can be found on their profile in student café or contact me.
If you have any questions about QCAA, please do not hesitate to contact me or Mrs France.
Year 7 to 10 Elective Choices for Term 2 & 3:
Refer to the publication, Subject Offerings 2025 for a description of each of the subjects available for selection. This publication is found on the College website.
Students must choose a subject you have not taken this year as your first choice.
Y7/8: Line 1:
Art, Textiles, Drama, STEAM, Social Entrepreneurship, Barracudas (this option is only for student enrolled in the Barracudas program)
Yr 7/8: Line 2:
Food, Digital Technology, Music, Engineering, Service Learning
Yr 9/10: Line 1:
Service Project, Music, Forensics, Food, Digital Technology, VET (Yr 10 TAFE students only).
Yr 9/10 Line 2:
Religion & Ethics, Textiles, Art, Drama, Spanish (Yr 10 only), Barracudas (this option is only for student enrolled in the Barracudas program)
An email with links to the choices will be sent out soon. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
– Mrs McKendrick