Senior School
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Working Together
The Senior School’s structure consists of Tutor Teachers who provide day-to-day Pastoral Care and assist students with all aspects of their school life. Year Coordinators provide leadership in pastoral matters and support the Tutor Teachers. Learning Area Coordinators are responsible for Learning Areas, the development of teaching and learning programmes, as well as rich and diverse differentiated assessment tools. Middle Management work cooperatively to provide support and assistance to all students throughout their school life.
Communication throughout Senior School years is a high priority as it allows Senior School to operate effectively as a community and supports the partnership between Parents, Students and the School to achieve the best outcomes for all students. All students are encouraged to take ownership of all aspects of their schooling and to be able to track their own progress. Honest and responsible discussions are always encouraged.
Holistic Approach
Peter Carnley Anglican Community School offers a holistic education for all students. We provide a caring and nurturing environment focusing on the academic, psychological, physical, social and spiritual development of every child. Members of our community are encouraged to regularly view Newsletters, SEQTA (Engage) and Parent News items on the School Website.
School Connectedness
At PCACS, our pastoral care strategy focuses on building a strong sense of school connectedness, togetherness and pride. PCACS has a proactive approach to pastoral care and systems to both prevent and intervene with youth issues. Every student is given the opportunity to maximise their full potential and to reach a range of personal, social, academic and spiritual growth goals. At the heart of everything we do at PCACS is the welfare of our community.
Celebrating Student Success
At a whole school level, we recognise the importance of acknowledging and celebrating success. In a variety of forums such as Assemblies, Chapel, Year meetings, School reports and teacher-student interviews, the standards, values and positive learner attributes of PCACS are constantly encouraged. These attributes will help students achieve their personal best whilst at school and will give them the skills to become well-rounded young adults when it comes time to enter the ‘real world’ after school. We have a system in place to acknowledge and celebrate students' success in displaying these values and attributes in a consistent manner.
Student Wellbeing
Our whole Senior School wellbeing events form an integral part of strengthening our positive school climate. Our wellbeing events in the school calendar include the ‘National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence’ and ‘R U OK? Day’. The events are dedicated to inspiring and empowering everyone to meaningfully connect with people around them by asking the simple question “Are you OK?” or to “Stand Together”. The PCACS community come together and embrace the messages on these days and more importantly live them on a daily basis. COMPASS is our Senior School pastoral programme, which provides students with a skillset to journey through school and become self-aware, responsible and resilient adults.
Educational Support
PCACS has a targeted approach to educating and engaging our young people and all Senior School students engage in a wide range of evidence-based pastoral programmes offered at PCACS. These programmes are designed to enhance existing strengths, as well as teach strategies to improve their personal and social well-being. On an individual level, we have intensive support available through our pastoral care team of Year Coordinators, Counsellor, Director of Pastoral Care, and our Chaplain. Our team takes a holistic approach to student support and uses evidence-based strategies to deliver the best outcomes for our students. Educational support is provided by our Learning Engagement Coordinator and three Full-time Senior School Education Assistants, PCACS also runs specialised support classes focussing on literacy, numeracy and 'ways of learning.
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Students commence their Senior School years in Year 7. A focus for this introductory year is to develop organisation skills, continue to foster a love of learning and to teach all students the skills and knowledge to achieve their personal best in all endeavours. In the main, classes will be of mixed ability; however, students who require additional literacy support will be offered assistance.
A key focus will be to assist all students to establish consistent and effective learning routines and skills. These will support all students to achieve their personal best.
Students in Year 7 are also offered a range of learning experiences in addition to English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences. Additional learning experiences which include Drama, Music, Food, Textiles, Digital Technologies, Metal and Wood, Arts, Health and Physical Education will be offered on a rotational basis and will give all students a broad range of educational opportunities.
Peter Carnley Anglican Community School (PCACS) is committed to improving student achievement by using data across a range of assessment tools. Teaching and learning programmes are developed to address the Western Australian Curriculum.
Religious and Values Education is a compulsory course that will follow the Christian Religious Studies as outlined by the Anglican Schools Commission guidelines for all students in Senior School.
Years 8 and 9 classes will be a combination of pathway and mixed ability classes in English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences. Semester 1 and 2 results, National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), Progressive Assessment Testing (PAT) and Online Literacy and Numeracy (OLNA) will assist all students with their choices in Senior School. The aim is to ensure all students be responsible and accountable for their learning journey.
The focus in these school years will be on fine-tuning the skills to improve performance and recognise that academic studies must be a priority. Students should be independent learners who are responsible and accountable for their own learning journey.
Students in Years 8 and 9 will engage in a range of Non-Core Learning Area course experiences and begin a process to select some courses in Year 10. Choosing ‘electives’ from a range of learning areas will allow students to sample additional learning experiences they have a passion for and that will build skill sets and will direct students to think about career pathways.
Peter Carnley Anglican Community School (PCACS) is committed to improving student achievement by using data across a range of assessment tools. Teaching and learning programmes are developed to address the Western Australian Curriculum.
Religious and Values Education is a compulsory course that will follow the Christian Religious Studies as outlined by the Anglican Schools Commission guidelines for all students in Senior School.
Students in Year 10 will be engaged in an exciting and diverse curriculum that promotes critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. Year 10 students will undertake a specialised Career education course to help them select their Year 11 courses from a range of General, Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) and Vocational Education and Training courses (VET). PCACS creates the Year 11 Timetable based on student choice. We offer over 40 courses allowing our students to pursue any future career pathway.
Peter Carnley Anglican Community School (PCACS) is committed to improving student achievement by using data across a range of assessment tools. Teaching and learning programmes are developed to address the Western Australian Curriculum.
Religious and Values Education is a compulsory course that will follow the Christian Religious Studies as outlined by the Anglican Schools Commission guidelines for all students in Senior School.
The final two years of schooling focus on working towards gaining the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE). In Years 11 and 12 Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) courses will be available for direct entry to university as well as courses in General and Vocational Education and Training Certificates (VET). General and VET Certificates will prepare students for entry to a State Training Provider (TAFE) and employment. A focus for students who enrol in General and VET courses will be the development of employability skills to prepare students for the competitive labour market. All students will be given assistance with applications to enrol into University courses, State Training Provider (TAFE) courses, employment, traineeships or apprenticeships. The emphasis will be on supporting all students to achieve their personal best in all courses that will lead to post-school choices.
Religious and Values Education is a compulsory course that will follow the Christian Religious Studies as outlined by the Anglican Schools Commission guidelines for all students in Senior School.
