The Record of School Achievement (RoSA) is a new credential for all students, beginning with Year 10 in 2012. The RoSA is a cumulative credential and is issued only when boys leave school. Hence boys will not receive any formal notification from the Board of Studies at the end of Year 10. This is different to past years where students received a School Certificate at the completion of Year 10. However boys will still receive a grade from A – E for English, Mathematics, Science, PDHPE, Australian History, Australian Geography and each of their elective subjects. Grades are based on the Stage 5 course performance descriptors supplied by the Board of Studies. These descriptors explicate a typical performance in each course at each grade level.

Boys have completed a formalised assessment program in each subject across the course of the year. Their performance on these assessment tasks forms the basis of the grade allocated for each subject.  All boys in Year 10 should have received an email from the Board of Studies inviting them to log-on and set up an account at Students Online. This email would have been sent to their school email accounts. Students will be able to view and download their grades in each course through Students Online from 12 December 2012.

Julia Shea
Head of Curriculum

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