Sector Report

Across Years 9, 10, 11, and 12 students and teachers are busy engaging in a wide range of activities and learning.

Building and Construction students have been undertaking a project for our school, building bench seats for the school gym. The seats will give the HPE students a practical and comfortable space to sit whilst undertaking their sporting activity. The Year 9/10 students have done a fantastic job with this project, having planned, designed, and sourced the material required. The bench seats will provide students a functional, accessible, and convenient option during their HPE classes. Thanks to Mr Bennett and Jade (Teacher Assistant) for guiding, supporting, and mentoring our students through this project.

Year 10 students have begun work creating their individual transition plans. Students have accessed the myfuture website and completed a range of surveys and questionnaires. The results generated from the website guide students to potential subjects, courses and careers that match their strengths and interests. Over the coming weeks student will have opportunities to meet with staff of Newstead College, Launceston College and Port Dalrymple School to explore options each facility offers. All students will then tour the schools on orientation days. At the end of the year all Year 10 students will have a transition plan that reflects their pathway in education or work.

The Year 10 Leadership Team continue to be busy, working within our school and in the wider community. The team have organised and are set to receive the Year 10 student rugby jumpers, they have represented the school at George Town’s ANZAC Day service, began work around creating a school-wide fundraiser and continue to provide vital student voice on a range of issues at Port Dalrymple School.

Within the Year 11 and 12 space, 2021 has provided the first opportunity for students to study face-to-face level 3 TASC courses. This option accompanies the online ‘virtual learning’ level 3 courses previously and currently accessed by our students. The result of this is students can now study at Port Dalrymple School as part of their journey to tertiary education.

Two of our Year 11 students are completing courses through VLT this year. Hayley is studying Cert II in Community Services and Briannah is studying Level 3 English and Legal Studies 2. VLT gives students the opportunity to select courses that are not offered as a face-to-face class but still enables them to stay connected with their peers and access support from teaching staff here at Port Dalrymple School.

VLT@Tasmanian eSchool courses have the same course requirements as courses delivered face-to-face, with students undertaking research and group activities, completing assignments and tests. The VLT@Tasmanian eSchool Delivery Teachers provide students with detailed feedback on their work, support student progress and write reports.  In Level 3 courses, students also complete external assessments as required. Students enrolled in VLT@Tasmanian eSchool courses meet with their Delivery Teacher and fellow students to discuss ideas, answer questions, undertake group work and provide feedback in 'synchronous sessions'.