Student Information & Enrolment Guide 2021
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STUDENT INFORMATION & ENROLMENT GUIDE 2021 Hobart College Department of Education SECRETARY’S FOREWORD CONTENTS Page 2 Secretary’s Foreword 3 Principal’s Welcome 4-5 Why Choose Hobart College? 6-7 Enrolment and Course Selection 8-9 General Enrolment Process 10 11 The TCE 12 University Pathway 13 College Links with UTAS 14 Vocational Education & Training 15 Why Study at VET course? 16-17 Student Support Welcome! With COVID-19 causing disruption to the way that we live, study and work, 2021 may seem to some to be a 18 College Specific Programs challenging time to be commencing Year 11 or embarking on 19 Student Voice your final year of school. In a time of uncertainty, however, 20-21 Home Group Program a meaningful qualification that plays to your strengths and 22-23 Studying and Assessment aspirations and sets you up for your future, is more important than ever. 24 Student Voice 25 Student Allowances This journey you’re on is as unique as you. Some of you may already know what you want to do when you finish school, 26 Books and Levies and some may not have a plan just yet. That’s ok, you can 27 College Communication keep your options open and choose a broad range of study 28 College Expectations options allowing you to consider a variety of career paths once 29 College Facilities you complete school. Or, you can make targeted choices to a specific area or type of work that you’re interested in. 30-31 College Activities 32 SLC There is no longer a one-size-fits-all approach to study at school, and there are a number of different ways to structure 33 Transport & Key Dates your courses to suit your strengths, interests and aspirations. 34 College Map Completing Year 12 gives you a meaningful qualification that 36 Key Contacts will open doors to a variety of options beyond school. Schools and colleges offer a lot of flexibility, diverse practical and classroom-based subjects and extracurricular activities, some of which you might not have even considered. If you are not sure what you want to do or what your options are, don’t worry, talk to your career advisors at school, teachers, parents or carers. Look over the information you have gathered through My Education, use this information in the Guide and visit www.anything.tas.gov.au which shows some of the journey’s others have gone on and includes information about what choices are available. Remember to look after your physical and mental health. Draw on the support of those around you - your family, friends or teachers to seek the help when you need it. Most important of all, enjoy this time and use it to set yourself up for the next stage of your journey. All the best for your studies in 2021 and beyond. Tim Bullard Secretary of the Department of Education 2 2 PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME Welcome to Hobart College! When you enrol at Hobart College you are joining activities to be involved in – House Band, Student a learning community with a long history of Leadership Group, Student Environment Team, the excellence, diversity and innovation. You will be annual musical production, sports teams, ski trip, students in the 108th year in a place that started off debating, social action groups and the creative and being called Hobart High and is now called Hobart performing arts. College. There are many whole campus activities like our Our goal for each of you is that you complete Year annual Food Fair, College Lap, Harmony Week, 12 with the skills, knowledge and qualifications to morning breakfasts, Little Space art exhibitions, prepare you for success in further education and mini markets, and lunchtime music concerts. training or employment. Hobart College provides a very safe and inclusive environment which supports and nurtures all We are immensely proud of our record of students. It is a multicultural campus, welcoming academic and vocational results. The school has many international and exchange students, and a distinguished list of old scholars which includes there are regular cultural exchanges with schools 20 Rhodes Scholars and our students continued in China and Japan. to achieve outstanding results in 2019. We had 13 students in the top 100 TCE outcomes in the In choosing your courses for next year it is state which was the highest number of all schools; important to find out as much as possible about all 47 students achieved an ATAR of 95 or above; 80 the different pathways open to you. students achieved a perfect score in a pre-tertiary subject; and 87% of our Year 12 students gained This Student Information and Enrolment Guide 2021 their Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE). gives you some background information about campus life at Hobart College and it is designed Of the 59 awards presented state-wide by the to be read in conjunction with the online 2021 Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Student Guide for Years 11 and 12. This Guide Certification (TASC) for outstanding achievement can be found at https://www.education.tas.gov.au/ in academic and vocational programs, 10 were students/school-and-colleges/years-11-12/ awarded to Hobart College students. The College also has strong links with the University of Tasmania Our website is another great resource for finding through the University Connections Program and out about being a Hobart College student. the Hobart College High Achiever Programs. It is regularly updated so please visit https:// hobartcollege.education.tas.edu.au/ You will be part of our comprehensive Home We look forward to working with you to help you Group Program which provides you with the achieve your goals for the future. opportunity to participate in enrichment activities. We have excellent sporting and recreational Tracy Siedler facilities and there are many cultural and social Principal 3 3 WHY CHOOSE HOBART COLLEGE? Hobart College has a long and proud history as sophisticated, informed and expressing views on dating back to 1913. 107 years ago, 6 teachers and world peace and religion. By the 1990s it was clear 155 students began Hobart High School against that colleges also needed to cater for a wider group a backdrop of resistance towards free public of students and matriculation colleges evolved into secondary education. There was doubt that a state secondary colleges. school could provide the same training in character and mind as the independent schools. The vision The 1913 foundation of excellence and innovation of those early pioneers was to provide a place for continues to be realised and Hobart College students to learn, build character and contribute provides strong leadership in state education. to society. Hobart High School was established to Today we have 100 teachers, 40 support staff and an “provide quality education to the boys and girls of enrolment of just over 1100 students. There is a wide Hobart”. The only other high school established cross section of young people, preparing for further was in Launceston. future study and training, community participation and employment. We have a diverse international During the 1930s Hobart High proved to be a community, offer an extensive language program first class school having a real impact on the social and host study tours from Japan and China. capital of the State. Ninety percent of the students at Hobart High would not otherwise have been able When students enrol at Hobart College they to attend a secondary school. The Old Hobartians are joining a learning community that embraces Association (OHA) became a significant organisation tradition, diversity and excellence, the three encouraging social, sporting and cultural events. words encapsulated in our logo. The traditions of The OHA continues to support the college and academic and vocational excellence, innovation remind us of our unique legacy. After World War and a commitment to community and sporting 2 there were still only 4 public high schools and involvement remain strong. Building leadership their sole purpose was for students to matriculate skills, strength of character and sportsmanship and attend university. The high schools had strict are still core values of the college. Just as in 1913, academic entry requirements. In 1958, a quarter students learn to be flexible and resilient, adapting of the students who matriculated in Tasmania were to the inevitable challenges of life. from Hobart High. These students were described 4 4 WHY CHOOSE HOBART COLLEGE? 120 CREDIT POINTS ACHIEVED Hobart College 2019 Academic Highlights 87% of students achieved their TCE 13 students in Top 100 in Tasmania 47 students received ATAR above 95 Average ATAR of 79 80 students achieved a perfect score in a pre-tertiary subject 6 students received awards for Outstanding Achievement in a VET program from a total of 29 awards in the state ww w 5 5 ENROLMENT AND COURSE SELECTION WHICH PATHWAY? Are you on a University Pathway? If you are thinking of going to university after Year 12: • we recommend that you undertake at least two pre- tertiary subjects (ie: TASC Level 3/4) in Year 11. You may enter directly into a pre-tertiary subject in Year 11 if you have attained A or solid B results in the relevant area at Year 10 Australian Curriculum. • in most subject areas there are foundation TASC subjects at Level 2 that will provide the necessary background for you to enter a pre-tertiary subject in Year 12 HOW DO I CHOOSE MY SUBJECTS? • study a MINIMUM of four pre-tertiary subjects Regional Opportunities during Years 11 and 12; however, five pre-tertiary subjects are preferable to maximise your tertiary Hobart College and associated high schools offer a entrance score (ATAR) range of flexible study options for Years 11 and 12.