- 2006 School Certificate
- 2006 HSC Report
2006 School Certificate
College has received a pleasing set of results in the School Certificate for 2006.
Some of the significant features include:
- Outstanding results in Australian History. 51% of our candidature were awarded a Band 6 (90 & above) compared to 7% state-wide. This reflects the strength of History at SAC.
- Continued pleasing results in Science and mathematics. These subjects have traditionally been strong and they continue to achieve well above the state.
- A greatly improved performance in English literacy. To achieve 4 times more band 6 places than the state is a great achievement, especially when one considers the strength of girls in this area.
- Significant improvement in Geography with 28% of our students achieving a band 6 result
- 8 “all-rounders” received a Band 6 result for every subject. These boys were: M. Brennan, M. Favaloro, R. Jordan, D. Lynch, A. Pasfield, J. Reyes, G. Salmi, E. Talas. This is a tremendous achievement. Congratulations to those students.
The results indicate the following:
- The current year 10 cohort is a strong group with many “all-rounders”
- There is a growing culture of academic achievement within the middle years of schooling at St. Aloysius
- The hard work of staff to enable students to achieve to their potential
- That the work of the English faculty in revising programmes, texts and units of work: along with a greater commitment to academic excellence and rigour, has been rewarded with outstanding results.
The following tables compare School Certificate results over the past four years at St. Aloysius College.
Please note: the figures in brackets for 2006 are state percentages.
English:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
| 2006 | 24 (6) | 50 (25) | 25 (40) | 1 (27) | 84.71 (74.11) |
| 2005 | 8 | 57 | 34 | 2 | 81.83 |
| 2004 | 5 | 53 | 36 | 4 | 81.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 81.91 |
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Mathematics:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
| 2006 | 27 (6) | 37 (14) | 26 (21) | 8 (57) | 82.77 (67.87) |
| 2005 | 28 | 45 | 20 | 6 | 84.66 |
| 2004 | 16 | 51 | 26 | 4 | 82.37 |
| 2003 | 26 | 50 | 20 | 4 | 84.15 |
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Science:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
| 2006 | 14 (5) | 55 (25) | 29 (33) | 2 (36) | 82.35 (72.86) |
| 2005 | 11 | 66 | 21 | 2 | 82.98 |
| 2004 | 8 | 56 | 31 | 2 | 81.83 |
| 2003 | 10 | 57 | 29 | 4 | 82.04 |
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History:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
| 2006 | 51 (7) | 37 (17) | 11 (28) | 1 (46) | 88.28 (71) |
| 2005 | 28 | 52 | 17 | 1 | 84.58 |
| 2004 | 14 | 53 | 27 | 3 | 81.91 |
| 2003 | 15 | 46 | 34 | 5 | 82.22 |
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Geography:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
| 2006 | 28 (8) | 47 (22) | 23 (35) | 2 (32) | 84.98 (74.38) |
| 2005 | 8 | 57 | 31 | 3 | 81.11 |
| 2004 | 8 | 58 | 27 | 4 | 81.44 |
| 2003 | 15 | 49 | 31 | 4 | 81.75 |
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To put the results in their broader context I have included the performance of our students in the top 2 bands (i.e. 80 or above) and compared that two the % of students in the state that achieved the same results.
School V State comparison:
| Subject | SAC (top 2 bands) 2003 |
SAC (top 2 bands) 2004 |
SAC (top 2 bands) 2005 |
SAC (top 2 bands) 2006 |
State (top 2 bands) 2006 |
| English Literacy | 60% | 58% | 65% | 74% | 31% |
| Mathematics | 76% | 67% | 73% | 64% | 20% |
| Science | 66% | 64% | 77% | 70% | 30% |
| Geography, Civics & Citizenship | 64% | 64% | 65% | 75% | 30% |
| Australian history, Civics & Citizenship | 61% | 67% | 79% | 88% | 24% |
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Note:
- Results in Mathematics across the state were down in 2006 compared to 2005.
- In 2005 there were 25% of state candidature in bands5 & 6 and the state mean was 71.01%.
- In 2006 only 20% of state were in top 2 bands & the state mean was only 67.87%
Neville Williams
Director of Curriculum
Monday, 11 December 2006
