Senior Secondary Curriculum
VCE ATTENDANCE
All VCE units involve at least 50 hours of scheduled classroom instruction. A student needs to demonstrate sufficient class attendance to fulfil the time and work requirements of the unit. To do so the school attendance policy requires students to have a minimum attendance of 90% for each unit of study . If a student has completed work but there has been a substantial breach of the school ’ s attendance policy, the school may be unable to authenticate the student ’ s work completed across the outcome. Where the school chooses to assign an N result for the unit, because the work cannot be authenticated, the school must assign an N for the outcome or outcomes that cannot be authenticated. Any student who misses a school - based assessment task should provide a medical certificate and complete the assessment as soon as practicable on a Monday or Thursday after school in the VCE study area. If a student is absent for school - based assessment but cannot produce a medical certificate the assessment score will not count towards the student ’ s ranking and the work will be assessed for the satisfactory completion of subject outcomes only. When a student is absent from school for prolonged periods or has been unable to complete all school - based assessment tasks because of illness or other special circumstances, the school may, upon application from the student, grant special provision for classroom learning and school - based assessments. Special provision may allow a student to work from home for a period of time but the school is required to retain strict documentation about any decisions relating to granting provisions for school - based assessment, including supporting evidence. The school will also need to have in place additional measures to be able to authenticate the student ’ s work as their own. Students will be required to provide regular sightings of the work to the teacher who in turn keeps records in the Authentication Record for school - based assessment form. The teacher must still monitor and record each student ’ s progress through to completion, but this can be done through video conferencing and submission of work electronically if necessary.
Advice about special provision for classroom learning and school - based assessments is provided in the ‘ Special Provision ’ section.
VCE VM programs often include learning outside the school, including VET classes and structured workplace learning. Attendance expectations related to these settings are set by the RTO or workplace.
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The Lakes South Morang College Curriculum Handbook
Secondary Campus 2025
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