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ACER
(SST & CSTP Formats)
The ACER SST & CSTP
format is based on the year level the student is in at the time of
taking the exam. The formats are as follows:
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Level 1
format
(Yr 6 for
Yr 7 entry)
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Level 2
format
(Yr8 for Yr
9 entry)
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Level 3
format
(Yr10 for
Yr 11 entry)
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Creative
Writing piece
Opinion
Writing piece
Mathematics
paper
Humanities
Comprehension paper
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Creative
Writing piece
Opinion
Writing piece
Mathematics
and Science paper
Humanities
Comprehension paper
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Creative
Writing piece
Opinion
Writing piece
Mathematics
and Science paper
Humanities
Comprehension paper
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Our HES exam preparation workshops offer your
child techniques that will assist them in performing at their best
on the day.
ACER
Exam papers
Creative
Writing (ACER - SST & CSTP) The creative writing component
looks at the students’ ability to present their thoughts and
feelings through writing. The content, structure and expression of
the written piece will be assessed. ACER gives 25
minutes.
Opinion
/ Analytical Writing (ACER -
SST & CSTP) This is where
the students may be asked to outline or explain something. They
might be asked to express a point of view or present an argument.
What the child says and the way he / she says it will be assessed.
ACER give students 25 minutes for this component.
Mathematics (ACER -
SST & CSTP Level 1) This is to test mathematical abilities
rather than mathematical knowledge. It is widely different from
school based Maths. Most are worded problems.
Mathematics and Science
(ACER – SST & CSTP Levels 2 &3) This format is for Level 2 and Level 3 ACER
SST and CSTP exams. The exam is made up of 28 questions with half
being Mathematics based and half Science based. It measures
mathematical and scientific abilities rather than knowledge. They
are worded problems.
HumanitiesComprehension This is a
paper requiring inferential skills to interpret written text, maps,
diagrams, graphs, cartoons or photographs for 40 minutes with forty
questions.
HES Workshops
Offered Year 6 and
8 Dates and Prices
Writing -We have two programs. They are called
Creative Writing and Opinion Writing (EACH is two half
days)
Creative
Writing - our emphasis here is on the structure of
an essay, the use of expressive language and the way to respond to
an illustration or other visual prompts.
Opinion Writing
- our emphasis here is on the organisation of this type of
essay, the use of effective language and the way to express a point
of view or an argument.
Mathematics (four half days).
We focus on Maths problem
solving and exam technique. These workshops are not about training
in the basic processes of Mathematics. Students entering for
Scholarships should already be proficient at Maths. (over
nearly twenty years we have gathered from students information
about the questions used in exams).
There are two stages in
solving any problem.
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Analysis – what is this problem really about?
What data does the question have which may help
solve it?
o Strategies
– the skills that will help to solve the problem.
Reading
Comprehension - a
one-day course to teach students the skills of inferential reading,
as well as how to interpret maps, diagrams, charts, and
illustrations. To select from answers which include partly correct
answers, common errors of reasoning and misconceptions requires
students to analyse the text quite closely.
Practice
Exams are fundamental to our
program. Every practice exam comes with complete performance
analysis with detailed explanation for every answer. We
provide you with the most authentic testing experience outside of
the actual exam. Results and corrected papers are handed back
to students and parents within fifteen minutes of the conclusion of
the exam. | 