Year 6 - 7 2025 students Centre of Excellence programs
Current Year 6 2024 students are invited to apply for the following programs:
- English,Literature & Media (ELM)
| - STEM - Science & Mathematics
| - Dance
- Drama
- Music
- Culinary Skills
- Japanese
- STEM - Technology
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Year 6 - 7 Application Process
A Year 7 2025 student can be accepted into:
- a maximum of three programs.
- only one program per column (in the table above).
However, during the application process, a student is welcome to apply for a maximum of two programs per column. In this case, the student will need to indicate their preference order on the application form, using the numbers 1 and 2.
Each enrolment pack comes with two Centre of Excellence application forms:
The first page of the application form is to be completed by a parent/carer, and the second page (featuring questions) must be completed by the student.
A parent/carer will need to submit the applications form/s, with the full enrolment package, to our Administration by the due date. Application forms will only be accepted when handed in with a complete enrolment package, including a copy of the student’s two most recent academic report cards, and their most recent NAPLAN report.
Once the application has been submitted, our Centre of Excellence office will email you at the relevant time/s with information regarding the next step. This will be the student attending a trial, audition and/or exam depending on the programs of interest.
Programs
| - English, Literature & Media
- STEM - Science & Mathematics
- Japanese
- STEM - Technology
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Applications Close
| 7 June
| - Round 1: 24 April
- Round 2: 18 July
| - Round 1: 24 April
- Round 2: 18 July
| - Round 1: 24 April
- Round 2: 18 July
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Trial, Audition or Exam
| Exam: 15 June
| - Round 1 Auditions: 7 - 9 May
- Round 2 Auditions: 29 July – 1 August
| - Round 1 Auditions: 7 - 9 May
- Round 2 Auditions: 29 July – 1 August
| - Round 1 Auditions: 7 - 9 May
- Round 2 Auditions: 29 July – 1 August
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If a student is applying for program/s in the Academia category, they will be required to attend an exam on Saturday 15 June 2024. An email with the relevant time and location within our school will be sent during Term 2. Please check both your Inbox and Junk folders for this communication.
If the student cannot attend for valid reasons, please email or call the Centre of Excellence office. In this case, the student would be required to sit a supplementary exam at the beginning of Term 3, the date of which will be communicated via email.
If a student is applying for program/s in the Creative Industries, Sport and/or Enterprise categories, they will be required to attend a trial/audition during a Round. An email with the relevant time and location within our school will be sent during Term 2 and/or 3. Please check both your Inbox and Junk folders for this communication. After a Round is completed, our office will communicate one of the outcomes via email:
- Application has been SUCCESSFUL and the student has been added to the program list for 2025.
- Application has been UNSUCCESSFUL and the student is welcome to reapply once they start the 2025 school year.
- For Round 1 only, an application can be considered PENDING ROUND 2 and the student will be required to retrial/reaudition during Round 2.
If an application is successful, a letter with our ‘Centre of Excellence Student Agreement Contract’ will be sent. This must be completed and returned to our Administration office, by the due date, to secure the position.
Student application requirements
To decide the outcome of a Centre of Excellence application, data is triangulated from various sources including report cards, NAPLAN, OneSchool and/or the trial/audition/exam.
The minimum requirements for a Year 6 2024 student applying are:
- C for English on their most recent report cards.
- 5 for Reading and Writing on their recent NAPLAN.
- B for English on their most recent report cards if applying for English, Literature & Media.
- B for Mathematics and Science on their most recent report cards if applying for STEM - Science & Mathematics.
- High ratings for Effort and Behaviour in report cards.
- Low number of minor behaviour incident reports.
- High attendance rating.
*Exemptions to these requirements will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
If the data provided is not sufficient, or we require further detail, please be aware that we may contact the student’s Primary school/s and request this.
Additionally, if a student is accepted, and data post decision indicates they are no longer meeting the requirements above, a student may have their enrolment in the program/s cancelled before starting Year 7 in 2025.
Conditions
Upon acceptance into one or more CoE programs, an agreement is required from both the student and parent/carer to uphold the conditions of the 'Centre of Excellence Student Agreement Contract' which is provided post acceptance. It aligns with, but is not limited to, factors identified and described in the prospectus, including:
- Minimum C Level of Achievement (LOA) for all subjects on Semester 1 and 2 report card.
- Minimum B LOA for English, Literature & Media on Semester 1 and 2 report card.
- Minimum B LOA for STEM- Science & Mathematics on Semester 1 and 2 report card.
- 'Very good' or 'Excellent' Effort and Behaviour, for CoE programs, on Semester 1 and 2 report card.
- Minimum 'Satisfactory' Effort and Behaviour, for all subjects that are not part of the CoE, on Semester 1 and 2 report card.
- No more than 2 behaviour incident reports on OneSchool.
- No suspension.
- Attendance remains 92% or above.
- Participation in, and payment for, the Student Resource Scheme (SRS) and Excellence program fee/s.
- Accept that my student will receive an adapted version of the Australian Curriculum due to their enrolment in Centre of Excellence program/s.
Centre of Excellence student expectations
Once a student starts at Pacific Pines State High School, the following requirements included in the 'Centre of Excellence Student Agreement Contract' must be met to maintain their position in the Centre of Excellence program/s:
- Minimum C Level of Achievement (LOA) for all subjects on Semester 1 and 2 report cards.
- Minimum B LOA for English, Literature & Media on Semester 1 and 2 report cards.
- Minimum B LOA for STEM - Science & Mathematics on Semester 1 and 2 report cards.
- 'Very good' or 'Excellent' Effort and Behaviour, for Centre of Excellence programs, on Semester 1 and 2 report cards.
- Minimum 'Satisfactory' Effort and Behaviour, for all subjects that are not part of the Centre of Excellence, on Semester 1 and 2 report card.
- No more than two (2) behaviour incident reports on OneSchool.
- No suspension.
- Attendance remains 92% or above.
If a student does not meet these expectations, they may be placed on Academic or Behaviour probation. If a student does not pass this probation, their enrolment in Centre of Excellence program/s may be cancelled. A student whose enrolment in Centre of Excellence is cancelled cannot reapply for six (6) months, during which an improvement in their data must be evident.
In most cases, the student's position is backfilled by another student on the waitlist. If a reapplication is successful after the six (6) months, the student may be placed in the program if space is available, or added to a waitlist.