Students achieving ATARs over 99:

•AlyssaEllwood •KatrinaMilliner•JuliaMarks •GraceMorahan•NadineMattini •AinslieScott•MadeleineMcDonald

Students achieving ATARs over 98:

•GeorgiaCarlaw •SarahFuller•JohannaBiddle •LenaMouatt•AilishDoherty •KateMeagher

Distinguished Achievers:

The College congratulates the following students who have

achieved the status of HSC All-Rounder, having achieved

Band6(+90%)in10ormoreunits:

•CharlotteElliott •NadineMattini•SarahFuller •EvieSharman

We celebrate these outstanding results and similarly acknowledge

those girls who qualified for AAIBS Distinction level status in the

Diplomabyachieving40ormorepoints:JoannaBiddle,GeorgiaCarlaw,

Ailish Doherty, Alyssa Ellwood, Julia Marks, Madeleine McDonald,

Katrina Milliner, Grace Morahan, Lena Mouatt and Ainslie Scott.

73%oftheIBDiplomacohortachievedATARsexceeding90.

AcademicResults2016

Thegraduatingclassof2016maintainedtheCollege’sreputationfor

academicexcellence,byachievingwonderfulresultsinprogrammes

offeredbytheCollege. Studentshadtheopportunitytoundertake

either theNSWHigher School Certificate (HSC) or the International

BaccalaureateDiplomaProgramme(IBDP).OftheYear12Graduating

cohort of 194 students, 132 girls successfully completed studies

towardstheNSWHigherSchoolCertificate(HSC)and62studentssat

for the November IB Diploma examinations. (Detailed information

on both courses along with information regarding the Australian

AdmissionTertiaryRank(ATAR)isonbackpage.)

Montecontinuestoberankedwellwithinthetop100schoolsinthe

state,asithasbeenformorethanadecade.PublishedHSCleagues

needtobetreatedwithcautionastheydonotincludetheresultsof

theIBDiploma.

In Years 7 to 10, Monte students benefit from completing the IB

Middle Years Programme in tandem with the requirements of the

NSWBoardofStudies,TeachingandEducationalStandards(BOSTES).

Thisgroundingprovidesa strongacademicbasis for senior studies,

ensuring that students develop organisational, communication

and research skills appropriate to either theHSCor the IBDiploma

programme.

High Achievers – ATARs (HSC students) & UAC rank (IB students)

MonteisproudtoannouncethatMadeleineMcDonaldachievedthe

highestpossibleATAR (AustralianTertiaryAdmissionRank)of99.95.

2016wastheseventhconsecutiveyearthataMontestudentachieved

aperfectATAR.

CONGRATULATIONSTOTHECLASSOF2016

Percentage of Monte students achieving an ATAR/UAC rank over 90:2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

HSC&IB

HSC&IB

HSC&IB

HSC&IB

HSC&IB

HSC&IB

HSC&IB

HSC&IB

HSC HSC

44% 43%* 29% 47% 42% 38% 44% 41% 29% 29%* BasedoninformationprovidedbyIBandin-schoolanalysisofHSCattimeofpublication.Datamaybeincomplete

NADINEMATTINI:2016HSCDUXOFTHECOLLEGE

MADELEINEMCDONALD:2016IBDIPLOMADUXOFTHECOLLEGEPERFECTIBSCOREOF45

HIGHERSCHOOLCERTIFICATERESULTS2016

Distinguished Achievers

AlmosthalfofourHSCcandidatesappeared intheNSWBoardof

StudiesDistinguishedAchieverslist,havingachievedBand6(+90%)

inoneormoresubjects.ThelistofDistinguishedAchieversistoo

extensivetoincludeinthisdocument,buttheCollegecongratulates

eachofthesestudents.

Subject Achievements

The College congratulates Nadine Mattini, who was

named in the Top Achievers list, achieving 15th place overall in

AncientHistoryinNSW,outofacohortofmorethan10,000students

Studentspresentedforexaminationsin34coursesin2016.Ofthese,

studentsachievedabovestateaveragein29courses.Inthehandful

ofsubjectswhereresultswereslightlybelowstateaverage, these

tendedtobeinsmallcohortgroups.Inthevastmajorityofcourses

presentedbytheCollege,studentsachievedresultssignificantlyin

excessofStateaverages.Inthefollowingsubjects,theschoolmean

wasmorethan10percentagepointsabovethestatemean:Business

Studies, Community and Family Studies, Design & Technology,

Economics,Geography,GeneralMathematics,MusicI,PDH/PELegal

StudiesandMathematicsGeneral.

Design and Technology

Ofthe10StudentswhocompletedtheHSCDesign&Technology

Coursethisyear,fourstudentswerenominatedforinclusioninthe

SHAPEexhibition,ashowcaseofHSCexcellence,heldannuallyat

thePowerhouseMuseum:

•IsabelladeLorenzoAdaptableculturallysensitivetravelwear•SophiaMusgroveDomesticviolenceawarenessgarment•LucindaPagettCommunitysquareplansandmodel•TianaStouraitisTextileindustryconsumptionawarenessgarment

Music

Mia Duggan was nominated for ENCORE for her HSC music

performance.ENCOREisaprogrammeofoutstandingperformances

and compositionsby students from theHigher SchoolCertificate

Musicexaminations.ItisheldannuallyattheSydneyOperaHouse.

Visual Arts

Two students had their Visual Arts major works

pre-selected for inclusion in ArtExpress, an annual exhibition

of outstanding HSC Bodies of Work, which represents

the pinnacle of achievement in Visual Arts at high school

level. Edith Watt submitted a series of photographs and

an emotive short film titled, ‘On memory, where is now

my youth’ (Thomas Hardy) while Amy Solan, submitted

a series of ethereal large scale photographs of elements of the

landscape.

HSC Course Report and Summary, 2016

CourseNameNo.ofStudents

Monte%Band6

Monte%Band5

Total%Grades5&6*

AncientHistory 23 8.69 56.52 65.21

Biology 37 2.70 51.35 54.05

BusinessStudies 35 25.71 57.14 82.85

Chemistry 16 6.25 25.00 31.25

Community&FamilyStudies 19 15.78 57.89 73.67

Design&Technology 10 60.00 40.00 100

Drama 10 0.00 60.00 60

Economics 6 66.66 33.33 100

English(Standard) 30 3.33 36.66 40

English(Advanced) 102 13.72 62.74 76.46

EnglishExtension1 11 36.36 63.63 100

EnglishExtension2 5 0.00 20.00 20

FrenchContinuers 6 16.66 33.33 50

FrenchExtension 1 100.00 0.00 100

Geography 23 60.86 39.13 100

GermanContinuers 2 50.00 50.00 100

HospitalityExamination 10 0.00 60.00 60

IndonesianContinuers 4 0.00 75.00 75

IndonesianExtension 2 0.00 100.00 100

ItalianContinuers 4 25.00 75.00 100

LegalStudies 28 17.85 57.14 74.99

GeneralMathematics 54 16.66 57.40 74.06

Mathematics 32 15.62 65.62 81.24

MathematicsExtension1 16 18.75 62.50 81.25

MathematicsExtension2 4 0.00 75.00 75

ModernHistory 26 11.53 73.07 84.6

HistoryExtension 7 28.57 71.42 100

Music1 9 88.88 11.11 100

PD/H/PE 34 26.47 35.29 61.76

Physics 3 0.00 0.00 0

Society&Culture 28 39.28 53.57 92.85

StudiesofReligionI 51 22.00 44.00 66

StudiesofReligionII 81 14.81 48.14 62.95

VisualArts 22 27.27 68.18 95.45

INTERNATIONALBACCALAUREATEDIPLOMA2016TheYear12IBClassof2016re-affirmedtheCollege’sinternational

reputationasanoutstandingIBWorldSchool.62girlssatforfinal

IBDiplomaexaminationsattheCollegeinNovember,2016.The

Diplomaisanacademicallychallenging,holisticprogrammeand

the international pass rate is just 70%. In 2016, allMonte girls

passed theDiploma, thevastmajorityof thosewith impressive

results.Montestudentsachievedaremarkableaveragescoreof

35.52outofamaximumscoreof45,comparedwith theglobal

averageof29.21andtheAustralianaverageof34.56.

Distinguished Achievers

CongratulationstoMadeleineMcDonaldwhoachievedaperfect

IBscoreof45,whichconvertsautomaticallytoanATARof99.95,

Tenstudents(18%ofthecohort)achievedascoreof40ormore,

earning them Distinction

status certificates, which

will be presented at the

College’s Laureate Assembly,

attobeheldinFebruary2017.

Congratulations to the 6 IB

studentswhoachievedATARS

inexcessof99:AlyssaEllwood,

Julia Marks, Madeleine

McDonald, Katrina Milliner,

Grace Morahan and Ainslie

Scott.

Subject Achievements

The highest grade (7) was achieved in the following subjects:

LanguageandLiteratureHL(HigherLevel),LiteratureHL,FrenchSL

(StandardLevel),ItalianSL,Spanishabinitio,HistoryHL,Economics

HL, Psychology HL, Biology SL, Chemistry HL & SL, Physics SL,

Sports ExerciseScienceSL,MathematicsHL&SL,Mathematical

Studies SL, TheatreHL, andVisualArtsHL. The achievementof

Grade7inasubjectentitlesIBstudentstoaMeritAwardfromthe

AustralasianAssociationofInternationalBaccalaureateSchools.

As part of the IB Diploma, students are required to

complete an Extended Research Essay. The girls performed

admirably in this highly challenging academic task, presenting

superb ‘A’ grade analyses in English Literature, Environmental

SystemsandSocieties,History,Psychology,WorldStudies,Sports

ExerciseScience,Mathematics,Music,TheatreandVisualArts.‘A’

GradingswerealsoachievedinTheoryofKnowledge.

Creativity, Action and Service (CAS)

Amandatory component of the IBDiploma is the requirement

that students engage in arts activities, demonstrating

creativity, participate in sporting opportunities and/or

expeditions, and contribute to meaningful community

and social service activities. This commitment involves

the equivalent of at least three hours each week

throughout the two-year programme. All students in

the IB Class of 2016 embraced and generally significantly

exceededthisrequirement.

IB Diploma Report and Summary, 2016

CourseNameNo.ofStudents

No.ofstudentsachievingGrade7

No.ofstudentsachievingGrade6

Total%Grades6&7*

Language&LiteratureHL 37 7 22 78

Language&LiteratureSL 1 0 0 0

LiteratureHL 24 4 12 67

FrenchBSL 17 2 7 53

GermanBSL 7 0 5 71

IndonesianSL 4 0 3 75

ItalianBSL 8 1 4 63

Spanishabinitio 25 4 15 76

EconomicsHL 16 2 7 56

EconomicsSL 1 0 0 0

HistoryHL 27 7 12 70

PsychologyHL 38 5 25 79

EnvironmentalSystems&SocietiesSL

15 0 2 13

BiologyHL 10 0 2 20

BiologySL 18 3 8 61

ChemistryHL 5 1 1 40

ChemistrySL 17 3 1 24

PhysicsHL 1 0 0 0

PhysicsSL 6 1 2 50

SportsExercise&HealthScience 4 2 1 75

DesignTechnologyHL 4 0 2 50

MathematicsHLCalculus 2 1 0 50

MathematicsSL 34 4 10 41

MathematicalStudies 26 2 10 46

MusicHL 6 0 4 67

MusicSoloPerformanceSL 1 0 1 100

TheatreHL 7 2 5 100

VisualArtsHL 9 1 3 44

VisualArtsSL 1 0 1 100* Dataisaccurateatthetimeofgoingtoprint.Percentagesmayincreasebasedonre-marks.* Comparisonbetweensubjectsisnotvalid,giventhesmallcohortsinsomesubjectsHL:denotesHigherLevel.SL:denotesStandardLevel

CourseNameNo.ofStudents

No.ofstudentsachievingGradeA

No.ofstudentsachievingGradeB

Total%GradesA&B

TheoryofKnowledge 62 9 21 48%

ExtendedEssay 62 26 16 68%

AINSLIESCOTT,IBDISTINGUISHEDACHIEVERANDGRADE7INHLMATHEMATICS

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ABOUTTHECURRICULUMATMONTEInYears7to10allstudentsundertakeacourseofstudythatmeets

therequirementsforboththeNSWBoardofStudies,Teachingand

EducationalStandards(BOSTES)andtheInternationalBaccalaureate

MiddleYearsProgramme.AtthecompletionofYear10,asshown

below,studentselecttoundertakeeither theNSWHigherSchool

Certificate(HSC)ortheIBDiplomaProgramme(IBDP).Bothoptions

preparethestudentsforopportunitiesattertiaryinstitutionslocally

andinternationally.

HSC or IB Diploma – what’s the difference?

Both the HSC and the IB DP requires students to commit to a

significantincreaseinworkloadcomparedtoYear10.Bothcourses

of study require students to be willing to develop independent

learningskillsaswellasgoodtimemanagementandorganisational

skills.

The delivery, assessment, grading and scaling of subjects for the

HSCandIBDP,however,differs.Belowarejustsomecomparisons

betweenthetwoprogrammes.

Thechoicebetween theHSCand the IBDP isbasedon students

learningstylesandpreferences.ResourcesatMonteareequitably

sharedbystudentsinbothprogrammes.

NSWHSC IBDiploma

DifferentiationbetweenYears11and12 Yes.HSCYearbeginsinTerm4ofYear11andisassessableonlyduringtheHSCYear.FinalexamsarebasedonworkcoveredinHSCYear.

No.TheIBDPisatwo-yearprogrammewithfinalexamsbeingbasedonworkcoveredovertwoyears.

NumberofSubjectsStudied Year12HSCCourserequiresaminimumoffoursubjects,representingaminimumof10units,although11or12unitsofstudyarepreferable.

SixacademicsubjectsstudiedovertwoyearsaswellasTheoryofKnowledge(TOK)andExtendedEssay(EE).

CompulsorySubjects Englishiscompulsory.Montestudentsarealsorequiredtoundertakeatleast1unitofStudiesofReligion.

Onesubjectfromeachofthefollowinggroups:1.LanguageA2.LanguageAcquisition3.IndividualsinSociety4.ExperimentalSciences5.Mathematics6.TheArts/Other

AdditionalRequirements Monterequiresmandatorycompletionofaminimum50hoursofCommunity&Service.

Creativity,ActionandService(CAS)requiresaminimumof150hours.IBDPstudentsalsoundertakeCatholicStudies.

Assessment Internalassessmentsandexternallyassessedcomponents(includingexaminations)carryvariedweightingsineachsubject.

AssessmentwithintheIBDPisbasedonacombinationofmoderatedinternalassessments,externallyassessedcomponentsandfinalexaminations.

GradingSystem Studentsreceiveapercentageresultineach2Unitsubject,whichisconvertedtoaBand1to6.OneUnitsubjectsaremarkedoutof50.EverystudentpassestheHSCprovidedshehassatisfactorilycompletedthecourse.

Studentsreceiveagradeof1to7ineachacademicsubject,withuptothreecorepointsawardedoncumulativeperformanceinTOKandEE.TheDiplomaisonlyawardedtostudentswhomeetminimumstandardsandspecifiedconditions.

FormoreinformationontheHSCpleasevisit:www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au

FormoreinformationontheIBDiplomapleasevisit:www.ibo.org

ATAR Rank

Academic ProgrammeChoice for Years 11 & 12

Two Pathways to University at Monte

HSCMarks out of 50 for each of the top 10 units are scaled,

then added together to create a mark out of 500. The mark is

then ranked against all students to determine an ATAR (a number

between 0 and 99.95)

IB DIPLOMATotal score out of 45 which

is converted, without scaling, to a Universities Admissions

rank