General News
1 July, 2025
Hopetoun P-12 wrap up – Week 10 Term 2
On June 17, our Hopetoun P-12 VCE unit 3/4 students stood face to face with the General Achievement Test, also known as the GAT.
On June 17, our Hopetoun P-12 VCE unit 3/4 students stood face to face with the General Achievement Test, also known as the GAT.
This type of test is lengthy, but provides enriched data about VCE students’ achievements.
It involves the students answering questions varying from many different subjects, from Humanities and Art to Maths and English.
The GAT was broken into two sections, Part A and Part B.
Part A included writing tasks and questions about literacy and numeracy whereas Part B required students to write extended responses and had multiple choice questions on Science, Humanities and Art.
Students who partook in the exam were taken aback when they were asked about Morse Code, showing the variety of questions that are included in the GAT. To prepare for and sustain the students' hard work and dedication throughout the test.
Rex provided a delicious breakfast and lunch to enjoy, which also rewarded their top notch efforts throughout the day!
[SUBHEAD] PE Trip-Fed Uni
On June 23, the Year 12 PE class went to Ballarat to visit the Federation University for the Unit 3 revision lectures, and to use their state of the art facilities. It was an early start, having to be there at 10am.
The class met with Dr Mathew O'Grady, the Head of Human Movement and Sports Science faculty.
The first session was with Mr Ryan Warne, a lecturer from Fed Uni, who took the class through the biomechanics laboratory looking at how the human body moves.
They conducted three tests: The 20-metre sprint test which measured speed and velocity.
The force plate lift test which measures how much force someone can lift in three seconds.
Then the standing jump test which measured how high people could jump from a standing start.
The second session, with Dr Mathew O’Grady, focused on the physical responses to exercise.
One participant from another school completed a VO2 max test on a bike.
They achieved a VO2 max of 47 millimoles of oxygen in every breath.
The test consisted of the participant working at a starting watts output of 100 watts.
This increased by 20 watts every minute until they could not complete the test due to being exhausted.
They got to a work rate of 320 watts of power for 15 seconds.
Another participant did the 30-second Wingate test to find the maximum power they could hold over 30-seconds.
The participant achieved a power output of 979 watts.
The final test was a six-second maximum output test; the participant achieved a watt’s output of 947 watts.
practice.
This allowed the class to feel confident as they work towards the end of year exams.
[SUBHEAD]Year 10-12 Exams
On June 19 and 20, the Year 10-12 students took written exams.
Year 10 and 11 students were required to complete six exams, one for each subject and Year 12 from 4 to 6 exams.
There was quite a wide variety of subjects ranging from regular subjects like English, Maths and Science all the way to VCE subjects like Business Management, Physics and Psychology.
Students had 10 minutes reading and 90 minutes writing.
This is the only time students are allocated to work on the exam they are given.
Every student proceeded to complete the exams with a great attitude, and they all tried their very best, after hours of dedicated study for each subject.
Well done everyone from Years 10-12.
You all gave it your best and have done a great job!