VCE school timetable

[azngirl456]

Wow thanks for all the replies. I see there are a lot of complex timetabling systems. It's taking me a while to kind of understand each system. I wished I was able to leave school grounds in spares wedged between classes. Lol, theres hardly even a fence to contain us all

1) I have 5 spares because I do 5 subjects. If you do 4 subjects, you get 10 spares

2) 50 minutes on Tuesday, thursday and Friday. 45 minutes on Monday, Wednesday, mainly because there's assemblies on Monday and everyone in the school get to leave at 1:35 on Wednesday  

3) if you have a single or double free in the morning, you can come later. If you have a single or double free in the afternoon, you can leave earlier. If you have a single or double free in the middle of the day, you have to study

4) we're meant to study in our frees or if you do an instrument you go to your music classes or if you're doing a LOTE, you need to practice conversational skills with a teacher aid at least once a week

5) 5 periods a subject

@Furbob, is the year 12 treehouse actually in a tree? What do you do in there.?

@Werdna, are you voluntarily tutoring?

@Pixon, the layout of my school library's tables was inspired by MGS lol

@EPL.11.4eva, extracurricular activities sounds fun. I have the option of doing some on my Wednesday afternoons

WHOO 10 frees a week next year. can't wait!

azngirl and I go to the same school, so my answer's the same as hers.

Also, I'm frustrated I haven't got my timetable yet - and hence don't know my teachers.

I thought it was going to come today...but no, all I got was free dental treatment in the mail.
Yeh, I really would like to know who my teachers are as well...*sigh* it has to come tomorrow
Lol, the school intranet still says my timetable is blank haha

[vea]

Must admit that my timetable is pretty awesome...

-Period lengths are 55mins
-Basic structure is 30 periods a week- I have 10 frees!

Monday: 9.00-2.25
Tuesday: 9.00-2.25
Wednesday: 8.10-12.45 but a double free in between the two periods that I have to go for...
Thursday: 8.10-2.25
Friday: 8:10-2.25

[werdna]

azngirl456, I'm (hopefully) going to be starting up a year 11 and 12 mentoring/tutoring program this year, and it'll most likely happen in spare periods.

Not sure how boarding school works tbh.. and Mint, yeah it is.

[luken93]

 - 10 Day Timetable
 - 6 periods a day, 36 per week
 - 2 study periods, 3 RE periods, 1 PACA period
 - 5 periods per subject per week

1) should have 4 or 5
2) 43 minutes (7 periods)
3) Leave early every Wednesday
4) Study only I think
5) 6 periods of each subject/week

how many frees do we get in yr 11 ?

2 - Wednesday p6 & 7

what the fuck are you serious?
Only 2?

in year 11 we have no study periods...

2) 75mins

that's just silly.

It would be an administrative and timetabling nightmare to organise 2100 students into 6 period days though..

We have 2000 and it works, but without much ability to swap stuff around.

[eeps]

@EPL.11.4eva, extracurricular activities sounds fun. I have the option of doing some on my Wednesday afternoons

It's not as exciting as it sounds. We had on offer: computer club (which is effectively gaming), chess, mahjong, indoor cricket/soccer, ten-pin bowling and other random activities. The school makes us pay for most of the activities; besides computer club, chess and mahjong. I thoroughly enjoyed computer club in Year 9. Though in Year 12, we don't need to do it. Last year, my activity was "Accounting assistance" - all Year 11 students doing Accounting 3/4 were forced to do it; no option. We spent nearly 2 hours doing Accounting on Friday afternoons; to make it worse, I had an Accounting class right before "Accounting assistance" on a Friday, which sucked. It was really boorring at times. :p

[azngirl456]

@luken93, what does PACV stand for?

@EPL.11.4eva, extracurricular activities sounds fun. I have the option of doing some on my Wednesday afternoons

It's not as exciting as it sounds. We had on offer: computer club (which is effectively gaming), chess, mahjong, indoor cricket/soccer, ten-pin bowling and other random activities. The school makes us pay for most of the activities; besides computer club, chess and mahjong. I thoroughly enjoyed computer club in Year 9. Though in Year 12, we don't need to do it. Last year, my activity was "Accounting assistance" - all Year 11 students doing Accounting 3/4 were forced to do it; no option. We spent nearly 2 hours doing Accounting on Friday afternoons; to make it worse, I had an Accounting class right before "Accounting assistance" on a Friday, which sucked. It was really boorring at times. :p

That sounds like triple accounting. It must have been tiring. I can't stand looking at numbers for too long

[luken93]

@azngirl PACA is basically just a class of homeroom (dunno what you call it), we usually have our assemblies and other general stuff then so as to not disturb the timetable etc

[werdna]

That's pretty smart!

[azngirl456]

@azngirl PACA is basically just a class of homeroom (dunno what you call it), we usually have our assemblies and other general stuff then so as to not disturb the timetable etc

Oh I understand what you mean. I call it form assembly

[werdna]

Ah yes that - we used to have form assembly too. It only ran for 10 minutes so the school scrapped it. We just go straight to period 1, then recess, then period 2 and 3, then lunch and period 4.

[Menang]

We have form assembly after recess, so those with morning frees don't have to come in early.

[mattrossi1]

I have a five period day, and a ten day cycle.  So here goes...

1) I should get 8 for doing a uni enhancement (as replacement for the 5th vce subject I didn't do), 2 for not doing sport in year 12, and anything that's left over (my count is 3), which adds up to 13 periods; but I'm not too sure how many I will get (my school is too hard to predict).  I'll let you know on my first day friday (we don't have a fancy intranet yet, so I see my timetable when I rock up in the morning)
2) ~60 mins depending on the day.
3) I cannot come in later, but I am able to leave early
4) Basically, I have to stay on campus unless I have no other subjects on that day.  If I have to stay on campus, I have to go to the library or the assigned room as per my timetable.
5) As per 1), I should have 8 per subject.  8 periods * 5 subjects = 40 periods; 40 periods + 2 sport (I get to go home so they're frees) + 1 Personal Development + 4 RE + 3 leftover = 50 periods

Also, my assemblies occur outside of the timetable, in a special period after period 4 and before lunch for 20 mins once a week...

[iNerd]

We have form assembly after recess, so those with morning frees don't have to come in early.

Hopefully MHS is changing their policy to match yours as part of their review last year...will know tomorrow!
On topic (since I'm doing a VET) I get 14 (officially) spares a fortnight of 43mins each!

I say officialy because 2 are Wednesday afternoon (x2 for a fortnight) where normal y11's do what they want but I go to VET.

So technically 10 frees a fortnight!

[iNerd]

We have form assembly after recess, so those with morning frees don't have to come in early.

Hopefully MHS is changing their policy to match yours as part of their review last year...will know tomorrow!
On topic (since I'm doing a VET) I get 14 (officially) spares a fortnight of 43mins each!

I say officialy because 2 are Wednesday afternoon (x2 for a fortnight) where normal y11's do what they want but I go to VET.

So technically 10 frees a fortnight!

I think you "technically" get 14 and "practically" get 12 10.
Isn't VET really expensive?

Haha - yeah my English is really bad

$225 - fair I'd say.

[saaaaaam]

2) 75mins

that's just silly.

It would be an administrative and timetabling nightmare to organise 2100 students into 6 period days though.. apparently the new buildings have this air circulation system that measures carbon dioxide and keeps us from losing focus.

The 75 min periods started at my school when I was in year 7, so I never knew any different. But I like it. Because of it I now think that 50 minutes isn't enough to do anything substantial in class.