English

VCE Achievement in English Studies (English and Literature)

The English Faculty at Ruyton is proud of the consistently high VCE results achieved by students in English and Literature. Such results reflect the dedication of students and also the commitment of the staff of the English Department to providing continued opportunities for high quality teaching and learning. The English Department strives to ensure that each student has the opportunity to achieve personal excellence and fulfil their academic potential.

The tables below are testimony to Ruyton’s continued outstanding results in VCE English and Literature. The school has consistently performed significantly above the state average in study scores in both subjects and well in excess of the percentage of study scores over 40. In 2009 Alessandra Di Natale and Anna Power achieved study scores of 50 in English.

International Competition and Assessments for Schools

The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) – English assess reading and language skills in a range of contexts. The following aspects of texts are assessed and reported: reading for meaning in literary texts, reading for meaning in factual texts, textual devices, syntax and vocabulary. The questions require students to locate, identify, interpret, infer and synthesise information in and about texts.

Students read a variety of texts which narrate, describe, explain, argue, persuade and review. The types of texts include extracts from novels, short stories, poems, play scripts, transcripts of interviews, letters, diary entries, advertisements, webpages, reports and explanations, opinion pieces and reviews. These texts may include tables, diagrams, maps and other visual information.

All Ruyton students in Years 7-10 sit the ICAS Competition. The table below shows that in 2010 Ruyton students’ average raw scores for this competition exceeded the state average across all year levels.

The following table shows that the percentage of Ruyton students achieving High Distinction, Distinction and Credit awards exceeded the rest of the State at every year level.

Mr Sam Bryant  Dean of English

English Learning Curriculum and Learning

English Learning Student Achievements

English Connecting Partnerships