Does anyone here not have half yearlys? They killed off half yearlys at my school I think two years ago, for all grades. I reckon that's a good and bad thing, cos you won't freak out so much, but then you won't really know what you're good and bad at, so you might not revise as well as you do for the yearlys, when it really counts. You also tend to be more relaxed, and just have that dangerous meh-it's-so-far-off attitude.
But here in Year 12, we've had enough stress cramming everything into this first term, and preparing for assessments so I reckon the half-yearlys being killed off was a good thing.
Good luck to all!