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Premier Nathan Rees said today this week's HSC exams will provide students with world class qualifications from courses recognised internationally.
BOS 45/09
The Board of Studies wishes to advise that the following unit of competency has been added to the elective pool for the Automotive School-based Apprenticeship (240 indicative hours) course.
| Unit code | Unit title | Unit-specific prerequisite | HSC indicative hours of credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| AURTL316166A | Repair suspension systems (light vehicle) | Nil | 25 |
Part A of the Syllabus for the Automotive Curriculum Framework has been updated to include this additional unit of competency. Further details are outlined in the Automotive Modification History. The updated Automotive syllabus documents are available on the Board of Studies website.
Effective: Immediately
Contact
Caraline Cloke
Senior Project Officer, Vocational Education
(02) 9367 8170
caraline.cloke@bos.nsw.edu.au
Updates to the FAQs 11-12 for teachers of students with special education needs have been published on the Board's website.
The updates include FAQs related to:
Contact: Susan Jones
Senior Curriculum Officer, Special Education
(02) 9367 8148
susan.jones@bos.nsw.edu.au
BOS 44/09
The University of New England will be delivering the HSC Distinction course in Philosophy in 2010. Students' applications should be lodged through their school principal. Application forms and information are available on the Board of Studies website.
The Cosmology Distinction course will not be offered in 2010.
Contact
Christine Jackson
Senior Policy Officer
(02) 9367 8092
christine.jackson@bos.nsw.edu.au
The 2009 HSC Advice Line telephone service opens Saturday, 17 October, on 13 11 12.
The Advice Line is a telephone service that provides support from experienced teachers in 20 of the most popular HSC courses. The service will be open from Saturday, 17 October to Thursday, 5 November.
BOS 42/09
The amended Food Technology Stage 6 Syllabus is now available on the Board of Studies website www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
Implementation of the amended syllabus will commence with the Preliminary course in 2010.
The website contains:
Contact
Howard Kennedy
Inspector, Technology Education
(02) 9367 8246
howard.kennedy@bos.nsw.edu.au
BOS 41/09
A new version of the Information and Communications Technology Training Package (ICA05v3) has been released as part of the continuous improvement process for training packages. As a result the Board of Studies has updated the current Information Technology Curriculum Framework (2006) Stage 6 Syllabus.
BOS 40/09
The Science Stage 6 Revised Support Document 2007 is available with each of the Stage 6 Science syllabuses in the HSC syllabus section of the Board of Studies website. It has now been updated to be consistent with the 2010 changes to assessment components and weightings for the Science Stage 6 courses and minor amendments to the Science Stage 6 syllabuses and the Science Years 7-10 Syllabus.
Considerable progress has been made in delivering the materials required to support the Board's changes to examinations and assessments for the 2010 HSC.
The changes for the 2010 HSC are mostly minor and relate specifically to Assessment and Examinations.
Precise changes for each course were identified in the Summary of HSC Examination Specifications and Assessment Requirements documents that were originally published on the Board's website in February 2009. These documents can now be found on the Board's website within each subject page.
Most of the documents listed below are now available on the Board's website.
Where necessary examination rubrics will be developed and available on the Board's website in January 2010.
Specimen materials that illustrate differences in the types of examination questions will be produced for a small number of courses.
Teachers are encouraged to regularly check their subject specific syllabus page(s) to obtain copies of these valuable resources as they become available.
Due to ongoing consultation or syllabus reviews, several HSC courses will not be affected by examination and/or assessment changes in 2010. Read on for details of courses not affected by examination and/or assessment changes in 2010.
HSC syllabuses and course related assessment and examination advice are now being published as separate documents. As a result it has been necessary to remove assessment and examination details from existing HSC syllabuses and to republish the syllabuses.
Reference on the Board's website to syllabuses for the 2010 HSC 'coming soon' appears to have caused some confusion and lead some teachers to believe a 'new' syllabus was to be expected. To avoid any misunderstanding the Board has identified syllabuses as 'content unchanged' or as having 'amendments for the 2010 HSC'.
The addition of sample assessment schedules for each course will help teachers to better adhere to the Board's recommended number of assessment tasks. The range of schedules demonstrate how assessment programs can be constructed to meet the Board's parameters that three to five tasks are sufficient for a 2 unit course and two to three tasks are sufficient for a 1 unit course.
In most cases for 2 unit courses, the sample schedule uses five tasks, but schools may use four or three if they prefer. In some cases, more than one schedule is provided, and further assessment schedules are planned to be added in the future. Each schedule shows that a variety of tasks can be used and that, overall, the weighting requirements for each of the assessment components are met. (Note that in a small number of courses, the number of tasks varies from the general requirements.)
There are many other ways in which similar HSC assessment grids could be constructed that may involve different types of tasks, timing of tasks and weightings given to each task. Schools may use the sample assessment schedules without modification, or change them to suit their particular needs, being mindful that the weightings for each of the assessment components in HSC courses are mandatory.
The sample assessment schedules reflect any changes that have been made to course assessment components and/or weightings.
Agriculture
As amendments to the HSC Agriculture syllabus are currently under way and the amended syllabus is scheduled for implementation with HSC students in 2011, there will be no changes for 2010. Teachers should continue working with the current Agriculture syllabus, examination format and assessment materials for the 2010 HSC course.
English
As consultation in 2 unit HSC English courses has not been completed, there will be no examination or assessment changes to 2 unit English (Standard), English (Advanced) or English (ESL) for 2010. Please note: changes will apply to the HSC English Extension 1 and English Extension 2 courses in 2010.
Legal Studies
As the new Legal Studies syllabus is scheduled for implementation with HSC students in 2011, there will be no changes for 2010. Teachers should continue working with the current Legal Studies syllabus, examination format and assessment materials throughout 2010.
Mathematics
As advised in February, teachers should continue working with the current Mathematics syllabuses, examination specifications and assessment materials throughout 2010.
Inquiries: Chris Thompson, Head, Assessment Unit, chris.thompson@bos.nsw.edu.au, (02) 9367 8069.
