BOS 36/08 (Vol 17 No 3)

The guidelines for access to VET courses in Stage 5 in 2009 are now available on the Board's website.

For schools that belong to school systems, the relevant school sector authority will provide separate additional advice on processes for approval to offer and deliver VET courses to students in Stage 5 in 2009.

Schools intending to offer VET courses to students in Stage 5 in 2009 are required to complete a Notification of intention to access VET courses in Stage 5 in 2009 form and submit it to the Office of the Board of Studies by Friday, 29 August 2008.

Notification forms received will be forwarded to the relevant school system authority for their information.

The guidelines, the notification form and further information and advice are available on the Board's website at www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/voc_ed/stage-5.html

Enquiries:
Ian Balcomb
Inspector, Vocational Education
(02) 9367 8038
ian.balcomb@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 35/08 (Vol 17 No 3)

The NSW Board of Studies invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified teachers and academics who wish to participate in the development of the 2009 Higher School Certificate examinations and School Certificate tests as Chief Examiner, member of an examination committee or assessor. The development of the examinations commences in Term 4 2008 and continues to about July 2009. Assessing takes one day and occurs usually in Term 1.

Successful applicants receive an honorarium and travel expenses.

Applications for Chief Examiner must be submitted no later than Friday, 4 July and for committee member and assessor no later than Friday, 22 August 2008.

Further information and application forms are available from the Board of Studies website at www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au or by contacting Beverly Gale by email at beverly.gale@bos.nsw.edu.au or by phone on (02) 9367 8371.

BOS 33/08 (Vol 17 No 3)

The Board wishes to advise teachers and students of the following amendments to the Japanese Background Speakers HSC course prescriptions for 2009-2013.

• The following chapters in the text, Otokodatera ni onnanaki, are prescribed for study:
'Wakagumi no nakademo hassou' and 'Otokonaki no bigaku'.
• The publisher of the text, Chiisaki mono e, is Shinchosha.


Effective

Commencement of 2009 HSC course

Contact:

Dr Margaret Silink
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
margaret.silink@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 32/08 (Vol 17 No 3)

Amendments to Stage 6 Languages Extension syllabuses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish

The Board wishes to advise teachers of minor amendments to the Stage 6 Languages Extension syllabuses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish.

The amended syllabuses and a summary of changes will be available by the beginning of Term 3 2008 on the Board of Studies website.

The amended syllabuses will be effective for the HSC course and examination in 2009.

The website will contain:

• the original syllabuses approved in 2000 (which remain current for the HSC course and examination in 2008)
• the amended syllabuses (for the HSC course and examination in 2009).

Effective: 2009 HSC course and examination

Contact:
Dr Margaret Silink
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
margaret.silink@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 31/08 (Vol 17 No 3)

Amendments to Stage 6 Languages Continuers syllabuses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish and Vietnamese

The Board wishes to advise teachers of minor amendments to the Stage 6 Languages Continuers syllabuses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish and Vietnamese.

The amended syllabuses and a summary of changes will be available by the beginning of Term 3 2008 on the Board of Studies website.

The amended syllabuses will be effective for the HSC examination in 2009.

The website will contain:

• the original syllabuses approved in 1999 (which remain current for the HSC course and examination in 2008)
• the amended syllabuses (for the HSC examination in 2009).

Effective: 2009 HSC examination

Contact:
Dr Margaret Silink
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
margaret.silink@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 30/08 (Vol 17 No 3)

Amendments to Stage 6 Languages Background Speakers syllabuses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean

The Board wishes to advise teachers of minor amendments to the Stage 6 Languages Background Speakers syllabuses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean.

The amended syllabuses and a summary of changes will be available by the beginning of Term 3 2008 on the Board of Studies website.

The amended syllabuses will be effective for the HSC examination in 2009.

The website will contain:

• the original syllabuses approved in 1999 (which remain current for the HSC course and examination in 2008)
• the amended syllabuses (for the HSC examination in 2009).

Effective: 2009 HSC examination

Contact:
Dr Margaret Silink
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
margaret.silink@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 29/08 (Vol 17 No 3)

Minor Amendment to Malay Background Speakers Stage 6 Syllabus – Rotation of Prescribed Themes

The Board wishes to advise teachers and students of an amendment to the rotation of the prescribed themes for the Malay Background Speakers course for the 2009 Higher School Certificate.

The prescribed themes for the 2009 HSC, and until further notice, are ‘cultural change’ and ‘socioeconomic change and development’.

Please replace section 8.1.1 Prescribed Themes on page 15 of the syllabus with the following:

See the Board’s website (http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au) for the resource list which includes the Required Reading List.

Effective: Immediately

Contact:

Dr Margaret Silink
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
margaret.silink@bos.nsw.edu.au

Howard Jacobs
Senior Assessment Officer
(02) 9367 8039
howard.jacobs@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 28/08 (Vol 17 No 2)

The Board wishes to advise teachers and students that a resource list of kanji to accompany the study of the prescribed film, Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, has been published on the Board of Studies website.

Effective: 2009 HSC

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BOS 27/08 (Vol 17 No 2)

This is to inform teachers and students that the Board of Studies has decided to extend the current Course Prescriptions for Stage 6 Drama to include the 2009 HSC.

The current Course Prescriptions (2006-2008) will remain unchanged for the 2009 HSC and are available on the Board of Studies website

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BOS 26/08 (Vol 17 No 2)

This is to inform teachers and students that the Board of Studies has decided to extend the current Course Prescriptions for Stage 6 Dance to include the 2009 HSC.

The current Course Prescriptions (2006-2008) will remain unchanged for the 2009 HSC and are available on the Board of Studies website

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