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

VET Board Endorsed Course Descriptions for 2009 now available

The course descriptions for VET Board Endorsed Courses endorsed for 2009 (including Content Endorsed courses and locally designed courses) will be published on the Vocational Education page of the Board's website. A range of course descriptions are now available at www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/voc_ed/board-endorsed-courses.html

Now available - Studying for the NSW Higher School Certificate - An Information Booklet for Year 10 Students, 2008

This booklet is produced each year to assist students who are currently in Year 10. It may also assist other HSC candidates, such as those studying part-time or resuming their studies.

Entries for the 2008 Minister’s Young Designer Awards (MYDA) are now open for students of Technology (Mandatory) in Years 7 and 8 in NSW.

Under modified arrangements, schools will be required to download entry forms and information packs. The new deadline for submitting design folios including photographic evidence demonstrating the nature and quality of the ‘design solution’ is 17 October 2008.

Read more about the criteria for judging entries, the new nomination process and other details about the awards.

HSC students, teachers and librarians have viewed more than 185,000 pages of information via the Board of Studies new Students Online website - less than one month after it was launched.

Two students have been awarded $50 University Co-op Bookshop vouchers as part of an incentive to attract students to studentsonline.bos.nsw.edu.au.

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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

Seventeen year old Ashlee Walker of Beverly Hills Girls High School in Sydney's south was named the 1000^th student to log on to the Board of Studies new Students Online website.

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HSC Course descriptions for each of the VET Industry Curriculum Framework courses are now available for schools to use for HSC subject selection for 2009.

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