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Christian Brothers’ High School, Lewisham

HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

Assessment Information

& School Assessment Policy

Year 12

2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ........................................................................................................1

The Purpose of the School Assessment ......................................................................................................1

Assessment Tasks........................................................................................................................................1

Student Responsibilities..............................................................................................................................2

Review of Assessments ...............................................................................................................................2

Putting the Assessment Programme into Perspective ...............................................................................2

HSC Course Work ........................................................................................................................................3

SCHOOL ASSESSMENT POLICY .......................................................................................................................3

Number of Tasks .........................................................................................................................................3

Assessment Period ......................................................................................................................................3

Central Register for Scheduling Tasks .........................................................................................................3

Scheduling of Tasks .....................................................................................................................................3

Ratio of Year 11 Marks to Year 12 Marks ...................................................................................................3

Marks for Individual Tasks ..........................................................................................................................3

Task Results - Feedback to Students ...........................................................................................................3

Cumulative Ranking ....................................................................................................................................3

Sufficiency of Feedback ..............................................................................................................................4

Recording of Assessment Marks .................................................................................................................4

Student Responsibility ................................................................................................................................4

Particular Procedures for Assessment Tasks ..............................................................................................4

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES ...........................................................................................................................5

Acceptable reasons for non-attendance at /late submission of assessment tasks ....................................5

Unacceptable reasons for non-attendance at/late submission of assessment tasks ................................5

Special leave ...............................................................................................................................................5

Extensions ...................................................................................................................................................5

Malpractice in Assessment Tasks and Examination ...................................................................................5

Zero Awards ................................................................................................................................................6

Examination Room and Class Room Assessment Tasks ..............................................................................7

At Home Assessment Tasks ........................................................................................................................8

Information for Absent Students ................................................................................................................8

Parallel Classes ............................................................................................................................................8

Students with a disability/School-based Disability Provisions ...................................................................8

Prolonged Absences....................................................................................................................................8

Procedure for Submitting Work ..................................................................................................................8

Register of Malpractice ...............................................................................................................................9

Students Repeating Year 12 ........................................................................................................................9

Scaling Procedures and Assessment Marks ................................................................................................9

Non-Discriminating or Validity of the Tests ................................................................................................9

Distribution of NESA Results of Position Within Each Board Course ..........................................................9

Procedures for Conducting School Assessment Reviews ........................................................................ 10

Appeals to the NSW Education Standards Authority .............................................................................. 10

Communication of Policies ...................................................................................................................... 10

Informing Parents and Students when a zero Score is Awarded............................................................. 10

Evaluation of the Assessment Programme .............................................................................................. 10

Student in Danger of an ‘N’ Determination ............................................................................................. 10

Advice on HSC Assessment ...................................................................................................................... 11

Conduct of the Assessment Programme ................................................................................................. 11

Students Advantaging Themselves .......................................................................................................... 11

Certification of Completed Task .............................................................................................................. 11

Student Receipt of HSC Assessment Handbook ...................................................................................... 11

Assessment Tasks and the use Turnitin ................................................................................................... 11

SPECIFIC COURSE ASSESSMENT DETAILS ................................................................................................... 13

Aboriginal Studies ................................................................................................................................ 13

Ancient History ..................................................................................................................................... 15

Biology .................................................................................................................................................. 17

Business Studies ................................................................................................................................... 19

Chemistry ............................................................................................................................................. 21

Design and Technology ........................................................................................................................ 23

Drama ................................................................................................................................................... 25

Economics ............................................................................................................................................ 27

Engineering Studies .............................................................................................................................. 29

English (Standard) ................................................................................................................................ 31

English (Advanced) ............................................................................................................................... 33

HSC English Extension 1 ....................................................................................................................... 35

HSC English Extension 2 ....................................................................................................................... 36

English Studies...................................................................................................................................... 37

Geography ............................................................................................................................................ 39

History Extension ................................................................................................................................. 41

Industrial Technology ........................................................................................................................... 43

Information Processes and Technology ............................................................................................... 45

Italian Continuers ................................................................................................................................. 47

Italian Extension ................................................................................................................................... 49

Legal Studies ......................................................................................................................................... 50

Marine Studies ..................................................................................................................................... 52

Mathematics General 2 ........................................................................................................................ 54

Mathematics ........................................................................................................................................ 56

Mathematics Extension 1 ..................................................................................................................... 58

Mathematics Extension 2 ..................................................................................................................... 60

Modern History .................................................................................................................................... 62

Music 1 ................................................................................................................................................. 64

Music 2 ................................................................................................................................................. 66

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education ...................................................................... 68

Photography, Video and Digital Imaging .............................................................................................. 70

Physics .................................................................................................................................................. 72

Religion – Catholic Studies ................................................................................................................... 74

Society and Culture .............................................................................................................................. 76

Software Design and Development ..................................................................................................... 78

Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies ............................................................................................... 80

Studies of Religion I .............................................................................................................................. 82

Studies of Religion II ............................................................................................................................. 84

Visual Arts............................................................................................................................................. 86

Certificate III in Fitness (SIS30315) ....................................................................................................... 88

Hospitality Curriculum Framework Certificate II in Kitchen Operations (SIT20416) ........................... 89

Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology (ICA30115) ............................................ 90

HONESTY IN HSC ASSESSMENT - THE STANDARD ..................................................................................... 91

ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET ........................................................................................................................ 92

ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE FORM ................................................................................................................ 93

CBHS LEWISHAM - HSC ASSESSMENT INFORMATION AND SCHOOL ASSESSMENT POLICY 2018 Page 1

Christian Brothers’ High School Lewisham

HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

GENERAL ASSESSMENT INFORMATION Since 1986 schools have been required to provide an assessment of students’ achievements for each HSC Course studied. The school’s assessment and the mark awarded on the external examination are recorded separately on the Higher School Certificate (HSC) Record of Achievement.

There are three types of courses approved for study for the Higher School Certificate:

1. BOARD DEVELOPED COURSES

These courses have their syllabus and examinations set by The NSW Education Standards Authority.

2. BOARD CONTENT ENDORSED COURSES

Content Endorsed Courses have been developed and issued by The NSW Education Standards Authority. Such Content Endorsed Courses have been adapted by the Board to meet the needs of a wider group of students. There is no external examination in these courses.

3. BOARD ENDORSED COURSES

These courses have their syllabus developed and administered by individual schools and approved by The NSW Education Standards Authority. There is no external examination in these courses.

ALL courses are based on a system where the unit is a measure of the amount of teaching time spent on the course within the school week. There are 1 unit, 2 unit, and 3 unit (Extension 1) courses and, in Mathematics and English, there is a 4 unit course (Extension 2). A student takes a combination of courses so that he has a MINIMUM of ten (10) units. Each unit has a maximum possible mark of fifty (50).

The NSW Education Standards Authority specifies that English is the only compulsory course for the HSC This school requires that all students in Years 11 and 12 study either the Board Endorsed Course in Religion (Catholic Studies) or the Board Developed Course Studies of Religion.

For each Board Developed Course, The NSW Education Standards Authority will process the school HSC Course Assessment marks to fit the same spread of marks achieved in the external HSC examination results obtained by the school in that particular Course. This process is called “moderation” and is used to ensure that the assessment marks given by each school are comparable with those awarded by other schools in the State.

These moderated assessment marks are mapped to the six bands in the same manner as the raw HSC scores of each student.

The Purpose of the School Assessment

The purpose of the school assessment is to provide an indication of a student’s attainment based on:

● a wider coverage of syllabus aims and objectives than can be measured by the external examination;

● measurement throughout the entire course rather than at a single point in time.

Assessment Tasks

Each subject department has developed its own Assessment Programme in accordance with NSW Education Standards Authority guidelines for its courses that specify the weightings to be given to the various components of the course. Each school teaching that course must have an assessment programme using the Board determined component weightings.


While it is not possible for actual dates to be assigned in advance for all assessment tasks the various course summaries give an indication of when the various tasks will take place. Students will be given due notice of the actual date of a particular task and the school will monitor the assessment situation to prevent a buildup of tasks on a particular day. (See Point 4 in School Assessment Policy).

Student Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of the student to be present for, and to hand in Assessment Tasks at the required time.

If this is impossible for some reason (such reasons must be of an urgent nature and able to be substantiated) it is the student’s responsibility to approach the Assistant Principal - Curriculum to make alternative arrangements.

Repeated failure to meet assessment obligations may affect the student’s eligibility for the award of the HSC should the student be deemed to receive an ‘N’ Determination.

Review of Assessments

Students should be concerned with their ranking within the school’s course group and the relative difference between their own and other students’ assessments, rather than with numerical marks. The various departments will keep students aware of their ranking on a particular task and their current cumulative ranking in the course.

After the HSC Examination the Board will provide information to students on their relative positions in each course. No marks will be shown, simply a rank within the school group who attempted that course. If the RANK assigned by the school differs SIGNIFICANTLY from the student’s expectation, based on the information provided during the course, the student may seek a review in that course. It is also possible to have an assessment reviewed if the student believes the school did not follow procedures similar to those indicated in the assessment programme for that Course (as indicated in the course summaries which follow) or did not allocate marks according to the Board’s specification for each component, or where clerical errors in the determination of the assessment mark have occurred.

The review in November of the HSC year will NOT involve reconsideration of any teacher’s marking of a student’s work in any of the tasks on which the assessment has been based.

The final assessment ranking of the school within each course group will be publicised immediately after the final task in which are students are involved. Year 12 students will be notified of arrangements to obtain this information.

Putting the Assessment Programme into Perspective

Education is about the development of people, and specific skills in those people. Examinations and assessment programs are simply attempts to measure that development.

Assessment tasks should indicate how well the student has understood that section of the Syllabus to be assessed.

Syllabuses in all subjects are carefully designed to foster the development of students over a period of two years so each part of the syllabus, and each of the tasks, is important whether it is part of the assessment programme or not. Those students who complete all the work in all their courses will receive the maximum benefit in their personal growth from their two years in senior high schools. As an added bonus, those who practise in their non-assessment work, the skills that are tested in the assessment programme and the HSC Examination, will be doing all in their power to maximise the marks that finally appear on their HSC

The Board’s Assessment Policy is also aimed to allow students the ability to complete tasks not used in the HSC Examination format.


HSC Course Work

The Reported Assessment of the HSC course work in each Board Developed Course studied that will be used to calculate the ATAR together with the Reported HSC examination mark.

Similarly, it is only the HSC Course assessment that will appear on the student’s Record of School Achievement for the HSC.

SCHOOL ASSESSMENT POLICY

Number of Tasks

Each department in the school is expected to formulate and submit an assessment programme for each HSC course administered by that department. The number of tasks should be suitable to achieve the aims of the assessment for that course. For a 2 Unit course this would be some 3-5 tasks.

Assessment Period

The assessment period should not commence before the Assessment block in term four of Year 11 and should not extend beyond the end of August in Year 12. Special reasons would be required to programme assessment tasks beyond this period.

Central Register for Scheduling Tasks

Individual KLA Coordinators register all assessment task dates for the academic year and display these on the school’s online calendar at the commencement of the year. A maximum of two (2) assessment tasks will be allowed on any one day, other than during the Year 12 Term One assessment block.

Scheduling of Tasks

Departments should distribute tasks throughout the assessment period. Approximate times of tasks are given in the HSC Assessment Handbook prepared for students and their parents. Exact dates are decided upon with due consideration being given for tasks set by other departments and adequate notice of approximately four (4) weeks is to be given to students.

Ratio of Year 11 Marks to Year 12 Marks

In accordance with NSW Education Standards Authority HSC Assessment Policies, while school assessment will be conducted in the Preliminary Courses, it is only the assessment for the HSC Course work that will be used for the calculations of the HSC and ATAR. The exception to this is in Mathematics’ Courses that may include up to 30% (General 2) and 20% (Mathematics 2 unit) of Preliminary Course work in the calculation of the HSC ASSESSMENT.

Marks for Individual Tasks

The marks available and the components being assessed are contained in the schedules for each course in this Student Handbook.

Task Results - Feedback to Students

After each task students are given the mark they obtained. Rank order in that particular task should also be given.

Cumulative Ranking

Current cumulative ranking will also appear on reports to parents at the end of Term 1 in Year 12 and after the Trial HSC in Year 12.


Sufficiency of Feedback

The final assessment mark sent to The NSW Education Standards Authority is confidential. Information outlined in items 7 and 8 above is sufficient and maintains the confidentiality of the final Assessment mark.

Recording of Assessment Marks

Each teacher is expected to keep a record of marks obtained by students in their class/classes. The KLA Coordinator or Teacher in Charge of the subject is required to make provision for the recording of all assessment marks for all courses administered by his/her department. If records are kept on google docs (school based), personal devices (school owned), external hard drives (school based) or the like, hard copies of this data should also be retained at CBHS Lewisham. These should be recorded on a central mark register (Sentral).

Student Responsibility

Students are to be briefed on the significance of the HSC Assessment and the need to approach tasks conscientiously. The time, effort and expense of preparing a Student Handbook could be cited as evidence that the school takes the assessment programme seriously. All students are to have successfully completed NESA All My Own Work, as mandated by the Board, prior to commencing Stage 6.

Particular Procedures for Assessment Tasks

Students absent from Tasks

If a student is unable to attend or submit a particular Assessment task on or by the set date of that task, the following procedures must be followed:

(a) The Assistant Principal – Curriculum must be notified personally on or before the morning of the task or due date of the task. If the absence is foreseeable, the notification should be made before the day of the task. The Assistant Principal – Curriculum can be contacted at school (telephone 85851713 or fax. 8585 1787) from 8.00 am.

The Assistant Principal – Curriculum also can be informed electronically by email on [email protected].

If the Assistant Principal – Curriculum is not available, a message is to be left with the Receptionist clearly indicating that it is an ASSESSMENT TASK ABSENCE. This call MUST be made before 10.00 am on the day of the absence by the student, parent or guardian.

(b) In all cases of absence, the student must submit a medical certificate or other relevant documentation* to the Assistant Principal – Curriculum before the commencement of the student’s first period on the day of his return to school. The day or days of absence must be indicated on the documentation that must include all days absent from school up to and including the Assessment task date until the day preceding the date of return. Undocumented absence beyond this or these dates may result in zero documentation.

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ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

Acceptable reasons for non-attendance at /late submission of assessment tasks

The only satisfactory reasons for non-attendance/late submission of assessment tasks are:

(a) Illness on the day the task is sat/submitted. This needs to be evidenced by a medical certificate or relevant documentation. This evidence needs to be submitted to the Assistant Principal Curriculum on the first day of return to School.

(b) Leave granted by the Principal well before the date of the assessment task

(c) Misadventure (accidents or extreme non-medical problems that can be documented. Documentation may include police reports, funeral notices, and major transport delays that can be verified.

Unacceptable reasons for non-attendance at/late submission of assessment tasks

The following are not acceptable reasons for non-attendance at, or late submission of, assessment tasks:

(a) Any type of computer/printer malfunction;

(b) Early/late holidays without Principal consent;

(c) Loss of task;

(d) Absence from school on the day a task was distributed/notification given; and

(e) An extension/permission to be absent granted by anyone other than the Assistant Principal Curriculum.

Special leave

(a) A student will receive a zero grade for an assessment task if the student takes leave without school granted permission.

(b) A student requiring Special Leave must obtain written permission from the Principal before the taking of the leave. Special leave circumstances will be determined by the Principal.

(c) This must be presented to the Assistant Principal-Curriculum before the leave is taken.

Extensions

(a) Extensions can only be granted by the Assistant Principal – Curriculum.

(b) Extensions for assessment tasks will only be granted in exceptional cases. Extensions will only be granted if the student negotiates a suitable date for submission PRIOR to the due date of the assessment task.

Malpractice in Assessment Tasks and Examination

Malpractice includes (but is not restricted to) the following:

(a) Behaviour that adversely affects the performance of other students during the sitting of an assessment task or examination.

(b) Cheating in any form (including having someone such as a tutor completes a take home task).

(c) Plagiarism- from the Internet, books or other sources, from another person’s work, including peers.

(d) Providing a false explanation of why work was not handed in by the due date.

(e) Submitting an altered medical certificate.

If a student is deemed to be guilty of malpractice, a zero award may be given for the entire task.


If the results of an assessment task are found to be invalid or unreliable for the entire cohort due to malpractice, then an alternative assessment task may be given – at the discretion of the Assistant Principal – Curriculum.

Zero Awards

Zero marks may be given in the following circumstances:

(a) A student is absent from an assessment task and has not provided acceptable evidence to justify that absence on the first day of return to School.

(b) A student is found to be cheating in an assessment task.

(c) A student has plagiarised work from any source, without providing appropriate acknowledgement of the use of another’s work.

(d) A student has provided a false explanation for the late submission of an assessment task.

(e) A student submits an altered medical certificate.

(f) A student has behaved in a manner that is deemed to have adversely affected the performance of others during the sitting of an assessment task or examination.

(g) A student has made a non-serious attempt at a task.

(h) Proof by the teacher of non-submission by the student.

If a zero mark is awarded, a letter of notification will be sent to the student’s parent/guardian by the relevant KLA Coordinator.

(a) Absence from a task due to a prior appointment: Appointments made for a date of an Assessment task or on the date a task is due, are not acceptable reasons for absence unless there is an emergency evidenced by acceptable documentation*. Such documentation would either be presented before the appointment if it is known, or immediately upon return to school as outlined in (a) above. If it were not possible to present the documentation before the day of the task, the student or his legal guardian must telephone, email or Fax the Assistant Principal – Curriculum on the day of the appointment informing him of the circumstances. Failure to comply in this regard may result in a zero determination for that Assessment task.

(b) If the absence occurs during an examination period, the student must return on the first day after expiry of the period covered by the certificate or documentation*, whether he has a scheduled examination on that day or not. Upon return to school, he is to report immediately to the Assistant Principal – Curriculum for possible rescheduling of the missed examination, should the reasons for the absence be acceptable. Failure to report immediately on the first day of return may result in a zero determination for that Assessment task.

(c) A student requiring Special Leave must obtain written permission from the Principal before the taking of the leave. This must be presented to the Assistant Principal – Curriculum before the leave is taken. Appropriate forms will be given to the student to pass on to the relevant KLA Coordinator.

(d) Where an Assessment task has been attempted and handed up in an examination or confirmed with an assessment cover sheet (see item 27) and subsequently misplaced by a teacher, that assessment task will be allocated the most appropriate estimate.

(e) Where an Assessment task falls during VET work-placement, the following will apply: If the task is to be handed-in – the student sends the task electronically on due date to teacher. If task is run in-class, the student to see the Assistant Principal - Curriculum prior to departure with Illness/Misadventure Form to arrange an alternative date. Any new assessment task communicated to students while an individual is on work-placement will be sent electronically to the student’s school email address. Whilst students are undertaking work placement, students must also complete all course work for all subjects during this time. Students


undertaking work placement is not grounds for the submission and validity of Illness/ Misadventure Forms.

*Please note: “other relevant documentation” includes such things as funeral notices, police reports (in the case of motor vehicle accident or other), hospital documentation (in case of illness of a family member), or other relevant professional (objective) documentation. Letters from family members are rarely acceptable.

If a student complies with these requirements, then he may sit a substitute Assessment task or be provided with an estimate. An estimate would be authorised by the Principal in circumstances where the completion of a substitute task is not feasible, is unreasonable or where conditions of the missed task are difficult to duplicate. The estimate will be based on other similar task types and will be made at the completion of the Course using NSW Education Standards Authority guidelines. The substitute Assessment task will be held as soon as practicable upon return to school and will be organised by the relevant KLA Coordinator. This task will be similar in degree of difficulty and will assess the same course material as the original Assessment task.

In summary, if absence occurs during the task or on a task due-by-date, then documentation must be taken to the Assistant Principal – Curriculum. If the Assistant Principal – Curriculum is not available, then the documentation should be given to the Receptionist who should be asked to date, sign and retain the documentation to pass on to the Assistant Principal – Curriculum. Students are not to leave documentation on the Assistant Principal - Curriculum’s desk or give it to another teacher to pass on to him.

If the documentation is acceptable, the student will be issued with a relevant form authorising the student either access to that Assessment Task, or an alternative task or an estimate.

Penalties for Late Submission of Work.

The following penalties will apply should an Assessment task not be submitted on time, and with no acceptable supporting documentation* (as above) to explain the lateness:

(a) One school day late – Less 25% of mark awarded. (b) More than one school day late – Zero marks may be made. However, the task response must

still be submitted, which will be marked and returned to the student with feedback. The mark, however, may not contribute to the aggregated Assessment mark in that Subject or Course.

Where the reason for the lateness is other than absence on the due-by date, this documentation must be presented to the Assistant Principal – Curriculum before the due-by date.

Examination Room and Class Room Assessment Tasks

If a student is caught cheating during a HSC Assessment Task his paper will be automatically cancelled and he will receive for that task a score of zero marks. Any appeal will involve the student presenting a viva voca to a panel including the relevant KLA Coordinator and teacher in the Faculty together with the Assistant Principal – Curriculum.

During a HSC Assessment Task the student must NOT:

(a) smoke, drink or eat in the examination room or classroom; (b) speak to any person other than a teacher or supervisor during an Assessment Task; (c) behave in any way likely to disturb the work of any other student or upset the conduct of

the examination room or classroom; (d) attempt an Assessment Task in an examination room or classroom while under the influence

of alcohol or drugs.

Students who do not comply with these rules will be reported initially to the KLA Coordinator, then to the Pastoral Coordinator and the Assistant Principal - Curriculum. The penalty may be cancellation of papers for the HSC Assessment Task and the student will receive for that task a score of zero marks.


At Home Assessment Tasks

Some HSC Assessment Tasks may be completed in the student’s private study time at home. In such forms of assessment, students who submit tasks that indicate collusion will be reported initially to the KLA Coordinator, the Pastoral Coordinator and the Assistant Principal-Curriculum. The penalty for this collusion may be cancellation of papers for the HSC Assessment Task and the student will receive for that task a score of zero marks. Students involved in any form of malpractice may make appeals to the Principal.

Some students may be unsure about how much help they can be given with their assessment tasks or submitted projects. Generally speaking, it is a good idea to seek advice and feedback on a work in progress, or to discuss ideas with your teacher, your parents, your friends or a tutor. However, it is plagiarism if you claim someone else’s work as your own, and that could have serious consequences. Refer to NSW Education Standards Authority - Register of Malpractice. Where a student has not acknowledged the work of another person or source and plagiarism can be proved to have occurred, that assessment task will be given a score of zero. Where a student continues to plagiarise, he may in be jeopardy of an N-award, which could have consequences for the award of the Higher School Certificate.

Any appeal will involve the student presenting a viva voca to a panel including the relevant KLA Coordinator and teacher in the Faculty together with the Assistant Principal – Curriculum.

Information for Absent Students

Class teachers are expected to be aware of students who may be absent when information relating to assessment tasks is given out and make certain that absent students are provided with the same information on their return to school and students involved with Industry Framework work placements are not disadvantaged.

Parallel Classes

Parallel classes should be given the same assessment tasks and measures taken to ensure parity of marking.

Students with a disability/School-based Disability Provisions

As the occasion arises, special and appropriate provision within the spirit of the HSC ASSESSMENT Programme will be made for students with a disability.

Prolonged Absences

If a student has a valid reason for a prolonged absence, that student after completing a school based Illness/Misadventure form (see back page of this booklet), his assessment will not be disadvantaged because of this prolonged absence. Such a student will have his final assessment mark based on him maintaining his Assessment rank achieved on the tasks that he attempted.

Procedure for Submitting Work

At the time of giving information about the task the class teacher is expected to outline the procedures for collection of the work. The teacher should keep a record of work submitted using the school assessment cover sheet.

Whether the task is being submitted on time, prior to the date due or late, in all but cases of teacher absence, the task should be personally handed to the student’s own teacher of the relevant Subject or Course. Students MUST NOT ask other teachers to place Assessment tasks in pigeonholes or to pass the task on to the teacher responsible.

If a student’s teacher is absent, the task MUST be submitted to the relevant KLA Coordinator. The student should ensure that the KLA Coordinator records receipt of the task in the student’s diary and signs it. The School accepts no responsibility for student’s work if they do not follow these procedures. It will be assumed the Assessment task has not been submitted if it cannot be located and the student


did not follow procedure. Where practicable, a student should retain a paper or electronic copy of the task.

Register of Malpractice

As mandated by The NSW Education Standards Authority, all school are required to participate in the Register of Malpractice in HSC Assessment Tasks by entering information on proven cases of malpractice in HSC assessment tasks. The Register became effective for the 2014 HSC cohort, from Term 4 2013 at the commencement of the HSC assessment program. The Independent Commission Against Corruption supports the implementation of this Register.

The types of malpractice in HSC assessment tasks may include, but are not limited to:

(a) Being in possession of unauthorized notes or electronic devices during a test or examination.

(b) Using the words, ideas, designs or workmanship of others without acknowledgement.

(c) Copying from another student.

(d) Paying someone to write or prepare an assessment task

Late submission of assessment tasks may be malpractice when is proven to be deliberate mechanism to gain advantage over other students. Submitted work may be classified as a non-serious attempt where it is frivolous or offensive. Failure to reach a level of achievement does not necessarily constitute a non-serious attempt. Where the school applies a penalty for a frivolous or offensive response, the issue should be recorded on the malpractice register.

Students Repeating Year 12

Students repeating Year 12 will not use previous year’s assessment marks only the marks achieved in the repeat year. The student’s assessment rank will be maintained for any tasks not attempted in Year 11 Term Four. A similar procedure will be used for students transferring from other schools for Year 12.

Scaling Procedures and Assessment Marks

Marks reported in Assessment Tasks by each department may be either all raw marks or all scaled marks and rank order will be determined on the one method used.

For the HSC, The NSW Education Standards Authority is recommending that the School’s final assessment marks reported to the Board are raw marks and not mapped.

Non-Discriminating or Validity of the Tests

In the event of a task not discriminating sufficiently, the marks obtained on this task must be kept. An extra task covering the same components and material, should be given and provided that the follow up task discriminates sufficiently, the two marks for each student can be averaged to obtain the mark for that assessment item. Students will be informed if a task does not discriminate.

If there is question on the validity of the task because of student involvement with malpractice, the task will be marked; the mark will be collated against all other tasks to correlate for any significant difference.

Those students who score significantly more than expected will be investigated further by the KLA Coordinator for that Course and the Assistant Principal - Curriculum. If a student has been found to engage in malpractice, he will score zero in the first instance for that task.

Distribution of NESA Results of Position Within Each Board Course

At a suitable time, each student is given information concerning when such sheets will be available and details about procedure to be followed in the case of School Assessment Reviews. These are provided by the NSW Education Standards Authority.

Immediately following the School’s final HSC Examination in November these Assessment sheets can be collected from the School Office. These are also available through “Students Online”, the day of the final HSC examinations.


Procedures for Conducting School Assessment Reviews

In the event of a student request for Assessment Review, a committee, consisting of the Assistant Principal - Curriculum, the KLA Coordinator of the Faculty in which the review has been requested, and one other KLA Coordinator, will conduct the review. The findings of this committee will be made known to the student, Principal and The NSW Education Standards Authority.

Appeals to the NSW Education Standards Authority

The school accepts the responsibility of informing the NSW Education Standards Authority of such appeals and providing the necessary documentation as requested by the NSW Education Standards Authority. Following the result of the School Assessment Review, the student can make further Appeals to the NSW Education Standards Authority.

Communication of Policies

This Handbook and Policies are available on the School’s Intranet

(a) Staff: Each teacher will be provided with an e-copy of the School Assessment Policy.

(b) Parents: Parents will be informed of general assessment procedures at an Information Night for parents of students entering Year 11. Parents will be informed when Year 11 students are given the School’s HSC Assessment Handbook and invited to peruse its contents.

(c) Students: Year 11 students will be given a copy of the School’s HSC Assessment Handbook at the start of the assessment period and will regularly receive more particulars from class teachers, KLA Coordinators and the Assistant Principal - Curriculum as the need arises.

Informing Parents and Students when a zero Score is Awarded

On any occasion a zero mark has been awarded as a penalty, it is the responsibility of the relevant KLA Coordinator to inform both the student and his parents immediately and to provide details of the circumstances that led to that result.

Evaluation of the Assessment Programme

Continuous evaluation of the policies, procedures and lines of communication will be carried out by the Assistant Principal - Curriculum and KLA Coordinators. Particular difficulties, which may lead to a change in school policy, will be discussed at a meeting of KLA Coordinator s after staff have been made aware of the problem and asked to make their views known to their KLA Coordinator. The KLA Coordinator will, in turn, present such views at the meeting of Coordinator s. The recommendation(s) of the meeting of KLA Coordinator s will be communicated to the Principal for his endorsement.

Student in Danger of an ‘N’ Determination

It is the responsibility of the KLA Coordinators of all departments administering HSC courses to closely monitor assessment records and give timely warning to students who are in danger of not completing tasks to the value of 50% of the total assessment mark. Warnings must be in writing and a copy kept on file at the school.

Two official warnings will be made to advise students of their need to correct the outstanding Assessment tasks and the due date, this will usually be within ten days of the letter.

If a student fails to comply, he may be awarded a “non-satisfactory” award for that HSC Course, which may in turn, may make him ineligible for the award of the HSC

The Assistant Principal – Curriculum will generate the relevant procedures when advised by the KLA Coordinator and will file documents and monitor students across the curriculum.

The Principal, who must certify that the course has not been satisfactorily studied, must be kept informed of students who fall into this category.


Advice on HSC Assessment

Advice concerning HSC Assessment can be obtained from the school. In the first instance contact should be made with the KLA Coordinator of the department that administers the course. If the advice is of a more general nature, the Assistant Principal - Curriculum should be contacted.

Conduct of the Assessment Programme

The KLA Coordinator administers the Assessment Programme in each Faculty. The overall Assessment programme is monitored by the Assistant Principal – Curriculum. Should circumstances arise, a sub-committee of three (3) will be formed to deal with the particular problem or issue.

Students Advantaging Themselves

A student who is found to actively advantage himself relative to other students on an assessment task, may be given a score of zero on this assessment task. A student who absents himself prior to an Assessment task, without adequate reason, may be seen to actively advantage himself. Students must provide a Doctor’s Certificate or other pertinent documentation and complete an Illness / Misadventure Form (school-based). The NSW Education Standards Authority actively encourages schools to administer this in their School Assessment Policy.

Certification of Completed Task

A student completing a hand-in task will be required to complete an Assessment Cover Sheet confirming that the content of the task is in fact all of the student’s own work (see page 83) and acts as a receipt that the task is handed in to the student’s teacher. In the case of any Assessment task being misplaced, the KLA Coordinator together with the Assistant Principal – Curriculum will determine whether an estimate is appropriate or the offer of the student resubmitting or re-sitting the task.

Student Receipt of HSC Assessment Handbook

Students will either sign off or electronically have recorded their receipt of the Handbook.

Assessment Tasks and the use Turnitin

In response to a mandatory directive from NESA regarding the monitoring of malpractice in Assessment tasks and a second requirement that each School in NSW maintain a Register of Malpractice, CBHS has employed the use of software to maintain equity in assessing students especially in the HSC year, whereby Assessment accounts for fifty percent of the HSC and in the calculation of the student's ATAR. This software is named "Turnitin". Students in Years 7-12 will have their Assessment tasks monitored to assist their training in the appropriate use of sourced material for ethical and good practice. The training in the junior years will prepare them in the expectations of society and increase their readiness for HSC Assessment.

Turnitin is an Internet-based platform for evaluating student learning. It provides a plagiarism-prevention service which checks individual documents for unoriginal content and is a deterrent to plagiarism. The results generated by Turnitin of plagiarism (expressed as a percentage) identify similarities to existing sources.

Students in Years 7-12 will be required to submit all assessment tasks (where applicable and stated on formal assessment task notifications to students) via Turnitin for teacher marking. As a result, all assessment tasks submitted by students to Turnitin for teacher marking must now have a generated score (of plagiarism) of 20% or below. The 20% leeway will ensure students are not penalised for rewriting the assessment task question, direct quotations from sources and listed titles in the bibliography. These details will be clearly explained to all students.

All assessment policies at Christian Brothers’ High School clearly state that a student who is found to have plagiarised is awarded a zero mark for the particular assessment task.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism


The use of Turnitin supports the NESA HSC: All My Own Work program which assists Higher School Certificate students to follow the principles and practices of good scholarship. This includes understanding and valuing ethical practices when locating and using information as part of their HSC studies.

NESA decided to implement a Register of Malpractice in HSC Assessment Tasks in Term 4 with the 2015 HSC cohort and for all following HSC cohorts. The decision to create this new measure was initiated by an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) investigation, which required the NESA to develop a new register for incidents of malpractice by students undertaking HSC school assessment tasks.


SPECIFIC COURSE ASSESSMENT DETAILS

HSC ASSESSMENT

Aboriginal Studies

COURSE UNITS: 2 units ASSESSMENT COMMENCES: Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

COMPONENTS

1. Knowledge and understanding of course content 40

2. Investigating, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of information from a variety of sources and perspectives

25

3. Research and inquiry methods, including aspects of the Major Project 20

4. Communication of information, ideas and issues in appropriate forms 15

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS

Outlined below is a summary of the assessment plan for this course. In the event of a task not discriminating successfully, an additional task may be set, with due notice being given to the students involved. Outcomes being assessed on any given task may vary from those lists below. Any change to the table below is to be advised to the student.

TASK

NO. TASK TYPE OUTCOMES DATE

COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. In-class Source Based Written Class

1.2, 3.1, 3.2 3.3, 4.1 Term 4 Week 8

5 5 10

Year 12 (2018)

2. Research and Presentation Hand in Task

2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1 Term 1 Week 5

10 5 5 20

3. Major Project 4.1, 4.2 Term 1 Week 9

15 10 15 40

4. Hand in Written Task 1.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Term 2 Week 8

5 5 10

5. Trial HSC Examination All outcomes H1.1 – H4.3

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

10 10 20

Total 40 25 20 15 100


HSC COURSE OUTCOMES – ABORIGINAL STUDIES

The student:

H1.1 Evaluates the impact of different viewpoints of colonialism on Aboriginal and other Indigenous peoples

H1.2 Analyses and discusses the social justice and human rights issues that are contemporary consequences of colonialism on Aboriginal and other Indigenous peoples

H1.3 Assesses the representation of Aboriginal peoples and cultures for bias and stereotyping

H2.1 Examines contemporary expressions of Aboriginal and other Indigenous peoples’ culture, heritage and identity

H2.2 Analyses the importance of Country as a contemporary issue impacting on Aboriginal and other Indigenous peoples’ cultural, political, social and economic life

H3.1 Assesses the effectiveness of government policies, legislation and legal decisions in addressing discrimination

H3.2 Evaluates the impact of key government policies, legislation and legal decisions on the socioeconomic status of Aboriginal peoples and communities

H3.3 Evaluates initiatives that promote the social, economic and political independence of Aboriginal and other Indigenous peoples

H4.1 Plans, investigates, analyses, synthesises and communicates relevant information, incorporating Aboriginal and other Indigenous peoples’ perspectives

H4.2 Undertakes community consultation and fieldwork and applies ethical research practices

H4.3 Investigates and compares the histories and cultures of Aboriginal peoples and other Indigenous peoples


HSC ASSESSMENT

Ancient History


COMPONENTS


2. Source-based Skills: analysis, synthesis and evaluation of historical information from a variety of sources

20

3. Historical Inquiry and Research 20

4. Communication of Historical understanding in appropriate forms 20

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Research/Source Analysis Skills Task

3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2

Term 4 Week 8

5 5 5 5 20

Year 12

2. Research/Source Based Short Answer Questions – Half Yearly Examination

1.1, 2.1, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 5 5 5 25

3. Research Essay 1.1, 3.1, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2

Term 2 Week 9

5 5 10 5 25

4. Trial HSC Examination 1.1, 2.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

20 5 5 30

TOTAL 40 20 20 20 100


HSC COURSE OUTCOMES – ANCIENT HISTORY

The student:

H1.1 Describes and assess the significance of key people, groups, events, institutions, societies and sites within the historical context.

H2.1 Explains historical factors and assess their significance in contributing to change and continuity in the ancient world.

H3.1 Locates, select and organise relevant information from a variety of sources.

H3.2 Discusses relevant problems of sources for reconstructing the past.

H3.3 Analyses and evaluate sources for their usefulness and reliability.

H3.4 Explains and evaluate differing perspectives and interpretations of the past.

H3.5 Analyses issues relating to ownership and custodianship of the past.

H3.6 Plans and present the findings of historical investigations, analysing and synthesising information from a range of sources.

H4.1 Uses historical terms and concepts appropriately.

H4.2 Communicates knowledge and understanding of historical features and issues using appropriate oral and written forms.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Biology


COMPONENTS

1. Knowledge and understanding of:

- The history, nature and practice of biology, applications and uses of biology and their implications for society and the environment, and current issues, research and developments in biology.

- Cell ultrastructure and processes, biological diversity, environmental interactions, mechanisms of inheritance and biological evolution

40

2. Skills in:

- planning and conducting first-hand investigations

- gathering and processing first -hand data

- gathering and processing relevant information from secondary sources

30

3. Skills in:

- communicating information and understanding

- developing scientific thinking and problem-solving techniques

- working individually and in teams

30

TOTAL 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK NO. TASK TYPE OUTCOMES DATE COMPONENTS

TOTAL 1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Practical Investigation H2, H6, H11-H15 Term 4 Week 7

10 5 10 25

Year 12

2. Half Yearly Examination H1 – H16 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 5 5 20

3. Research Task H3, H4, H6, H12-H14

Term 2 Week 7

10 10 5 25

4. Trial HSC Examination All outcomes H1 – H16

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

10 10 10 30

TOTAL 40 30 30 100


HSC COURSE OUTCOMES – BIOLOGY

The student:

H1 Evaluates how major advances in scientific understanding and technology have changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking.

H2 Analyses the ways in which models, theories and laws in biology have been tested and validated.

H3 Assesses the impact of particular advances in biology on the development of technologies.

H4 Assesses the impacts of applications of biology on society and the environment.

H5 Identifies possible future directions of biological research.

H6 Explains why the biochemical processes that occur in cells are related to macroscopic changes in the organism.

H7 Analyses the impact of natural and human processes on biodiversity.

H8 Evaluates the impact of human activity on the interactions of organisms and their environment.

H9 Describes the mechanisms of inheritance in molecular terms.

H10 Describes the mechanisms of evolution and assesses the impact of human activity on evolution.

H11 Justifies the appropriateness of a particular investigation plan.

H12 Evaluates ways in which accuracy and reliability could be improved in investigations.

H13 Uses terminology and reporting styles appropriately and successfully to communicate information and understanding.

H14 Assesses the validity of conclusions from gathered data and information.

H15 Explains why an investigation is best undertaken individually or by a team.

H16 Justifies positive values about and attitudes towards both the living and non-living components of the environment, ethical behaviour and a desire for a critical evaluation of the consequences of the applications of science.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Business Studies


COMPONENTS


2. Stimulus based skills 20

3. Inquiry and research 20

4. Communication of business information, ideas and issues in appropriate forms 20

TOTAL 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK

NO. TASK TYPE

SYLLABUS CONTENT

REQUIREMENTS OUTCOMES DATE

COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Research Operations H2-H9 Term 4 Week9

8 8 4 20

Year 12

2. Half Yearly Examination

Operations/ Marketing

H1-H6, H8-H10

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

8 4 4 4 20

3. Stimulus-based skills test

Finance H2-H6, H8-H10

Term 2 Week 6

12 10 4 4 30

4. Trial HSC Examination

All H1-H6, H8-H10

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

12 6 4 8 30

Total 40 20 20 20 100


HSC COURSE OUTCOMES – BUSINESS STUDIES

The student:

H1 Critically analyses the role of business in Australia and globally.

H2 Evaluates management strategies in response to changes in internal and external influences.

H3 Discusses the social and ethical responsibilities of management.

H4 Analyses business functions and processes in large and global businesses.

H5 Explains management strategies and their impact on business.

H6 Evaluates the effectiveness of management in the performance of business.

H7 Plans and conducts investigations into contemporary business issues.

H8 Organises and evaluates information for actual and hypothetical business situations.

H9 Communicates business information, issues and concepts in appropriate formats.

H10 Applies mathematical concepts appropriately in business situations.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Chemistry


COMPONENTS


- The history, nature and practice of chemistry, applications and uses of chemistry and their implications for society and the environment, and current issues, research and developments in chemistry.

- Atomic structure, periodic table and bonding, energy, chemical reactions, carbon chemistry and stoichiometry

40

2. Skills in:

- Planning and conducting first-hand investigations

- Gathering and processing first -hand data

- Gathering and processing relevant information from secondary sources

30

3. Skills in:

- Communicating information and understanding

- Developing scientific thinking and problem-solving techniques

- Working individually and in teams

30

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK TASK TYPE OUTCOMES DATE COMPONENTS

TOTAL 1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Research Task H3-H4, H12-H14, H16 Term 4 Week 6

10 5 10 25

Year 12

2. Half Yearly Examination H2-H4, H6-H15 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 10 20

3. Practical Investigation H10-H14 Term 2 Week 4

5 15 5 25


Term 3 Weeks 3-5

15 10 5 30

Total 40 30 30 100


HSC COURSE OUTCOMES – CHEMISTRY

A student:


H2 Analyses the ways in which models, theories and laws in chemistry have been tested and validated.

H3 Assesses the impact of particular advances in chemistry on the development of technologies.

H4 Assesses the impacts of applications of chemistry on society and the environment.

H5 Describes possible future directions of chemical research.

H6 Explains reactions between elements and compounds in terms of atomic structures and periodicity.

H7 Describes the chemical basis of energy transformations in chemical reactions.

H8 Assesses the range of factors which influence the type and rate of chemical reactions.

H9 Describes and predicts reactions involving carbon compounds.

H10 Analyses stoichiometric relationships.






H16 Justifies positive values about and attitude towards both the living and non-living components of the environment, ethical behaviour and a desire for critical evaluation of the consequences of the applications of science.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Design and Technology


COMPONENTS

1. Innovation and Emerging Technologies 40

2. Designing and Producing 60

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK

NO. TASK TYPE OUTCOMES DUE DATE

COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Case Study – Innovation and Emerging Technologies

H2.1, H2.2, H3.1, H5.2, H6.2

Term 4 Week 6

20 20

Year 12 (2018)

2. Proposal, Management and Development

H1.1, H3.2, H4.1, H4.3, H5.1, H5.2

Term 1 Week 4

25 25

3. Half Yearly Examination H1.1, H1.2, H2.1, H2.2, H3.1, H6.2

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

35 35

4. Realisation and Evaluation H1.1, H3.2, H4.1, H4.2, H4.3, H5.1, H5.2

Term 2 Week 5 35 35

5. HSC Trial Examination H1.1, H2.1, H2.2, H3.1, H6.1, H6.2

Term 3

Weeks 3-5 10 10

Total 40 60 100


HSC OUTCOMES – DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

A student:

H1.1 Critically analyses the factors affecting design and the development and success of design projects

H1.2 Relates the practices and processes of designers and producers to the major design project

H2.1 Explains the influence of trends in society on design and production

H2.2 Evaluates the impact of design and innovation on society and the environment

H3.1 Analyses the factors that influence innovation and the success of innovation

H3.2 Uses creative and innovative approaches in designing and producing

H4.1 Identifies a need or opportunity and researches and explores ideas for design development and production of the major design project

H4.2 Selects and uses resources responsibly and safely to realise a quality major design project

H4.3 Evaluates the processes undertaken and the impacts of the major design project

H5.1 Manages the development of a quality major design project

H5.2 Selects and uses appropriate research methods and communication techniques

H6.1 Justifies technological activities undertaken in the major design project through the study of industrial and commercial practices

H6.2 Critically assesses the emergence and impact of new technologies, and the factors affecting their development


HSC ASSESSMENT

Drama


COMPONENTS

1. Making 40

2. Performing 30

3. Critically Studying 30

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK OUTCOMES DATE COMPONENTS

TOTAL 1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

Australian Dramatic Traditions: Performance essay

H1.1, H1.2, H1.3, H1.4, H1.5, H1.7, H1.9, H2.3, H2.4

Term 4 Week 9

10 5

15

Year 12 (2018)

Individual Project

Performance/Oral Presentation/Draft projects

Drama Logbook

H1.2, H1.3, H1.5, H1.7, H1.9, H2.1, H2.4

Term 1 Week 5

10 5

15

Half Yearly Examination:

Australian Dramatic Traditions and Studies in Drama and Theatre

Written Exam: Two Essays

H3.1, H3.2, H3.3, H3.4, H3.5 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

15 15

Group Performance

Performance/oral presentation and logbook

H1.1, H1.2, H1.3, H1.4, H1.6, H1.8, H1.9, H2.1, H2.2, H2.3, H2.4

Term 2 Week 9 10 10

20

Trial HSC Practical Examination:

Performance/Presentation Evening

Group Performances & Individual Projects

Australian Dramatic Traditions and Studies in Drama and Theatre

Written Exam: Two Essays

I.P - H1.2, H1.3, H1.5, H1.7, H1.9 H2.1, H2.4

G.P - H1.1, H1.2, H1.3, H1.4, H1.6, H1.8, H1.9, H2.1, H2.2, H2.3, H2.4

H3.1, H3.2, H3.3, H3.4, H3.5

Term 3 Week 1

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

10 10 15 35

Total 40 30 30 100


HSC OUTCOMES – DRAMA

A student:

H1.1 Uses acting skills to adopt and sustain a variety of characters and roles.

H1.2 Uses performance skills to interpret and perform scripted and other material.

H1.3 Uses knowledge and experience of dramatic and theatrical forms, styles and theories to inform and enhance individual and group devised works.

H1.4 Collaborates effectively to produce a group-devised performance.

H1.5 Demonstrates directorial skills.

H1.6 Records refined group performance work in appropriate form.

H1.7 Demonstrates skills in using the elements of production.

H1.8 Recognises the value of the contribution of each individual to the artistic effectiveness of productions.

H1.9 Values innovation and originality in group and individual work.

H2.1 Demonstrates effective performance skills.

H2.2 Uses dramatic and theatrical elements effectively to engage an audience.

H2.3 Demonstrates directorial skills for theatre and other media.

H2.4 Appreciates the dynamics of drama as a performing art.

H2.5 Appreciates the high level of energy and commitment necessary to develop and present a performance.

H3.1 Critically applies understanding of the cultural, historical and political contexts that have influenced specific drama and theatre practitioners, styles and movements.

H3.2 Analyses, synthesises and organises knowledge, information and opinion in coherent, informed oral and written responses.

H3.3 Demonstrates understanding of the actor-audience relationship in various dramatic and theatrical styles and movements.

H3.4 Appreciates and values drama and theatre as significant cultural expressions of issues and concerns in Australian and other societies.

H3.5 Appreciates the role of the audience in various dramatic and theatrical styles and movements.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Economics


COMPONENTS


2. Stimulus-based skills 20


4. Communication of economic information, ideas and issues 20

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK

NO. TASK TYPE

SYLLABUS CONTENT

REQUIREMENTS OUTCOMES DATE

COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1 Research/ Case Study

Global Economy All outcomes H1-H12

Term 4 Week 9

8 8 4 20

Year 12 (2018)

2 Half Yearly Examination

Australia’s Place in Global Eco

H1-H8 H10-H12

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

8 8 4 20

3 Inquiry/ Research

Economic Issues Policies/ Management

H1-H7 H9-H12

Term 2 Week 5 12 2 12 4 30

4 Trial HSC Examination

All H1-H8 H10-H12

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

12 10 8 30

Total 40 20 20 20 100


HSC OUTCOMES – ECONOMICS

A student:

H1 Demonstrates understanding of economic terms, concepts and relationships.

H2 Analyses the economic role of individuals, firms, institutions and governments.

H3 Explains the role of markets within the global economy.

H4 Analyses the impact of global markets on the Australian and global economies.

H5 Discusses policy options for dealing with problems and issues in contemporary and hypothetical contexts.

H6 Analyses the impact of economic policies in theoretical and contemporary Australian contexts.

H7 Evaluates the consequences of contemporary economic problems and issues on individuals, firms and governments.

H8 Applies appropriate terminology, concepts and theories in contemporary and hypothetical economic contexts.

H9 Selects and organises information from a variety of sources for relevance and reliability.

H10 Communicates economic information, ideas and issues in appropriate forms.

H11 Applies mathematical concepts in economic contexts.

H12 Works independently and in groups to achieve appropriate goals in set timelines.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Engineering Studies


COMPONENTS

1. Knowledge and understanding of engineering principles and developments in technology

50

2. Skills in research, problem solving and communication related to engineering

30

3. Understanding the scope and role of engineering including management and problem solving

20

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Civil Structures Report H1.2, H2.1 H3.2, H3.3 H4.1, H5.1, H5.2, H6.1

Term 4 Week 6 5 10 5 20

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination H2.1, H3.1, H3.3 H4.2, H4.3

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 10 5 25

3. Aeronautical Engineering H2.2, H3.2, H5.2, H6.1, H6.2

Term 2 Week 7

15 10 5 30

4. Trial HSC Examination H1.1, H1.2, H2.1, H3.1, H3.2, H3.3, H4.1, H4.2, H4.3

Term 3 Weeks 3-5 20 5 25

Total 50 30 20 100


HSC OUTCOMES – ENGINEERING STUDIES

A student:

H1.1 Describes the scope of engineering and critically analyses current innovations.

H1.2 Differentiates between properties of materials and justifies the selection of materials, components and processes in engineering.

H2.1 Determines suitable properties, uses and applications of materials in engineering.

H2.2 Analyses and synthesises engineering applications in specific fields and reports on the importance of these to society.

H3.1 Demonstrates proficiency in the use of mathematical, scientific and graphical methods to analyse and solve problems of engineering practice.

H3.2 Uses appropriate written, oral and presentation skills in the preparation of detailed engineering reports.

H3.3 Develops and uses specialised techniques in the application of graphics as a communication tool.

H4.1 Investigates the extent of technological change in engineering.

H4.2 Applies knowledge of history and technological change to engineering-based problems.

H4.3 Appreciates social, environmental and cultural implications of technological change in engineering and applies them to the analysis of specific problems.

H5.1 Works individually and in teams to solve specific engineering problems and in the preparation of engineering reports.

H5.2 Selects and uses appropriate management and planning skills related to engineering.

H6.1 Demonstrates skills in research and problem-solving related to engineering.

H6.2 Demonstrates skills in analysis, synthesis and experimentation related to engineering.


HSC ASSESSMENT

English (Standard)


COMPONENTS LANGUAGE MODES TO BE ASSESSED ACROSS ALL COMPONENTS

Weighting Weighting

1. Area of Study 40 Listening 15

2. Module A Experience through Language

20 Speaking 15

3. Module B Close Study of Text

20 Reading 25

4. Module C Texts in Society

20 Writing Viewing/Representing

30 15

Total 100 Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS

Outlined below is a summary of the assessment plan for this course. In the event of a task not discriminating successfully, an additional task may be set, with due notice being given to the students involved. Outcomes being assessed on any given task may vary from those listed below. Any change to the table below will be communicated to the student.

TASK

NO. TASK TYPE OUTCOME DATE

COMPONENTS LANGUAGE MODE TABLE

1 2 3 4

TOTA

L

LISTENIN

G

SPEA

KIN

G

REA

DIN

G

WR

ITING

VIEW

ING

TOTA

L

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Oral Task Module B

H1-H4, H6-H8, H10-H13

Term 4 Week 8 15 15 15 15

Year 12 (2018)

2. Area of Study - Listening Task/Viewing Representing

H1-H6, H8, H11-H13

Term 1 Week 6

25 25 15 10 25


H1-H4, H6, H8-H13

Term 1 Weeks 10-11 10 10 5 5 10

4. Analytical Written Response Module A

H1-H4 H6-H13

Term 2 Week 4

15 15 5 10 15

5. Analytical Written Response Module C

H1, H3-H13

Term 2 Week 10

15 15 5 5 5 15


H1-H13 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

5 5 5 5 20 10 10 20

Total 40 20 20 20 100 15 15 25 30 15 100


HSC OUTCOMES – ENGLISH (STANDARD)

H1 A student demonstrates understanding of how relationships between composer, responder, text and context shape meaning

H2 A student demonstrates understanding of the relationships among texts.

H3 A student develops language relevant to the study of English.

H4 A student describes and analyses the ways that language forms and features, and structures of texts shape meaning and influence responses.

H5 A student analyses the effect of technology and medium on meaning.

H6 A student engages with the details of text in order to respond critically and personally.

H7 A student adapts and synthesises a range of textual features to explore and communicate information, ideas and values for a variety of purposes, audiences and contexts.

H8 A student articulates and represents own ideas in critical, interpretive and imaginative texts from a range of perspectives.

H9 A student assesses the appropriateness of a range of processes and technologies in the investigation and organisation of information and ideas.

H10 A student analyses and synthesises information and ideas into sustained and logical argument for a range of purposes and audiences.

H11 A student draws upon the imagination to transform experience and ideas into text, demonstrating control of language.

H12 A student reflects on own processes of responding and composing.

H13 A student reflects on own processes of learning.


HSC ASSESSMENT

English (Advanced)


COMPONENTS LANGUAGE MODES TO BE ASSESSED ACROSS ALL COMPONENTS

Weighting Weighting

1. Area of Study 40 Listening 15

2. Module A Comparative Study of Texts and Contexts

20 Speaking 15

3. Module B Critical Study of Texts

20 Reading 25

4. Module C Representation and Text

20 Writing Viewing/Representing

30 15

Total 100 Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK

NO TASK OUTCOME DATE

COMPONENTS LANGUAGE MODE TABLE

1 2 3 4

TOTA

L

LISTENIN

G

SPEA

KIN

G

REA

DIN

G

WR

ITING

VIEW

ING

TOTA

L

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Oral Task Module B

H1-H4, H2A. H6-H8, H10-H13

Term 4 Week 8 15 15 15 15

Year 12

2. Area of Study - Listening Task/Viewing Representing

H1-H6, H8, H11-H13

Term 1 Week 6 25 25 15 10 25


H1-H4, H2A H6, H8-H13

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 10 5 5 10

4. Analytical/Critical Written Response Module A

H1-H4, H2A, H6-H13

Term 2 Week 4 15 15 5 10 15

5. Analytical Critical Written Response Module C

H1, H2A, H3-H8, H10-H12, H12A, H13

Term 2 Week 10

15 15 5 5 5 15

6. Trial HSC Examination H1-H13 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

5 5 5 5 20 10 10 20

Total 40 20 20 20 100 15 15 25 30 15 100


HSC OUTCOMES – ENGLISH (ADVANCED)

H1 A student explains and evaluates the effects of different contexts of responders and composers on texts.

H2 A student explains relationships among texts.

H2A Advanced only – a student recognises different ways in which particular texts are values.

H3 A student develops language relevant to the study of English.

H4 A student explains and analyses the ways in which language forms and features, and structures of texts shape meaning and influence responses.

H5 A student explains and evaluates the effects of textual forms, technologies and their media of production on meaning.

H6 A student engages with the details of text in order to respond critically and personally.

H7 A student adapts and synthesises a range of textual features to explore and communicate information, ideas and values, for a variety of purposes, audiences and contexts.

H8 A student articulates and represents own ideas in critical, interpretive and imaginative texts from a range of perspectives.

H9 A student evaluates the effectiveness of a range of processes and technologies for various learning purposes including the investigation and organisation of information and ideas.

H10 A student analyses and synthesises information and ideas into sustained and logical argument for a range of purposes, audiences and contexts.

H11 A student draws upon the imagination to transform experience and ideas into text demonstrating control of language.

H12 A student reflects on own processes of responding and composing.

H12A Advanced only – A student explains and evaluates different ways of responding to and composing text.

H13 A student reflects on own processes of learning.


HSC ASSESSMENT

HSC English Extension 1

COURSE UNITS: 1 unit ASSESSMENT COMMENCES: Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

COMPONENTS

1. Knowledge and understanding of complex texts and how and why they are valued

25

2. Skills in complex analysis, sustained composition and independent investigation

25

Total 50

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK NO. TASK TYPE OUTCOMES H1-H4

DATE COMPONENTS

TOTAL 1 2

Year 12

1. Half Yearly Examination H1-H3 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

5 10 15

2. Oral & Written Presentation H1-H4 Term 2 Week 6

10 10 20


10 5 15

Total 25 25 50

HSC OUTCOMES – ENGLISH EXTENSION 1

A student:

1. Distinguishes and evaluates the values expressed through texts.

2. Explains different ways of valuing texts.

3. Composes extended texts.

4. Develops and delivers sophisticated presentations.


HSC ASSESSMENT

HSC English Extension 2


COMPONENTS

1. Skills in extensive independent investigation 25

2. Skills in sustained composition 25

Total 50

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2

Year 12 (2018)

1. Viva Voce addressing the proposal for the Major Work

H1-H2 Term 1 Week 5

5 5 10

2. Report – The impact of independent investigation on the development of the Major Work

H1 -H2 Term 2 Week 8

10 5 15

3. Draft version of the Major Work and reflection on progress to date

H1 -H2 Term 3 Week 4

10 15 25

Total 25 25 50

HSC OUTCOMES – ENGLISH EXTENSION COURSE 2

A student:

1. Develops and presents an extended composition which demonstrates depth, insight, originality and skills in independent investigation.

2. Reflects on and documents own process of composition.


HSC ASSESSMENT

English Studies

(CONTENT ENDORSED COURSE)


COMPONENTS

1. Students will develop knowledge and understanding of various forms of texts, exploring the ideas and values of those texts and how language and other techniques are used in the texts to convey meaning

30

2. Students will develop skills in reading, listening and viewing and in writing, speaking and representing

30

3. Students will develop knowledge and skills in using language accurately, effectively and appropriately for a range of purposes, audiences and contexts

25

4. Students will develop skills in planning and working individually and collaboratively 15

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Oral Task/Visual H1-H4 Term 4 Week 8

5 5 5 5 20

Year 12 (2018)

2. Written Task H1-H4 Term 1 Week 7

5 10 5 5 25

3. Written/Oral Task H1-H4 Term 2 Week 9

10 5 5 5 25

4. Test Task – Listening H1-H4 Term 3 Week 1

10 10 10 30

Total 30 30 25 15 100


HSC OUTCOMES – ENGLISH STUDIES (CONTENT ENDORSED COURSE)

H1.1 Analyses extended and short texts in a range of forms to gain knowledge, understanding and appreciation of how English is used to convey meaning.

H1.2 Explains the ideas and values of the texts.

H1.3 Explains how language and other techniques are used to convey meaning in extended and short texts in a range of forms.

H1.4 Produces a range of texts that demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills gained in conveying meaning through language and other techniques.

H2.1 Comprehends sustained written, spoken and multi-modal texts at an appropriate level to enrich their personal lives and to provide a sound basis for current and future education, careers and citizenship.

H2.2 Demonstrates further development of skills in expression in English at an appropriate level of accuracy and fluency to enrich their personal lives and to provide a sound basis for current and future education, careers and citizenship.

H2.3 Demonstrates skills in using the language conventions of a variety to textual forms, including literary texts, informative texts and texts for vocational contexts.

H3.1 Recognises a range of purposes for and contexts in which language is used and selects appropriate text forms, vocabulary, style and tone when writing and speaking for those purposes.

H3.2 Recognises a range of audience and selects appropriate text forms, vocabulary, style and tone when writing and speaking for those audiences.

H4.1 Plans and organises to complete tasks or projects, both individually and collaboratively.

H4.2 Works effectively, both as an individual and within a group, to research, select, organise and communicate information and ideas related to a variety of topics.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Geography


COURSE NOT OFFERED IN 2018

COMPONENTS


2. Geographical tools and skills 20

3. Geographical Inquiry and research, including fieldwork 20

4. Communication of geographical information, ideas and issues in appropriate forms

20

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Research response H1, H3, H8-H10, H12

Term 4 Week 8-9

10

5 5 20

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination H1-H3, H6, H12-H13

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 5

5 20

3. Fieldwork H5-H8, H10, H13 Term 2 Week 5

5 5 15 5 30

4. Trial HSC Examination H1- H6, H11- H13 Term 3 Week 3-5

15 10

5 30

Total 40 20 20 20 100


HSC OUTCOMES – GEOGRAPHY

The student:

H1 Explains the changing nature, spatial patterns and interaction of ecosystems, urban places and economic activity.

H2 Explains the factors which place ecosystems at risk and the reasons for their protection.

H3 Analyses contemporary urban dynamics and applies them in specific contexts.

H4 Analyses the changing spatial and ecological dimensions of an economic activity.

H5 Evaluates environmental management strategies in terms of ecological sustainability.

H6 Evaluates the impacts of, and responses of people to, environmental change.

H7 Justifies geographical methods applicable and useful in the workplace and relevant to a changing world.

H8 Plans geographical inquiries to analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources.

H9 Evaluates geographical information and sources for usefulness, validity and reliability.

H10 Applies maps, graphs and statistics, photographs and fieldwork to analyse and integrate data in geographical contexts.

H11 Applies mathematical ideas and techniques to analyse geographical data.

H12 Explains geographical patterns, processes and future trends through appropriate case studies and illustrative examples.

H13 Communicates complex geographical information, ideas and issues effectively, using appropriate written and/or oral, cartographic and graphic forms.


HSC ASSESSMENT

History Extension


COMPONENTS

1. Knowledge and understanding of significant historiographical ideas and processes

10

2. Skills in designing, undertaking and communicating historical inquiry – the History Project

40

Total 50

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Project Proposal E2.1, E2.2 Term 4 Week 8

5 5

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination E1.1, E2.2 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

2

2

3. History Project All outcomes E1.1, E2.1, E2.2, E2.3

Term 3 Week 1

35 35

4. Trial HSC Examination E1.1, E2.2 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

8

8

Total 10 40 50


HSC OUTCOMES – HISTORY EXTENSION

A student:

E1.1 Analyses and evaluates different historical perspectives and approaches to history and the interpretations developed from these perspectives and approaches.

E2.1 Plans, conducts and presents a substantial historical investigation involving analysis, synthesis and evaluation of information from historical sources of differing perspectives and historical approaches.

E2.2 Communicates through detailed, well-structured texts to explain, argue, discuss, analyse and evaluate historical issues.

E2.3 Constructs a historical position about an area of historical inquiry and discusses and challenges other positions.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Industrial Technology


COMPONENTS

1. Knowledge and understanding of the organization and management of, and manufacturing processes and techniques used by, the focus area industry

40

2. Knowledge, skills and understanding in designing, managing, problem solving, communicating and the safe use of manufacturing processes and techniques through the design and production of a quality major work

60

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Industry Study H1.1, H1.2, H1.3, H7.1, H7.2

Term4 Week 6

10 10

Year 12 (2018)

2. Design and Management of Major Project

H3.1, H3.2, H3.3, H4.2, H5.1, H5.2

Term 1 Week 3

30 30

3. Half Yearly Examination H1.1, H1.2, H2.1, H4.3

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

15 15

4. Management and Communication of Major Project

H4.1, H5.1, H5.2, H6.1, H6.2

Term 2 Week 7

30 30

5. Trial HSC Examination H1.1, H1.2, H2.1, H4.3

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

15 15

Total 40 60 100


HSC OUTCOMES – INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

A student:

H1.1 Investigates industry through the study of businesses in one focus area

H1.2 Identifies appropriate equipment, production and manufacturing techniques and describes the impact of new and developing technologies in industry.

H1.3 Identifies important historical developments in the focus area industry.

H2.1 Demonstrates proficiency in the use of safe working practices and workshop equipment maintenance techniques.

H3.1 Demonstrates skills in sketching, producing and interpreting drawings.

H3.2 Selects and applies appropriate research and problem solving skills.

H3.3 Applies and justifies design principles through the production of a Major Project.

H4.1 Demonstrates competency in a range of practical skills appropriate to the Major Project.

H4.2 Explores the need to outsource appropriate expertise where necessary to complement personal practical skills.

H4.3 Critically applies knowledge and skills related to properties and characteristics of materials/components

H5.1 Selects and uses communication information processing skills

H5.2 Examines and applies appropriate documentation techniques to project management

H6.1 Evaluates the characteristics of quality manufactured products

H6.2 Applies the principles of quality and quality control

H7.1 Explains the impact of the focus area industry on the social and physical environment

H7.2 Analyses the impact of existing, new and emerging technologies of the focus industry on society and the environment


HSC ASSESSMENT

Information Processes and Technology


COMPONENTS

1. Project Work 20

2. Information Systems and Databases 20

3. Communications Systems 20

4. Option Strands

- Multimedia Systems (20)

- Transaction Processing Systems (20)

40

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2 3 4

Year 12 (2018)

1. Group Information Systems Project

1.1 – 7.2 Term 1 Weeks 1- 6

5 5 10 20

2. Half Yearly Examination 1.1 – 4.1, 5.2, 6.1 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

5 10 5 20

3. Practical Task: Multimedia Systems Project

1.1 – 4.1, 5.2 Term 2 Week 10

5 20 25

4. Trial HSC Examination 1.1 – 7.2 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

5 5 5 20 35

Total 20 20 20 40 100


HSC OUTCOMES – INFORMATION PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY

A student:

H1.1 Applies and explains an understanding of the nature and function of information technologies to a specific practical situation.

H1.2 Explains and justifies the way in which information systems relate to information processes in a specific context.

H2.1 Analyses and describes a system in terms of the information processes involved.

H2.2 Develops and explains solutions for an identified need which address all of the information processes.

H3.1 Evaluates and discusses the effect of information systems on the individual, society and the environment.

H3.2 Demonstrates and explains ethical practice in the use of information systems, technologies and processes.

H4.1 Proposes and justifies ways in which information systems will meet emerging needs.

H5.1 Justifies the selection and use of appropriate resources and tools to effectively develop and manage projects.

H5.2 Assesses the ethical implications of selecting and using specific resources and tools, recommends and justifies the choices.

H6.1 Analyses situations, identifies a need, proposes and then develops solutions.

H6.2 Selects, justifies and applies methodical approaches to planning, designing or implementing solutions.

H7.1 Implements and explains effective management techniques.

H7.2 Uses methods to thoroughly document the development of individual and team projects.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Italian Continuers


COMPONENTS

1. Speaking 20

2. Listening 30

3. Reading 20

4. Writing 30

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK

NO TASK TYPE OUTCOMES DATE

COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3 4

Year 12 (2018)

1. Oral presentation based on a written text Living in [Country] – culture and traditions

1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4

Term 4 Week 8 10 10 20

2. Discussion of a song/online video clip/blog Arts and entertainment

1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5

Term 1 Week 9 10 20 30

3. Response to a written text – email Relationships

2.2, 2.3, 3.2 Term 2 Week 8 20 5 25

4. Trial HSC Examination The world of work

2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.4, 3.6 Term 3 Week 3

10 15 25

Total 20 30 20 30 100


HSC OUTCOMES – ITALIAN CONTINUERS

The student:

H1.1 Uses a range of strategies to maintain communication.

H1.2 Conveys information appropriate to context, purpose and audience.

H1.3 Exchanges and justifies opinions and ideas.

H1.4 Reflects on aspects of past, present and future experience.

H2.1 Applies knowledge of language structures to create original text #

H2.2 Composes informative, descriptive, reflective, persuasive or evaluative texts appropriate to context, purpose and/or audience.

H2.3 Structures and sequences ideas and information.

H3.1 Conveys the gist, of texts and identifies specific information.

H3.2 Summarises the main ideas.

H3.3 Identifies the tone, purpose, context and audience.

H3.4 Draws conclusions from or justifies an opinion

H3.5 Interprets, analyses and evaluates information

H3.6 Infers points of view, attitudes or emotions from language and context

H4.1 Recognises and employs language appropriate to different social contexts.

H4.2 Identifies values, attitudes and beliefs of cultural significance.

H4.3 Reflects upon significant aspects of language and culture.

# written or spoken text created by students incorporating their own ideas.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Italian Extension


COMPONENTS

1. Speaking 20

2. Text Analysis 40

3. Writing 40

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Oral presentation/newspaper feature article on prescribed issue

1.1, 1.2 Term 4 Week 9 10 20 30

Year 12 (2018)

2. Personal response to prescribed text 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Term 2 Week 7 30 10 40

3. Trial HSC Examination 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Term 3 Week 3 10 10 10 30

Total 20 40 40 100

HSC OUTCOMES – ITALIAN EXTENSION

A student:

H1.1 Discusses attitudes, opinions and ideas in Italian

H1.2 Formulates and justifies a written or spoken argument in Italian

H2.1 Evaluates and responds to text personally, creatively and critically

H2.2 Analyses how meaning is conveyed

H2.3 Analyses the social, political cultural and/or literary contexts of text that is in Italian


HSC ASSESSMENT

Legal Studies


COMPONENTS



3. Communication of Legal Studies information, issues and ideas in appropriate forms

20

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Research – Human Rights All outcomes H1 – H10

Term 1 Week 6

10 10 5 25

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination All outcomes H1 – H10

Term 1 Week 9

15 5 20

3. Research – Family All outcomes H1 – H10

Term 2 Week 5

10 10 5 25


Term 3 Week 4

25 5 30

Total 60 20 20 100


HSC OUTCOMES – LEGAL STUDIES

A student:

H1 Identifies and applies legal concepts and terminology

H2 Describes and explains key features of and the relationship between Australian and international law

H3 Analyses the operation of domestic and international legal systems

H4 Evaluates the effectiveness of the legal system in addressing issues

H5 Explains the role of law in encouraging cooperation and resolving conflict, as well as initiating and responding to change

H6 Assesses the nature of the interrelationship between the legal system and society

H7 evaluates the effectiveness of the law in achieving justice

H8 Locates, selects, organises, synthesises and analyses legal information from a variety of sources including legislation, cases, media, international instruments and documents

H9 Communicates legal information using well-structured and logical arguments

H10 Analyses differing perspectives and interpretations of legal information and issues


HSC ASSESSMENT

Marine Studies


COMPONENTS

1. Core

- Knowledge and understanding

- Skill outcomes and content

40

2. Modules

- Knowledge and understanding

- Skill outcomes and content

60

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Practical Investigation 1.1, 1.3, 2.1-2.3, 3.1-3.4, 5.1, 5.3

Term 4 Week 8

10 15 25

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination 1.1-1.2, 1.3-1.5, 3.1-3.2, 4.1-4.2, 5.1-5.2

Term 1 Weeks 10-11 10 15 25

3. Research Task 3.1, 2.3, 5.1 Term 2 Week 5

10 15 25

4. Heron Island Field Study 1.1, 1.3-1.5, 2.1, 3.1, 3.3-3.4, 5.4

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

10 15 25

Total 40 60 100


HSC COURSE OUTCOMES – MARINE STUDIES

The student:

1.1 Relates with a respectful and caring attitude to the ocean and its life forms

1.2 Identifies the roles of individuals or groups involved in maritime activities

1.3 Recalls aspects of the maritime environment using relevant conventions, terminology and symbols learned throughout the course

1.4 Recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values and attitudes towards the sea

1.5 Demonstrates an awareness of the value of the ocean as a source of historical information

2.1 Appreciates the importance of effective management practice

2.2 Works effectively within a group

2.3 Communicates information by writing reports, giving short talks and contributing to discussions

3.1 Evaluates information, situations, equipment manuals and written or manual procedures

3.2 Collects and organises data by accurately reading instruments, signals and charts; by systematic recording, summarising, tabulating and graphing

3.3 Generates information from data by calculating, inferring, interpreting and generalising

3.4 Carries out planned research activities using appropriate measurements, observations, classification and recording skills

4.1 Identifies marine vocations and a range of leisure pursuits

4.2 Appreciates marine environments as sources of employment and leisure

5.1 Values the rules and operating principles of marine equipment and applies them

5.2 Applies information including weather, regulations, procedures and skills to ensure safe use of the marine environment

5.3 Interprets and follows instructions, with accuracy

5.4 Selects, organises, assembles, dismantles, cleans and returns equipment


HSC ASSESSMENT

Mathematics General 2


COMPONENTS

1. Concepts, skills and techniques

Use of concepts, skills and techniques to solve mathematical problems and interpret practical situations.

50

2. Reasoning and communicating

Application of reasoning and communication in appropriate forms to construct mathematical arguments and to interpret and use mathematical models

50

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. HSC Task 1 MG2H- 1, MG2H-3-MG2H-5, MG2H-9-MG2H-10

Term 4 Week 8

8 7 15

Year 12 (2018)

2. HSC Task 2 MG2H- 1-MG2H-5, MG2H-7, MG2H-9-MG2H-10

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

15 15 30

3. HSC Task 3 MG2H- 1-MG2H-5, MG2H-7, MG2H-9-MG2H-10

Term 2 Week 8

7 8 15


MGP-1-MGP10, MGP-VA

MG2H-1-MG2H10, MG2H-VA

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

20 20 40

Total 50 50 100


HSC OUTCOMES – MATHEMATICS GENERAL

Knowledge, skills and understanding

MG2H-1 Uses mathematics and statistics to evaluate and construct arguments in a range of familiar and unfamiliar contexts

MG2H-2 Analyses representations of data in order to make inferences, predictions and conclusions

MG2H-3 Makes predictions about situations based on mathematical models, including those involving cubic, hyperbolic or exponential functions

MG2H-4 Analyses two-dimensional and three-dimensional models to solve practical problems, including those involving spheres and non-right-angled triangles

MG2H-5 Interprets the results of measurements and calculations and makes judgements about reasonableness, including the degree of accuracy of measurements and calculations and the conversion to appropriate units

MG2H-6 Makes informed decisions about financial situations, including annuities and loan repayments

MG2H-7 Answers questions requiring statistical processes, including the use of the normal distribution, and the correlation of bivariate data

MG2H-8 Solves problems involving counting techniques, multistage events and expectation

MG2H-9 Chooses and uses appropriate technology to locate and organise information from a range of contexts

MG2H-10 Uses mathematical argument and reasoning to evaluate conclusions drawn from other sources, communicating a position clearly to others, and justifies a response

Value and attitudes

MG2H-VAAppreciates the importance of mathematics in everyday life and its usefulness in contributing to society

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES – MATHEMATICS GENERAL

A student:

MGP-1 Uses mathematics and statistics to compare alternative solutions to contextual problems

MGP-2 Represents information in symbolic, graphical and tabular form

MGP-3 Represents the relationships between changing quantities in algebraic and graphical form

MGP-4 Performs calculations in relation to two dimensional and three dimensional figures

MGP-5 Demonstrates awareness of issues in practical measurement, including accuracy, and the choice of relevant units

MGP-6 Models financial situations relevant to the student’s current life using appropriate tools

MGP-7 Determines an appropriate form of organisation and representation of collected data

MGP-8 Performs simple calculations in relation to the likelihood of familiar events

MGP-9 Uses appropriate technology to organise information from a limited range of practical and everyday contexts

MGP-10 Justifies a response to a given problem using appropriate mathematical terminology

MGP-VA Develops a positive attitude to mathematics and appreciates its capacity to provide enjoyment and recreation


HSC ASSESSMENT

Mathematics


COMPONENTS


Use of concepts, skills and techniques to solve mathematical problems and interpret practical situations

50

2. Reasoning and communication

Application of reasoning and communication in appropriate forms to construct mathematical arguments and to interpret and use mathematical models.

50

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK NO. TASK OUTCOMES DATE COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. HSC Task 1 H1-H2, H4-H7, H9 Term 4 Week 8

7 8 15

Year 12 (2018)

2. HSC Task 2 P2 - P8, H1–H9 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

15 15 30

3. HSC Task 3 H1-H5, H8-H9 Term 2 Week 6

8 7 15

4. Trial HSC Examination All outcomes P1 – P8, H1 – H9

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

20 20 40

Total 50 50 100


HSC OUTCOMES – MATHEMATICS

A student:

H1 Seeks to apply mathematical techniques to problems in a wide range of practical contexts.

H2 Constructs arguments to prove and justify results

H3 Manipulates algebraic expressions involving logarithmic and exponential functions.

H4 Expresses practical problems in mathematical terms based on simple given models.

H5 Applies appropriate techniques from the study of calculus, geometry, probability, trigonometry and series to solve problems.

H6 Uses the derivative to determine the features of the graph of a function.

H7 Uses the features of a graph to deduce information about the derivative.

H8 Uses techniques of integration to calculate areas and volumes.

H9 Communicates using mathematical language, notation, diagrams and graphs.

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES – MATHEMATICS

P1 Demonstrates confidence in using mathematics to obtain realistic solutions to problems.

P2 Provides reasoning to support conclusions which are appropriate to the context.

P3 Performs routine arithmetic and algebraic manipulation involving surds, simple rational expressions and trigonometric identities.

P4 Chooses and applies appropriate arithmetic, algebraic, graphical, trigonometric and geometric techniques.

P5 Understands the concept of a function and the relationship between a function and its graph.

P6 Relates the derivative of a function to the slope of its graph.

P7 Determines the derivative of a function through routine application of the rules of differentiation.

P8 Understands and uses the language and notation of calculus.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Mathematics Extension 1


COMPONENTS



50

2. Reasoning and communication

Application of reasoning and communication in appropriate forms to construct mathematical arguments and to interpret and use mathematical models.

50

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. HSC Task 1 PE1, PE2, PE6 HE1, HE6, HE7

Term 4 Week 8

10 10 20

Year 12 (2018)

2. HSC Task 2 HE1, HE3-HE7 PE1, PE2, PE6

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 10 20

3. HSC Task 3 HE1, HE2, HE4,

HE7

Term 2 Week 6 10 10 20

4. Trial HSC Examination All outcomes PE1 – PE6 HE1 – HE7

Term 3 Weeks 3-5 20 20 40

Total 50 50 100


HSC OUTCOMES – MATHEMATICS EXTENSION 1

A student:

HE1 Appreciates interrelationships between ideas drawn from different areas of mathematics

HE2 Uses inductive reasoning in the construction of proofs.

HE3 Uses a variety of strategies to investigate mathematical models of situations involving binomial probability, projectiles, simple harmonic motion, or exponential growth and decay.

HE4 Uses the relationships between functions, inverse functions and their derivatives.

HE5 Applies the chain rule to problems including those involving velocity and acceleration as functions of displacement.

HE6 Determines integrals by reduction to a standard form through a given substitution.

HE7 Evaluates mathematical solutions to problems and communicates them in an appropriate form.

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES – MATHEMATICS EXTENSION 1

A student:

PE1 Appreciates the role of mathematics in the solution of practical problems.

PE2 Uses multi-step deductive reasoning in a variety of contexts.

PE3 Solves problems involving permutations and combinations, inequalities, polynomials, circle geometry and parametric representations.

PE4 Uses the parametric representation together with differentiation to identify geometric properties of parabolas.

PE5 Determines derivatives which require the application of more than one rule of differentiation.

PE6 Makes comprehensive use of mathematical language, diagrams and notation for communicating in a wide variety of situations.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Mathematics Extension 2


COMPONENTS



50

2. Reasoning and communicating

Application of reasoning and communication in appropriate forms to construct mathematical arguments and to interpret and use mathematical models

50

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK NO TASK TYPE OUTCOMES DATE COMPONENTS

TOTAL 1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. HSC Task 1 E1-E3, E9 Term 4 Week 8

7 8 15

Year 12 (2018)

2. HSC Task 2 E1- E4, E6, E9 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

15 15 30

3. HSC Task 3 E1, E6, E7, E9 Term 2 Week 6

8 7 15

4. Trial HSC Examination All outcomes E1 – E9

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

20 20 40

Total 50 50 100


HSC OUTCOMES – MATHEMATICS EXTENSION 2

A student:

E1 Appreciates the creativity, power and usefulness of mathematics to solve a broad range of problems.

E2 Chooses appropriate strategies to construct arguments and proofs in both concrete and abstract settings.

E3 Uses the relationship between algebraic and geometric representations of complex numbers and of conic sections.

E4 Uses efficient techniques for the algebraic manipulation required in dealing with questions such as those involving conic sections and polynomials.

E5 Uses ideas and techniques from calculus to solve problems in mechanics involving resolution of forces, resisted motion and circular motion.

E6 Combines the ideas of algebra and calculus to determine the important features of the graphs of a wide variety of functions.

E7 Uses the techniques of slicing and cylindrical shells to determine volumes.

E8 Applies further techniques of integration, including partial fractions, integration by parts and recurrence formulae, to problems.

E9 Communicates abstract ideas and relationships using appropriate notation and logical argument.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Modern History


COMPONENTS


2. Source-based Skills: analysis, synthesis and evaluation of historical information from a variety of sources

20

3. Historical inquiry and research 20

4. Communication of historical understanding in appropriate forms 20

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Skills Task 1.1-1.2, 2.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2

Term 4 Weeks 8-9

10 5 15

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

5 5 5 15

3. Research/In Class Task Personality

1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2

Term 2 Week 5

5 10 5 20

4. Research/In Class Task 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2

Term 3 Week 1

5 10 10 25

5. Trial HSC Examination 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2

Term 3 Week 3-5

15 10 25

Total 40 20 20 20 100


HSC OUTCOMES – MODERN HISTORY

The student can:

H1.1 Describes the role of key features, issues, individuals, groups and events of selected twentieth-century studies.

H1.2 Analyses and evaluates the role of key features, issues, individuals, groups and events of selected twentieth-century studies.

H2.1 Explains forces and ideas and assesses their significance in contributing to change and continuity during the twentieth century.

H3.1 Asks relevant historical questions.

H3.2 Locates, select and organise relevant information from different types of sources.

H3.3 Analyses and evaluates sources for their usefulness and reliability.

H3.4 Explains and evaluates differing perspectives and interpretations of the past.

H3.5 Plan and present the findings of historical investigations, analysing and synthesising information from different types of sources.

H4.1 Use historical terms and concepts appropriately.

H4.2 Communicates knowledge and understanding of historical features and issues, using appropriate and well-structured oral and written forms.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Music 1


COMPONENTS

1. Core

(A) Performance (10)

(B) Composition (10)

(C) Musicology (10)

(D) Aural (25)

55

2. Electives

(A) Performance and/or (15)

(B) Composition and/or (15)

(C) Musicology (15)

45

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Core Performance H1, H9, H11

Term 4 Week 7

10

10

Year 12 (2018)

2. Core Composition/ Aural

H3-H8, H10

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10

10

20

3. Core Musicology H2, H4, H6

Term 2 Week 8

10

10

4. Electives H9-H11 Term 2 Week 8

10 10 10 30


Performance

Aural

Elective 1, 2 & 3

H1, H3, H7-H11

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

15

5 5 5 30

Total 10 10 25 10 15 15 15 100


HSC OUTCOMES – MUSIC 1

Through activities in performance, composition, musicology and aural, a student:

H1 Performs stylistically, music that is characteristic of topics studied, both as a soloist and as a member of an ensemble.

H2 Reads, interprets, discusses and analyses simple musical scores that are characteristic of the topics studied.

H3 Improvises and composes music using the range of concepts for familiar sound sources reflecting the cultural and historical contexts studied.

H4 Articulates an aural understanding of musical concepts and their relationships in a wide variety of musical styles.

H5 Critically evaluates and discusses performances and compositions.

H6 Critically evaluates and discusses the use of the concepts of music in works representative of the topics studied and through wide listening.

H7 Understands the capabilities of performing media, incorporates technologies into composition and performance as appropriate to the topics studied.

H8 Identifies, recognises, experiments with, and discusses the use and effects of technology in music.

H9 Performs as a means of self-expression and communication.

H10 Demonstrates a willingness to participate in performance, composition, musicology and aural activities.

H11 Demonstrates a willingness to accept and use constructive criticism.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Music 2


COMPONENTS

1. Performance 20

2. Composition 20

3. Musicology 20

4. Aural 20

5. Elective 20

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK NO. TASK TYPE OUTCOMES H1-H12

DATE COMPONENTS

TOTAL 1 2 3 4 5

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Core Performance H1, H7-H12 Term 4 Week 8

20 20

Year 12 (2018)

2. Core Composition H2-H9, H11-H12

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

20 20

3. Core Musicology H2-H9, H11-H12

Term 2 Week 8

20 20

4. Core Aural H2, H3, H5-H7 H9, H11-H12

Term 3 Week 3

20 20

5. Elective H1-H12 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

20 20

Total 20 20 20 20 20 100


HSC OUTCOMES – MUSIC 2


H1 Performs repertoire that reflects the mandatory and additional topics and addresses the stylistic and technical demands of the music as a soloist and as a member of an ensemble

H2 Demonstrates an understanding of the relationships between combinations of the concepts of music, by interpreting, notating, analysing, discussing, composing and evaluating combinations of musical symbols, reflecting those characteristically used in the mandatory and additional topics

H3 Composes works focusing on a range of concepts for familiar and unfamiliar sound sources, solo, small and large ensembles, or using a variety of musical structures

H4 Stylistically creates, improvises, arranges and notates music which is representative of the mandatory and additional topics and additional topics and demonstrates different social, cultural and historical contexts

H5 Analyses, discusses, evaluates and clearly articulates compositional processes with stylistic, historical, cultural, social and musical considerations


H6 Discusses, constructively criticizes and evaluates performances and compositions of others and self with particular reference to stylistic features of the context

H7 Critically evaluates and discusses in detail the concepts of music in works representative of the mandatory and additional topics


H8 Understands the capabilities of performing media, incorporates technologies into compositions and performances as appropriate to the contexts studied

H9 Identifies, recognizes, experiments with and discusses the uses and effects of technology in music


H10 Performs as a means of self-expression and communication

H11 Demonstrates a willingness to participate in performance, composition, musicology and aural activities

H12 Demonstrates a willingness to accept and use constructive criticism


HSC ASSESSMENT

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education


COMPONENTS


- Factors that affect health

- The way the body moves

30

2. Skills in:

- Influencing personal and community health

- Taking action to improve participation and performance in physical activity

30

3. Skills in critical thinking, research and analysis 40

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Research – Sports Medicine H8,H13, H16, H17 Term 4 Week 8

10 15 25

Year 12 (2018)

2. Core 1 - Half Yearly Examination H8, H10, H16 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 10 20

3. Core 2 – Independent Research Project

H6, H7, H9, H11, H12, H16

Term 2 Week 5

10 15 25

4. Trial HSC Examination H1-H5, H7-H11, H13-H17

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

10 10 10 30

Total 30 30 40 100


HSC OUTCOMES – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

A student:

H1 Describes the nature and justifies the choice of Australia’s health priorities.

H2 Analyses and explains the health status of Australians in terms of current trends and groups most at risk.

H3 Analyses the determinants of health and health inequities.

H4 Argues the case for the health promotion based on the Ottawa Charter.

H5 Explains the different roles and responsibilities of individuals, communities and governments in addressing Australia’s health priorities.

H6 Demonstrates a range of personal health skills that enables them to promote and maintain health.

H7 Explains the relationship between physiology and movement potential.

H8 Explains how a variety of training approaches and other interventions enhance performance and safety in physical activity.

H9 Explains how movement skill is acquired and appraised.

H10 Designs and implements training plans to improve performance.

H11 Designs psychological strategies and nutritional plans in response to individual performance needs.

H12 Analyses the influence of sociocultural factors on the way people participate in and value physical activity and sport.

H13 Selects and applies strategies for the management of injuries and the promotion of safety in sport and physical activity.

H14 Argues the benefits of health-promoting actions and choices that promote social justice.

H15 Critically analyses key issues affecting the health of Australians and proposes ways of working towards better health for all.

H16 Devises methods of gathering, interpreting and communicating information about health and physical activity concepts.

H17 Selects appropriate options and formulates strategies based on a critical analysis of the factors that affect performance and safe participation.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Photography, Video and Digital Imaging



COMPONENTS

1. Making

Students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding, through the making of photographs, and/or videos and/or digital images that lead to and demonstrate conceptual and technical accomplishment.

70

2. Critical and Historical Studies

Students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding that lead to increasingly accomplished critical and historical investigations of photography and/or video and/or digital imaging.

30

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Theory Task CH1-CH4 Term 4 Week 8

15 15

Year 12 (2018)

2. Photography –Objects M1-M5 Term 1 Week 7

25

25

3. Own Project- Photography M1-M5 Term 2 Week 8

25

25

4. Trial HSC Examination CH1-CH5 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

15 15

5. Own Project – Video M1-M5 Term 3 Week 6

20

20

Total 70 30 100


HSC OUTCOMES – PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND DIGITAL IMAGING

A student:

M1 Generates a characteristic style that is increasingly self-reflective in their photographic and/or video and/or digital practice.

M2 Explores concepts of artist/photographer, still and moving works, interpretations of the world and audience response, in their making of still and/or moving works.

M3 Investigates different points of view in the making of photographs and/or videos and/or digital images

M4 Generates images and ideas as representations/simulations in the making of photographs and/or videos and/or digital images

M5 Develops different techniques suited to artistic intentions in the making of photographs and/or videos and/or digital images

M6 Takes into account issues of occupational health and safety in the making of photographs and/or videos and/or digital works

CH1 Generates in their critical and historical practice ways to interpret and explain photography and/or video and/or digital imaging

CH2 Investigates the roles and relationships among the concepts of artist, work, world and audience in critical and historical investigations

CH3 Distinguishes between different points of view and offers interpretive accounts in critical and historical studies

CH4 Explores ways in which histories, narratives and other accounts can be built to explain practices and interests in the fields of photography and/or video and/or digital imaging

CH5 Recognises how photography and/or video and/or digital imaging are used in various fields of cultural production

M – Outcomes for Making

CH – Outcomes for Critical and Historical studies


HSC ASSESSMENT

Physics


COMPONENTS


- The history, nature and practice of physics, applications and uses of physics and their implications for society and the environment, and current issues, research and developments in physics.

- Kinematics and dynamics, energy, waves, fields and matter

40

2. Skills in:

- Planning and conducting first hand investigations

- Gathering and processing first-hand data

- Gathering and processing relevant information from secondary sources

30

3. Skills in:

- Communicating information and understanding

- Developing scientific thinking and problem-solving techniques

- Working individually and in teams

30

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Practical Task H11-H14 Term 4 Week 8

5 10 10 25

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination H4, H6-H9 H12-H14 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

10 10 20

3. Research Task H1, H2, H5 H10-H14, H16 Term 2 Week 7

10 10 5 25


15 10 5 30

Total 40 30 30 100


HSC OUTCOMES – PHYSICS

A student:


H2 Analyses the ways in which models, theories and laws in physics have been tested and validated.

H3 Assesses the impact of particular advances in physics on the development of technologies.

H4 Assesses the impact of applications of physics on society and the environment.

H5 Identifies possible future directions of physics research.

H6 Explains events in terms of Newton’s Laws, Law of Conservation of Momentum and relativity.

H7 Explains the effect of energy transfers and transformations.

H8 Analyses wave interactions and explains the effects of those interactions.

H9 Explains the effects of electric, magnetic and gravitational fields.

H10 Describes the nature of electromagnetic radiation and matter in terms of the particles






H16 Justifies positive values about and attitudes towards both the living and non-living components of the environment, ethical behaviour and a desire for critical evaluation of the consequences of the applications of science.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Religion – Catholic Studies



COMPONENTS

1. Knowledge and understanding 20

2. Source based skills 10

3. Investigation and research 15


Total 50

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Multimedia Presentation Mary and Women in Scriptures A6-2

Term 4 Week 6

5 5 10

Year 12 (2018)

2. Hand-In Research Task Mission, Leadership and Ministry B6-1

Term 1 Week 7

5 5 10 20

3. Final Examination All outcomes A6-2, B6-1, D6-1, E6-3

Term 3 Week 3-5

15 5 20

Total 20 10 15 5 50


HSC OUTCOMES – RELIGION: CATHOLIC STUDIES

The student can:

A6-2 Mary and Women in Scriptures

A6-2.1 Respects the role and significance of women in the Scriptures and in the Christian communities

A6-2.2 Recognises the place of Mary in the Scripture, history and Tradition

A6-2.3 Thinks critically about the role & significance of women in the contemporary Church & world

B6-1 Mission, Leadership and Ministry

B6-1.1 Open to involvement in leadership and service activities

B6-1.2 Distinguishes the place of leadership, mission and ministry in the life of the Church

B6-1.3 Appreciates the call to leadership and other forms of service for the baptised

D6-1 Prayer

D6-1.1 Explains the significance of prayer for the individual and community

D6-1.2 Prepares and participate in a variety of prayer forms

D6-1.3 Distinguishes different methods of prayer

E6-3 Moral Issues

E6-3.1 Values the role of the Church’s teaching in giving moral guidance to personal and moral issues

E6-3.2 Identifies the impact of the Church’s teaching on a range of personal and social issues

E6-3.3 Develops strategies for dealing with complex situations and making moral decisions


HSC ASSESSMENT

Society and Culture


COMPONENTS


2. Application and evaluation of social and cultural research methodologies 30


Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. PIP - Application of research methods

H1, H4-H10 Term 4 Week 9

25 5 30

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination H1-H6, H9-H10 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

15 5 20

3. In class extended response H1, H3, H5, H7, H9, H10 Term 2 Week 6,

15 5 20

4. Trial HSC Examination H1-H6, H9-H10 Term 3 Week 3-5

20 5 5 30

Total 50 30 20 100


HSC OUTCOMES – SOCIETY AND CULTURE

A student:

H1 Evaluates and effectively applies social and cultural concepts

H2 Explains the development of personal, social and cultural identity

H3 Analyses relationships and interactions within and between social and cultural groups

H4 Assesses the interaction of personal experience and public knowledge in the development of social and cultural literacy

H5 Analyses continuity and change and their influence on personal and social futures

H6 Evaluates social and cultural research methods for appropriateness to specific research task

H7 Selects, organizes, synthesizes and analyses information from a variety of sources for usefulness, validity and bias

H8 Uses planning and review strategies to conduct ethical social and cultural research that is appropriate for tasks ranging from the simple to the complex

H9 Applies complex course language and concepts appropriate for a range of audiences and contexts

H10 Communicates complex information, ideas and issues using appropriate written, oral and graphic forms


HSC ASSESSMENT

Software Design and Development


COMPONENTS

1. Development and Impact of Software Solutions 15

2. Software Development Cycle 40

3. Development of a Solution Package 25

4. Programming Paradigms 20

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS

Outlined below is a summary of the assessment plan for this course. In the event of a task not discriminating successfully, an additional task may be set, with due notice being given to the students involved. Outcomes being assessed on any given task may vary from those lists below. Any changes to the table below are to be advised to the student.


TOTAL 1 2 3 4

Year 12 (2018)

1. Project Interview H3.1, H4.1. H5.1 Term 2 Week 3

2 5 8 15

2 Half Yearly Examination H1.1, H1.3, H4.2, H4.3, H5.3 Term 2 Weeks 10-11

5 10 5 5 25

3. Project Presentation H1.2, H3.2, H4.2, H4.3, H6.3, H6.4

Term 3 Week 10

5 10 5 10 30

4. Trial HSC Examination All outcomes H1.1 – H6.4

Term 4 Weeks 3-5

3 15 7 5 30

Total 15 40 25 20 100


HSC OUTCOMES – SOFTWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

A student:

H1.1 Explains the interrelationship between hardware and software.

H1.2 Differentiates between various methods used to construct software solutions.

H1.3 Describes how the major components of a computer system store and manipulate data.

H2.1 Describes the historical development of different language types.

H2.2 Explains the relationship between emerging technologies and software development.

H3.1 Identifies and evaluates legal, social and ethical issues in a number of contexts.

H3.2 Constructs software solutions that address legal, social and ethical issues.

H4.1 Identifies needs to which software solutions are appropriate.

H4.2 Applies appropriate development methods to solve software problems.

H4.3 Applies a modular approach to implement well-structured software solutions and evaluates their effectiveness.

H5.1 Applies project management techniques to maximise the productivity of the software development.

H5.2 Creates and justifies the need for the various types of documentation required for a software solution.

H5.3 Selects and applies appropriate software to facilitate the design and development of software solutions.

H6.1 Assesses the relationship between the roles of people involved in the software development cycle.

H6.2 Communicates the processes involved in a software solution to an inexperienced user.

H6.3 Uses a collaborative approach during the software development cycle.

H6.4 Develops effective user interfaces, in consultation with appropriate people.


HSC ASSESSMENT

Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies



COMPONENTS

1. Knowledge and Understanding 50

2. Skill 50

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS

Outlined below is a summary of the assessment plan for this course. In the event of a task not discriminating

successfully, an additional task may be set, with due notice being given to the students involved. Outcomes being assessed on any given task may vary from those listed below. Any change to the table below is to be advised to the student.

TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Practical - Sports Coaching and Training

1.1, 1.3, 2.1-2.2, 3.1-3.2, 4.2, 4.5

Term 4 Week 8

25 25

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination 1.3, 1.5, 2.3, 2.5, 3.5-3.6, 4.2-4.5

Term 1 Week 9

25 25

3. Independent Research Project – Athletics

1.1, 1.6, 2.1-2.3, 2.5, 3.1-3.3

Term 2 Week 7

25 25

4. Trial HSC Examination 1.1-4.5 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

25 25

Total 50 50 100


HSC OUTCOMES – SPORT, LIFESTYLE AND RECREATION STUDIES

A student:

1.1 Applies the rules and conventions that relate to participation in a range of physical activities

1.2 Explains the relationship between physical activity, fitness and healthy lifestyle

1.3 Demonstrates ways to enhance safety in physical activity

1.4 Investigates and interprets the patterns of participation in sport and physical activity in Australia

1.5 Critically analyses the factors affecting lifestyle balance and their impact on health status

1.6 Describes administrative procedures that support successful performance outcomes

2.1 Explains the principles of skill development and training

2.2 Analyses the fitness requirements of specific activities

2.3 Selects and participates in physical activities that meet individual needs, interests and abilities

2.4 Describes how societal influences impact on the nature of sport in Australia

2.5 Describes the relationship between anatomy, physiology and performance

3.1 Selects appropriate strategies and tactics for success in a range of movement contexts

3.2 Designs programs that respond to performance needs

3.3 Measures and evaluates physical performance capacity

3.4 Composes, performs and appraises movement

3.5 Analyses personal health practices

3.6 Assesses and responds appropriately to emergency care situations

3.7 Analyses the impact of professionalism in sport

4.1 Plans strategies to achieve performance goal

4.2 Demonstrates leadership skills and a capacity to work cooperatively in movement context

4.3 Makes strategic plans to overcome the barriers to personal and community health

4.4 Demonstrates competence and confidence in movement contexts

4.5 Recognises the skills and abilities required to adopt roles that support health, safety and physical activity

Values and Attitudes

1.1 Accepts responsibility for personal and community health

1.2 Willingly participates in regular physical activity

1.3 Values the importance of an active lifestyle

1.4 Values the features of a quality performance

1.5 Strives to achieve quality in personal performance


HSC ASSESSMENT

Studies of Religion I


COMPONENTS


2. Source based skills 5

3. Investigation and research 10


Total 50

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2 3 4

Year 12 (2018)

1. Half-Yearly Examination H1-H6, H8, H9 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

5 5 10

2. Research/In-class extended response H1, H2, H4, H7, H9 Term 2 Week 8

10 10 5 25

3. Trial HSC Examination H1-H5, H8, H9 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

5 5 5 15

Total 20 5 10 15 50


HSC OUTCOMES – STUDIES OF RELIGION I

A student:

H1 Explains aspects of religion and belief systems

H2 Describes and analyses the influence of religion and belief systems on individuals and society

H3 Examines the influence and expression of religion and belief systems in Australia

H4 Describes and analyses how aspects of religious traditions are expressed by their adherents

H5 Evaluates the influence of religious traditions in the life of adherents

H6 Organises, analyses and synthesises relevant information about religion from a variety of sources, considering usefulness, validity and bias

H7 Conducts effective research about religion and evaluates the findings from the research

H8 Applies appropriate terminology and concepts related to religion and belief systems

H9 Coherently and effectively communicates complex information, ideas and issues using appropriate written, oral and graphic forms


HSC ASSESSMENT

Studies of Religion II


COMPONENTS


2. Source-based Skills 20



Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2 3 4

Year 11 (Term 4, 2017)

1. Research/in-class extended response H1, H2, H4, H9 Term 4 Week 6

10 10 5 25

Year 12 (2018)

2. Half Yearly Examination H1-H6 H8, H9 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

5 10 5 20

3. Unseen in-class extended response H1, H2, H4, H9 Term 2 Week 8

10 5 10 25

4. Trial HSC Examination H1-H5, H8-H9 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

10 10 10 30

Total 35 20 15 30 100


HSC OUTCOMES – STUDIES OF RELIGION II

A student:

H1 Explains aspects of religion and belief systems

H2 Describes and analyses the influence of religion and belief systems on individuals and society

H3 Examines the influence and expression of religion and belief systems in Australia

H4 Describes and analyses how aspects of religious traditions are expressed by their adherents

H5 Evaluates the influence of religious traditions in the life of adherents

H6 Organises, analyses and synthesises relevant information about religion from a variety of sources, considering usefulness, validity and bias

H7 Conducts effective research about religion and evaluates the findings from the research

H8 Applies appropriate terminology and concepts related to religion and belief systems

H9 Coherently and effectively communicates complex information, ideas and issues using appropriate written, oral and graphic forms


HSC ASSESSMENT

Visual Arts


COMPONENTS

1. Art Making

Knowledge, understanding and skills of content:

- Art making as a practice

- Conceptual framework

- Frames

50

2. Art Criticism and Art History

Knowledge, understanding and skills of content:

- Art making as a practice

- Conceptual framework

- Frames

50

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS


TASK


COMPONENTS TOTAL

1 2

Year 12 (2018)

1. Visual Arts Process Diary Presentation and Body of Work Synopsis

H1-H6 Term 1 Week 3

10

10

2. Half Yearly Examination H7-H10 Term 1 Weeks 10-11

25 25

3. Visual Arts Process Diary Presentation and Body of Work Progress

H1-H6 Term 2 Week 8

20

20

4. Trial HSC Examination H7-H10 Term 3 Week 3

25 25

5. Final Submission of Visual Arts Process Diary Presentation and Body of Work

H1-H6 Term 3 Weeks 3-5

20

20

Total 50 50 100


HSC OUTCOMES – VISUAL ARTS

A student:

H1 Initiates and organises art making practice that is sustained, reflective and adapted to suit particular conditions.

H2 Applies their understanding of the relationships among the artist, artwork, world and audience through the making of a body of work.

H3 Demonstrates an understanding of the frames when working independently in the making of art.

H4 Selects and develops subject matter and forms in particular ways as representations in artmaking.

H5 Demonstrates conceptual strength in the production of a body of work that exhibits coherence and may be interpreted in a range of ways.

H6 Demonstrates technical accomplishment, refinement and sensitivity appropriate to the artistic intentions within a body of work.

H7 Applies their understanding of practice in art criticism and art history.

H8 Applies their understanding of the relationships among the artist, artwork, world and audience.

H9 Demonstrates an understanding of how the frames provide for different orientations to critical and historical investigations of art.

H10 Constructs a body of significant art histories, critical narratives and other documentary accounts of representation in the visual arts.


HSC ASSESSMENT FOR ESTIMATE

Certificate III in Fitness (SIS30315)

240 hours (VET BOARD ENDORSED COURSE)



COMPONENTS

1. Half Yearly Examination 40

2. Trial HSC Examination 60

Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS

Outlined below is a summary of the assessment plan to form a basis for an Estimate for this course. In the event of a task not discriminating successfully, an additional task may be set, with due notice being given to the students involved. Competencies being assessed on any given task may vary from those lists below. Any change to the table below is to be advised to the student.

TASK NO. TASK TYPE COMPETENCIES DATE COMPONENTS

TOTAL 1 2

Year 12 (2018)

Task 6 Anatomy & Physiology task SISFFIT004 Term 1 Week 7

Task 7 Half Yearly Examination BSBRSK401

SISFFIT001

SISFFIT005

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

40

Task 8 Maintain equipment task SISXFAC001

HLTWHS001

SISXFAX002

Term 2 Week 8

Task 9 Trial HSC Examination SISFFIT001

SISFFIT004

SISFFIT005

HLTWHS001

SISXCAI004

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

60

Task 10 Facilitate Group task HLTAID003

SISXCAI004

SISCAI006

Term 3 Week 7

Total 40 60 100

Fitness is a competency based course. You will be required to undertake other tasks in order for these competencies to be assessed and recorded in

your competency register. Tasks, units and codes are subject to change due to ASQA course upgrade requirements



Hospitality Curriculum Framework Certificate II in Kitchen Operations (SIT20416)

(240 indicative hours) (VET BOARD ENDORSED COURSE)


COMPONENTS



Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2

Year 12 (2018)

Task 5 Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

BSBSUS201 Term 4, Week 5

Task 6 Staff three course lunch and digital portfolio

SITHCCC001 SITXINV002

Term 1, Week 4

Task 7 Source and Use Information on the Hospitality Industry

SITHIND002 Term 1, Week 8

Task 8 Half-yearly Examination SITXFSA001 SITXWHS001 SITHCCC002 SITHKOP001 BSBWOR203 SITHCCC001 SITHIND002

Term 1 Weeks 10 -11

40 40

Task 9 Show Social and Cultural Sensitivity SITXCOM001 Term 2, Week 5

Task 10 Appetisers and Salads SITHCCC006 SITXFSA002

Term 2, Week 10

Task 11 Trial Examination SITXFSA001 SITXWHS001 SITHCCC002 SITHKOP001 BSBWOR203 SITHCCC001 SITHIND002 SITXFSA002

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

60 60

Task 12 Working in the Hospitality Industry SITHCCC011 Term 3, Week 7

Total 40 60 100

Hospitality is a competency based course. You will be required to undertake other tasks in order for these competencies to be assessed and recorded in

your competency register. Competencies/Tasks/Unit Titles/Codes are subject to change based on ASQA compliance requirements.



Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology (ICA30115)

240 hours (VET BOARD ENDORSED COURSE)



COMPONENTS



Total 100

ASSESSMENT TASKS



TOTAL 1 2

Year 12 (2018)

Task 6 Production of interactive website

ICAWEB303A

ICAWEB302A

Term 4 Week 7

Task 7 Half Yearly Examination ICAWEB302A

ICAWEB303A

ICAICT203A

ICAICT308A

Term 1 Weeks 10-11

40 40

Task 8 Application Packages Task 2 ICAICT203A

ICAICT308A

Term 2 Week 8

Task 9 Trial HSC Examination ICAICT202A

ICAICT302A

ICASAS301A

BSBWHS304A

Term 3 Weeks 3-5

60 60

Task 10 User Documentation Task ICAICT301A

Term 3 Week 7

Total 40 60 100

Information, Digital Media & Technology is a competency based course. You will be required to undertake other tasks in order for these competencies to be assessed and recorded in your

competency register.


HONESTY IN HSC ASSESSMENT - THE STANDARD This standard sets out The NSW Education Standards Authority NSW requirements concerning students submitting their own work in HSC assessment. Candidates for the Higher School Certificate, as well as their teachers and others who may guide them, are required to comply with the standard.

The honesty of students in completing assessment tasks, examinations and submitted works, and of teachers and others in guiding students, underpins the integrity of the Higher School Certificate. Throughout the assessment process, the highest level of honesty is required.

Each student's mark will be determined by the quality of the work produced by the student only. To demonstrate honesty, any component of a student's work that has been written, created or developed by others must be acknowledged in accordance with the Board's subject specific documentation. Use or inclusion of material from other sources such as books, journals and electronic sources, including the internet, must be acknowledged. General teaching and learning do not require formal acknowledgement.

Dishonest behaviour carried out for the purpose of gaining unfair advantage in the assessment process constitutes malpractice, or cheating. Malpractice in any form, including plagiarism, is unacceptable. The NSW Education Standards Authority NSW treats allegations of malpractice very seriously and detected malpractice will limit a student's marks and jeopardise their HSC. Should malpractice be suspected, students will be required to demonstrate that all unacknowledged work is entirely their own. Serious and deliberate acts of malpractice amount to corrupt conduct and, where appropriate, The NSW Education Standards Authority NSW will report matters to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

These requirements should be read in conjunction with Board syllabuses and policies in related areas such as malpractice and satisfactory completion of a course. They include:

Rules and Procedures for Higher School Certificate Candidates

Assessment Certification and Examination Manual

HSC Assessments and Submitted Works-Advice to Students

HSC Assessments and Submitted Works-Advice to Parents

HSC Assessments and Submitted Works-Advice to Teachers

HSC: All My Own Work

HSC assessment in a standards-referenced framework - A Guide to Best Practice.

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_assessment_policies/#hsc_rules_procedures

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_assessment_policies/#ace_manual

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/manuals/advice_students.html

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/manuals/advice_parents.html

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/manuals/advice_teachers.html

http://amow.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_assessment_policies/#hsc_assess_framework


ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET

Student name:

Course:

Teacher:

Task name:

I certify that that work in this assessment task is all my own work.

yes no

If you have been given some assistance to complete this task complete the following:

Person given assistance:

Relationship to you:

Percentage of task that was not your own work: %

Give details of the section of the task that was not your own work::

Student’s signature

KLA Coordinator’s signature

THIS SECTION MUST BE RETAINED BY THE STUDENT AFTER IT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE TEACHER

Course:

Assessment task name:

Name of student handing in task:

Teacher’s signature: Date: / /


ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE FORM YEAR 11-12 ONLY The Illness/ Misadventure Form is to be used by candidates who suffer unexpected illness, accident or misadventure prior to or during the course of the examinations or assessment tasks set by the school or who for reasons they consider valid are unable to complete the assessment task.

Such students will need to:

Photocopy this Illness/ Misadventure form, complete Section I and personally take the completed form, together with documentation, to the Assistant Principal – Curriculum prior to the date that the assessment task is due.

The Assistant Principal – Curriculum will authorise the appropriate process after discussing the matter with the student. The form must be handed personally to the Assistant Principal – Curriculum. The form must not be left with anyone else, nor placed under the door of the Assistant Principal – Curriculum’s office.

The authorised Illness/ Misadventure form is then to be attached to the actual Assessment Task when handed to the relevant KLA Coordinator.

SECTION I

Name:

Address:

Contact no: Tel (h) Mob: Year level

I hereby request approval to sit a substitute task/submit a late assessment task. I realise a score of ZERO will be awarded for this task if it is not submitted.

Date form issued: / /

Subject(s):

Teacher(s):

Date of task: / / Term no. Week no.

Reason(s) for consideration:

I have attached (where applicable) medical certificates or statements from:

Dr. Dr.

Student: Date:

Parent: Date:

SECTION II

Measures taken by the assistant principal – curriculum

Reason: valid invalid

Alternative task set: / / period:

Extension granted: / /

An estimate to be authorised by principal: yes no n/a

Assistant Principal – Curriculum: date: / /

KLA Coordinator: date: / /

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