Record of changes for Classical Greek Extension
All changes made to the Classical Greek Extension syllabus are recorded here. Learn about these updates.
About the record of changes
This record details amendments to the syllabus, school-based assessment and exams for the course.
Changes are also communicated via NESA official notices or news items in NESA News.
For more information, contact: curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au
New Classical Greek Extension prescriptions 2025–2028
(Official Notice NESA 30/23)
Effective: Term 4, 2024
New course prescriptions for Classical Greek Extension Stage 6 (2012) for the 2025–2028 HSC have been published and are available in the syllabus section of the NESA website.
Implementation of the new course prescriptions will commence at the start of Term 4, 2024.
Schools are reminded that the study of texts prescribed for any HSC course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This exclusion applies to study in Year 11 of this course and Year 11 in other subjects.
Clarification of changes to HSC course prescriptions for Classical Languages and Languages and Literature courses
(Official Notice NESA 19/22)
The HSC course prescriptions for Classical Greek Extension have been extended for an additional year. Last HSC 2024.
Changes to HSC course prescriptions for Languages and Literature and Classical Languages courses
(Official Notice NESA 27/21)
Official notice NESA 19/22 replaces NESA 27/21.
New Stage 6 school-based assessment requirements
(Official Notice NESA 29/17)
New school-based assessment requirements are to be implemented from Term 1, 2018 for Year 11 and Term 4, 2018 for Year 12. Course-specific assessment requirements are included in the assessment and reporting materials. Sample assessment schedules for Year 11 and Year 12 are available.
New Classical Greek prescriptions and amendments to Stage 6 syllabuses
(Official Notice BOSTES 03/14)
Prescriptions for the Classical Greek Extension course 2016–2023 have been released. BOSTES is also releasing prescriptions for the HSC Classical Greek Continuers course 2018–2023 to align the end date of the prescriptions for both courses. Minor related amendments to the Stage 6 Classical Greek Continuers and Extension syllabuses have also been made.
Implementation of the amended Classical Greek Extension syllabus will commence with the 2016 HSC. Implementation of the amended Classical Greek Continuers will commence with the Preliminary Course in 2017 and first HSC exam in 2018.
Key amendments to the syllabus include:
- removal of information relating to text rotation (Continuers and Extension). This information has been included in the course prescription documents
- minor changes to the way in which the length of the prose and verse prescriptions will be described. (Continuers only).
Changes from current exam specifications
In Section I, there will be no choice in the extended response questions. The expected length for the response to the 10-mark question is included as a guide. It is presented as the approximate number of exam writing booklet pages (based on average-sized handwriting), and/or an approximate number of words. Students will not be penalised for responses of excess length: they may write less than or more than what is expected, and their responses will be marked on their merits.
There is an increase of 5 marks in questions related to unseen texts (Section II), with a corresponding reduction of 5 marks in Section I. In Section II there will be a compulsory translation of Homeric Greek text into English, as well as short-answer questions related to the text, in addition to the current choice of translation from Homeric Greek to English or the composition of a Classical Greek text from English.