Notice information
- Topic
- Curriculum
- Learning Area
- Mathematics
- Stages
- Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12)
Official notice
Clarification of Mathematics Standard Stage 6 Pathways
Understand amendments to Mathematics in Stage 6.
- Effective
- Immediately
- Reference
- NESA 4/18
Who needs to read this?
- Principals
- Curriculum co-ordinators
- Careers advisers
- HSC co-ordinators
- VET co-ordinators
- HSC markers
- Head Teachers Mathematics
- Year advisers
- Mathematics Teachers
The following amendment will be made to text on the page headed ‘Mathematics in Stage 6’ in the new Stage 6 Mathematics Standard, Mathematics Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1 and Mathematics Extension 2 syllabuses.
Mathematics in Stage 6
Current text | Amended text |
Students of the Mathematics Standard 1 and Mathematics Standard 2 courses study a common Year 11 course, Mathematics Standard Year 11, leading to the Mathematics Standard 1 Year 12 and Mathematics Standard 2 Year 12 courses. Schools have flexibility in providing alternate approaches to Mathematics Standard in Year 11 to address material essential for Mathematics Standard 1 in Year 12. This material is denoted by a symbol. Students who follow the pathway in Year 11 Mathematics Standard will only be eligible for Mathematics Standard 1 in Year 12.
| Students studying the Mathematics Standard syllabus undertake a common course in Year 11. For the Year 12 course students can elect to study either Mathematics Standard 1 or Mathematics Standard 2. Students who intend to study the Mathematics Standard 2 course in Year 12 must study all Mathematics Standard Year 11 course content. Students who intend to study the Mathematics Standard 1 course in Year 12 must have studied the content identified by a symbol which forms the foundation of course. This content is important for the development and consolidation of numeracy skills. |
Please ensure that you refer to the versions of the Stage 6 Mathematics syllabuses now available on the NESA website.
For more information, contact:
curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au