Official notice
New Stage 6 English, Mathematics Standard, Science, and History syllabuses, assessment requirements and exams
Find out about Stage 6 English, Mathematics Standard, Science, and History syllabuses and school-based assessment requirements from Term 1, 2018.
- Effective
- Monday 1 January 2018
- Reference
- NESA 39/17
New Stage 6 English, Mathematics Standard, Science, and History courses will be examined for the first time for the HSC in 2019.
Examination specifications and sample examination materials for new courses are now available. The Assessment and Examination Materials for each course provide:
- an assessment and reporting document, including new examination specifications
- sample examination materials, including questions, marking guidelines and mapping grids
- revised performance band descriptions
The following reference sheets are available with the examination materials:
- Chemistry formulae sheet, data sheet and periodic table
- Physics formulae sheet, data sheet and periodic table
- Earth and Environmental Science geological time scale.
The Mathematics Standard 1 and Mathematics Standard 2 reference sheets will be published in Term 4, 2018.
For more information, contact:
curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au
Notice information
- Topic
- Curriculum, HSC
- Learning Area
- English, HSIE, Mathematics, Science
- Stages
- Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12)