Record of changes

Clarified

• The wording in the Course requirements and the School-developed option focus area now includes ‘Stage 5’ to clarify the study of a school-developed option.
  Found in: Course requirements, School-developed option

Introduced

• Glossary definitions will now be available to view in syllabus focus areas, linked to the relevant text. This feature will initially be available in the Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) and the English K–10 Syllabus (2022) and will progressively be added to all published syllabuses.
  Found in: Focus areas in all syllabuses.

NESA has updated Rule 13.8.3 to delete the following section:

Continuing the study of existing HSC courses at a new school

For an HSC student transferring schools before or on 30 June and continuing the study of an existing HSC course at the new school, the:

• previous school must provide the new school with documentation that indicates the outgoing student's achievement in the course, and
• new school must liaise with the student’s previous school to make a valid judgment of the student’s rank placement in the course.

In place of the above section, NESA has added a new footnote clarifying that HSC students transferring before or on 30 June are considered students of their new school and must therefore follow the assessment program of their new school (See paragraph 33).

For students who transfer before or on June 30, their final rank for courses undertaken at their new school is determined against their new school’s cohort.  

Updated

• Content point was amended for clarity and consistency with Assessment Certification Examination (ACE) changes.
  Found in: Year 11, Collaborative Investigation, ‘Outcome HM-11-05 must be addressed’.

Introduced

• The new Search feature was introduced, allowing users to search all content on the NSW Curriculum website.
• A global Search bar was introduced, located in the top right corner of each page.
• A new Search landing page was introduced, allowing users to view and filter search results and download files.

Found in: Loading , Loading 

Updated

• The Features of HSC English Extension 1 and 2 online exam video and transcript were updated to provide additional information about the toolbar.
  Found in: Assessment tab, HSC examinations, Features of online HSC exams.

Updated

• Sample scope and sequence was updated to reflect content in the newly published ‘Sample unit: Visual Arts Stage 5 (Artificial and unreal)’, including the removal of some suggested artists.
  Found in: Loading , page 4.

NESA has made changes to Rule 1.1.1. These changes outline:

• procedures for nominating eligible students for the RoSA (paragraph 8)
• procedures for schools with students who complete outstanding requirements for the RoSA in Stage 6 (paragraph 12)
• procedures for students going on overseas exchange (paragraph 20)

NESA has made a number of changes across Course entries, changes and exclusions. These changes include:

• phrasing changes to better reflect how schools can support students with disability to review and sign their Confirmation of Entry forms.
• resequencing of rules for better navigation and user experience.

Rule 3.3.2 Course entries for Stage 5

NESA has simplified the language in Rule 3.3.2 to improve the clarity of Stage 5 course entry requirements.

A new footnote reminding schools to submit courses entries for any 100-hour elective courses completed by students in Year 9 when submitting Year 10 course entries has been added to Rule: 3.3.2 (see paragraph 9).

NESA has also made changes to the requirements for entering students in the mandatory PDPHE course to align with course entry options in Schools Online. Schools must enter students into either the 100-hour or 200-hour PDHPE course in Stage 5 (see paragraph 12).

Rule 3.3.3 Course entries for Preliminary and HSC courses

The changes:

• clarify that Stage 6 course entries in any given year include entries for students accelerating into and/or accumulating Stage 6 courses in that year (see paragraph 19.b)
• outline procedures for confirming and amending Stage 6 course entries, which was an oversight in its omission from the ACE Rule.

Rule 3.3.5 Course changes

NESA has made changes across Rule: 3.3.5 including phrasing changes and the resequencing of content within this rule.

Changes emphasise student agency in decisions concerning course changes and clearly differentiate the requirements for withdrawing from an HSC course from the requirements for withdrawing from an optional HSC exam.

A new footnote outlining contact information for schools with students seeking to withdraw from an HSC course after having completed a practical or performance exam has been added to the rule (see paragraph 48).

Rule 3.3.6 Course exclusions

A new paragraph outlining course exclusions for students undertaking Stage 6 Life Skills courses has been added to Rule 3.3.6 (see paragraph 64).

NESA has added a new footnote to Rule 2.1.2 outlining the types of feedback that may be provided to students for individual HSC assessment tasks (see paragraph 34).