Year 12 Assessment Booklet 2021

MATHEMATICS STANDARD 2

Year 12 HSC Only (Board Developed Course)

Course Description

The HSC Mathematics Standard 2 course has been written that students:
• Develop the ability to apply reasoning, and the use of appropriate language, in the

evaluation and construction of arguments and the interpretation and use of models based on
mathematical concepts.
• Develop the ability to use concepts and apply techniques to the solution of problems in
algebra and modelling, measurement, financial mathematics, data and statistics, probability
and networks.
• Develop the ability to use mathematical skills and techniques, aided by appropriate
technology, to organise information and interpret practical situations.
• Develop the ability to interpret and communicate mathematics in a variety of written and
verbal forms, including diagrams and graphs.

HSC course topics to be covered

• Algebra – Types of Relationships
• Measurement – Non Right-angled Trigonometry; Rates and Ratios
• Financial Mathematics – Investments and Loans; Annuities
• Statistical Analysis – Bivariate Data Analysis; The Normal Distribution
• Networks – Network Concepts; Critical Path Analysis

Assessment Schedule

Weighting Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Term 3
Week Term 4 Week 8 Term 1 Week 7 Term 2 Week 8 Week 3-4
Task
Outcomes Assignment/ Class test Trial HSC
In class task Investigation
All topics
Algebra Financial Networks
Mathematics MS2-12-8 All outcomes
MS2-12-1
Components MS2-12-6 MS2-12-5
MS2-12-9
Understanding, MS2-12-10
fluency and
communicating 50 10 10 10 20
Problem solving,
reasoning and 50 10 15 10 15
justification 100 20 25 20 35

Total Marks %

More information about this course can be found on the NESA website

MODERN HISTORY

2 Unit (Board Developed Course)

Course Description

History is an inquiry into past experience that helps make the present more intelligible. History
has been described as a contested dialogue between past and present, where concern of the
present illuminate a consideration of the past, while the experiences of the past contribute to an
understanding of the present. The study of history allows students to perceive the world in a
variety of ways as they develop powers of deduction and reasoning and learn to make sense of
an increasingly complex global society. Modern History stage six is designed to enable
students to acquire knowledge and understanding, the skills of critical analysis and synthesis,
and values and attitudes essential to an appreciation of forces that have shaped the modern
world; to develop a lifelong interest in the study of history; and to prepare them for informed
active citizenship in the contemporary world.

HSC course topics to be covered

Part I: Core Study: Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946
Part II: ONE National Study: Japan 1904-1937
Part III: ONE Study of Peace and Conflict: Cold War 1945-1991
Part IV: ONE Study of Change in the Modern World: Apartheid in South Africa 1960-1994

Assessment Schedule

Weighting Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Week
Task Term 4 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Week 9 Week 8 Week 7 Week 3-4
Outcomes Core Study National
40 Source Study Peace and Trial HSC
analysis and Historical conflict Study Examination
knowledge analysis
based test essay HSC exam-
MH 12-2, 12- MH 12-3, 12- style question
6, 12-7, 12-9 5, 12-6, 12-7,
12-8, 12-9 MH 12-2, 12-3, MH 12-1, 12-
Components 12-4, 12-5, 12- 2, 12-3, 12-4,

Knowledge and 7, 12-9 12-5, 12-6,
understanding of 12-7, 12-9
course content
10 5 5 20
Stimulus-based skills
20 10 55
Inquiry and Research
Communication of 20 15 5
business information,
issues and ideas in 20 5 5 55
appropriate forms
100 25 25 20 30
Total Marks %

More information about this course can be found on the NESA website

MUSIC 1

2 Unit (Board Developed Course)

Course Description
In the HSC course students will study: the concepts of music through the learning experiences of
performance, composition, musicology and aural within the context of a range of styles, periods and
genres.

HSC course topics to be covered
• An understanding of the elements that are required to complete a successful performance.
• How to compose music in a variety of styles.
• How to critically analyse different styles of music using the six musical concepts.

Assessment Schedule

Components Weighting Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Performance Week Term 2 Term 3
Composition Term 4 Term 1 Week 6 Week 3-4
Musicology Task Week 8 Presentation Trial HSC
Aural Composition Week 6 or Submission: Examination
Electives Outcomes Portfolio and Elective
10 Aural Presentation Option for Aural Skills
Total Marks % 10 Analysis of Topics 1 and 2 examination
10
25 Topic 1 Performance Presentation of Presentation
45 Submission of and Viva Voce performance of elective
100 composition or and/or composition
arrangement, Topic 2 composition portfolio or
aural analysis Solo or elective
of composition ensemble portfolio and /or musicology
with reference performance musicology outline and
to concepts of and in-class viva voce
music relevant viva voce outline and viva based on
to the chosen based on voce Topic 3
performance
topic repertoire H1-8* H1-8*
demonstrating
H2, H4, H5,
H6, H7, H8 an
understanding

of
compositional
techniques and
features of the

topic
H1, H2, H4,

H5, H6

10

10

10

10 15

30 15

20 20 30 30

* Teachers will select appropriate outcomes based on Elective options selected by each student.
More information about this course can be found on the NESA website

PDHPE

2 Unit (Board Developed Course)

Course Description

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) is an integrated area of study
that provides for the intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual development of
students. It involves students learning about and practicing ways of maintaining active, healthy
lifestyles and improving their health status. It is also concerned with social and scientific
understandings about movement, which lead to enhanced movement potential and appreciation
of movement in their lives. The HSC course consists of two core modules representing 60% of
course time. An options component representing 40% of course time includes five options of
which students are to study two.

HSC course topics to be covered

• Sports Medicine
• Health Priority Issues in Australia
• Factors Affecting Performance
• Improving Performance

Assessment Schedule

Weighting Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Week Term 1 Term 3
Term 4 Week 8 Term 2 Week 3-4
Task Week 8 Week 6
Presentation
Outcomes Response to Ottawa In Depth Trial HSC
40 a Scenario – Charter Analysis Examination

question H4, H14 Training
provided Programs
prior to in
class task H8, H10, H17 H1-H5, H7-
H11,
Sports
medicine H13-H17
H17, H13

Components 10 10 10 10

Knowledge and 60 10 15 15 20
understanding of 100 20 25 25 30
course content
Skills in Working
Scientifically

Total Marks %

More information about this course can be found on the NESA website

PHYSICS

2 Unit (Board Developed Course)

Course Description

The Physics Stage 6 Syllabus involves the study of matter and its motion through space and
time, along with related concepts that include energy and force. Physics deals with the study of
phenomena on scales of space and time – from nuclear particles and their interactions up to the
size and age of the universe. This allows students to better understand the physical world and
how it works, appreciate the uniqueness of the universe and participate in navigating and
influencing the future.

The HSC course builds upon the Preliminary course.

HSC course topics to be covered

• Advanced Mechanics
• Electromagnetism
• The Nature of Light
• From the Universe to the Atom

Assessment Schedule

Weighting Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Week Term 1 Term 2
Task Term 4 Week 7 Week 7 Term 3
Week 8 Data Week 3-4
Outcomes Analysis
Depth Study Practical Task Task Trial HSC
40 Advanced Examination
From the Electromagnetism Mechanics
Universe to PH11/12-4 All modules
PH11/12-2, PH11/12-5
the Atom PH11/12-4 PH11/12-6 PH 11/12-1
PH 11/12-5 PH 12-12 PH 11/12-2
PH 11/12-1 PH 11/12-6 PH 11/12-3
PH 11/12-3 PH 11/12-7 5 PH 11/12-4
PH11/12-4 PH 12-13 PH 11/12-5
PH 11/12-5 PH 11/12-6
PH 11/12-7 PH 11/12-7
PH 12-15 PH 12-12
PH 12-13
Components 10 5 PH 12-14
PH 12-15
Knowledge and
understanding of 20
course content
Skills in Working 60 20 15 15 10
Scientifically 100 30 20 20 30

Total Marks %

More information about this course can be found on the NESA website

SPORT, LIFESTYLE & RECREATION

2 Unit (Content Endorsed Course)

Course Description

Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation makes a positive contribution to the total wellbeing of students.
They develop knowledge and understanding of the value of activity, increased levels of
movement skill, competence in a wide variety of sport and recreation contexts and skills in
planning to be active. These and other aspects of the course enable students to adopt and
maintain an active lifestyle. Students are also encouraged to be active, responsible and
informed decision-makers. This course should foster the development of the student as a
performer, administrator, coach and trainer in the community.

HSC course topics to be covered

The HSC course provides the opportunity for students to specialise in areas of expertise or
interest through optional modules such as:
• Games and Sports Applications II
• Athletics
• Sport Coaching
• Healthy Lifestyle

Assessment Schedule

Weighting Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Week Term 4 Term 1 Term 2
Week 8 Week 6 Term 2 Week 10
Task Module 1: Week 5 Module 4:
Module 2: Module 3:
Outcomes Sports
Components 50 Coaching Athletics Games and Healthy
Sports Lifestyle
Knowledge and 1.5, 2.3, 3.5, 1.3, 1.6, 3.1,
understanding of 5.3 4.4 Applications 2 1.5, 2.3, 3.5,
course content 1.3, 3.1, 1.2 4.3
Skills in Working
Scientifically 15 10 10 15

Total Marks % 50 10 15 15 10
100 25 25 25 25

More information about this course can be found on the NESA website

VISUAL ARTS

2 Unit (Board Developed Course)

Course Description

Visual Arts involves students in the practices of artmaking, art criticism and art history. Students
develop their own artworks, culminating in a ‘body of work’ in the HSC course that reflects
students’ knowledge and understanding about the practice and which demonstrates their ability
to resolve a conceptually strong work. Students critically and historically investigate artworks,
critics, historians and artists from Australia as well as those from other cultures, traditions and
times. The HSC course provides for deeper, increasingly more independent investigations.

HSC course topics to be covered

• Students continue to develop their understanding of the frames, conceptual framework and
artist practice

• Students create, develop and execute a Body of Work. The Body of Work is a sustained
practical major project

• Students develop their Body of Work through their visual diary
• Investigation of content through at least five case studies in art criticism and art history

Assessment Schedule Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Weighting Term 4
Week Week 8 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Week 7 Week 9 Week 3-4
Task Critical &
Historical Artmaking
Studies Practice
Extended
Development Resolving Critical &
Written of the Body of the Body of Historical
Response Studies
Work Work Trial HSC
In class Examination
essay: case Submission of Submission
artwork(s) in of artworks H7, H8, H9,
study progress, VAPD H10, H1, H2,
with annotated under H4, H5, H6
H7, H8 evaluation of a development.

sustained VAPD
exploration of
materials and H9, H10
ideas through

the frames
H1, H3, H4,

Components Outcomes 20 30
50
Artmaking 50 20 30
Criticism & Historical 100
Studies 20 20 30 30

Total Marks %

More information about this course can be found on the NESA website

WORK STUDIES

2 Unit (Content Endorsed Course)

Course Description

The successful transition of students from school to the workforce, further education and
training is a major issue faced by Australian students, schools, employers and tertiary education
organisations. The Work Studies syllabus is designed to assist students in their transition from
school to work. It develops knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by students in the
transition to work and the skills needed for effective career planning and performance of tasks in
the work environment.

HSC course topics to be covered

HSC course topics to be covered meet a variety of sources and experiences that relate to skills,
knowledge and understanding within the workplace, and extensive experiences that support a
wholistic approach to career building, lifelong learning and individualised transition planning
from school to work. All topics meet the course outcomes for the HSC Work Studies syllabus.

Assessment Schedule Task 1A Task 1B Task 2
Weighting Term 3
Week Term 2 Term 2 Weeks 3-4
Week 10 Week 1- Trial HSC
Task Examination
Workplace Practical Skills
Outcomes Learning Skills Component Quiz
30
Components 70 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 1, 2, 3, 4
100
Knowledge and 35 35 30
understanding 35 35
Skills 70

Total Marks % 100

More information about this course can be found on the NESA website

SIR JOSEPH BANKS HIGH SCHOOL

Assessment Task Missed Due to Illness/Misadventure/Absence
Appeal Form

Student name:
Course name:
Class teacher:

Task details Title:
Task number: Due date:
Weighting:

Details of Illness / Misadventure / Absence

Date/s of absence: // to / /

Reason for absence:
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

Evidence / Doctor’s Certificate attached? Yes / No

Student signature: ____________________________________ Date: _______________
Date: _______________
Parent signature: _____________________________________ Date: _______________
Date: _______________
Teacher recommendation: Upheld / Declined

Head Teacher decision: Upheld / Declined

Reason: ___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

Head Teacher name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________
Head Teacher signature: ________________________________

If request is refused, student has the right to appeal to their Deputy Principal



SIR JOSEPH BANKS HIGH SCHOOL

Assessment Task
Request for Extension

Student name: Title:
Course name: Due date:
Class teacher:
Task details
Task number:
Weighting:
Reason for Request for Extension

Reason for request:
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

Evidence / Doctor’s Certificate attached? Yes / No

Student signature: ____________________________________ Date: _______________

Parent signature: _____________________________________ Date: _______________

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Reply to Request for Extension to HSC Task

Head Teacher recommendation:
Upheld [ ] Extension to: _____________________________
Declined [ ] Reason for refusal: _______________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

Head Teacher name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________
Head Teacher signature: ________________________________

If request is refused, student has the right to appeal to their Deputy Principal