HSC Based Activities for School Students

UNE School

Participants

Time

Description

Arts in conjunction with NECOM

Year 12, Year 11 accelerants and teachers

Annually 2 days in May

Music staff provide Taiko, African Drumming and Gamelan workshop activities, performance and practice rooms and coordinated the 'Exemplary Performance' Concert

UNE School

Participants

Time

Description

Humanities

Year 12, Year 11 accelerants and teachers

Annually 1 day in May

HSC curriculum based information sessions and activities

UNE School

Participants

Time

Description

S&T in conjunction with University of Sydney

Year 12, Year 11 accelerants and teachers

Annually 2 days July

HSC Kick-start Physics for year 12 students

UNE School

Participants

Time

Description

ERS and S&T

Year12 students, Year 11 accelerants and teachers

Annually 2- 3 days June

HSC curriculum based experiments in Physics, Chemistry, Agriculture, Mathematics, Earth and Environmental Science

UNE School

Participants

Time

Description

BEPP and Law

Year12 students, and teachers

Annually 1 day June

HSC curriculum based lectures in Business Studies, Legal Studies and Economics.
Presenters who had credibility within the subject because they had been involved with the HSC examination process and/or had written widely used textbooks have been part of the day for the last four years. This is supplemented by UNE staff who give lectures on aspects of the curriculum.

UNE School

Participants

Time

Description

Arts and Education

Year 12 Extension Two HSC English

On going through the year. Includes 1 day workshop in May (the workshops are run over about 3 days depending on the number of students)

Provides students with interactive support on their Major Work. Students receive this support from mentors, who are doctoral candidates and professional writers affiliated with or employed by the School.

UNE School

Participants

Time

Description

Arts, Education and the Secondary English Teachers Association

Year 12 students and English teachers

Biannual

The English Learning Region addresses three priority areas in relation to the teaching of English at UNE:
1. Academic literacy
2. Retention and progression
3. Community outreach to support teaching and learning
Two components-
Involvement and exchange of ideas with English teachers. HSC English day on campus for Year 12 students