Year 11 and Year 12 HSC Courses offered at Loreto Normanhurst

Aboriginal Studies Aboriginal Studies

Ancient History Ancient History

Biology Biology

Business Studies Business Studies

Ceramics

Year 11 Only / NESA Endorsed Course (1 unit)

Community & Family Studies Community & Family Studies

Chemistry

Chinese

Chemistry

Chinese Continuers Chinese Beginners

Dance Dance

Design and Technology

Drama

Earth & Environmental Science

Economics

English

Design and Technology

Drama

Earth & Environmental Science

Economics

English Standard English Advanced

English (EAL/D)

English Studies

Food Technology Food Technology

French

French Continuers

French Beginners

Geography Geography

Hospitality (VET) Hospitality (VET)

Information Processes & Technology

Information Processes & Technology

Year 11 English Extension

Year 12 History Extension

Year 12 English Ext. 1

Year 12 English Ext. 2

HSC French Extension

Mathematics Mathematics Standard Mathematics Advanced

Modern History Modern History

Music Music 1 Music 2

PDHPE PDHPE

Physics Physics

Science

Sport Lifestyle & Recreation

Year 11 Only / NESA Endorsed Course (1 unit)

Studies of Religion I (I unit)

Studies of Religion

Textiles & Design

Studies of Religion II (2 unit)

Textiles & Design

Visual Arts Visual Arts

Mathematics Ext. 2

Year 12 History Extension

Year 12 Music Extension

Year 12 Science Extension

Hsc Course Notes

These notes refer to the list of courses: A number of subjects include a requirement for the development of project work for either internal or external assessment, for example, Design and Technology, Drama, English Extension 2, Music courses and Visual Arts. Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Students:

• May not include any more than 6 units of the following Science courses: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Investigating Science meeting the 12 Year 11 or 10 HSC units.

• Must study Music Course 2 if they wish to study HSC Music Extension courses.

• Must study Language Continuers course if they wish to study HSC Language Extension courses.

Additional information about courses and the new HSC is available on the NESA Website https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/ portal/nesa/11-12/hsc/about-HSC

Hsc Content Endorses Courses

OFFERED AT LORETO NORMANHURST

Content Endorsed Courses do not contribute towards a student’s ATAR, therefore students hoping to attain an ATAR should only study Content Endorsed Courses in Year 11 or in addition to 10 units of Board Developed Courses for the Higher School Certificate.

Non-ATAR students may count Content

Endorsed Courses towards their 10 units of study in order to be eligible for a Higher School Certificate.

VET (VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING) CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS

NESA has developed curriculum frameworks for many industries. Within each framework there are a number of courses. Loreto Normanhurst will offer Hospitality. Students must undertake a work placement to complete these courses successfully.

The course below marked * will include an optional written examination in the Higher School Certificate in addition to the other requirements of the course.

There are also further VET courses which are offered at TAFE or by other external providers. A list of potential courses will be provided to students who express an interest in TAFE/VET studies. Please note that if a student elects to study a VET subject offered by TAFE or another service provider (external to Loreto Normanhurst), the cost of this course will be recharged to the student’s school fees. Please note, if external courses are chosen, there is no guarantee that the course will be offered, and back up options will need to be closely considered. Please note for some TAFE courses, there are assessment centre requirements and students must participate in a competitive process to be accepted.

Loreto Normanhurst also has the right to decline a request for an external subject.

Drama

HOD Ms Anna-lea Russo Course No 15090

2 units for each of Year 11 and HSC NESA Developed Course

Exclusions: Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course Requirements

The Year 11 Course informs learning in the HSC course. For the Higher School Certificate’s study of theoretical components, students engage in practical workshop activities and performances to assist their understanding, analysis and synthesis of material covered in areas of study. In preparing for the group performance, the published Course Prescriptions include a topic list which is used as a starting point. The Individual Project is negotiated between the student and the teacher at the beginning of the HSC course. Students choosing Individual Project Design or Critical Analysis must base their work on one of the texts listed in the published text list. Students must ensure that they do not choose a text or topic they are studying in Drama in the written component or in any other HSC course when choosing Individual Projects.

Course Description

Students in Drama study the practices of Making, Performing and Critically Studying. Students engage with these components through collaborative and individual experiences.

Year 11 Course:

• Improvisation, Playbuilding and Acting

• Elements of Production in Performance

• Theatrical Traditions and Performance Styles. Learning comes from practical experiences in each of these areas

HSC Course:

• Australian Drama and Theatre

• Studies in Drama and Theatre

Both these topics involve the theoretical study through practical exploration of themes, issues, styles and movements of traditions of theatre, exploring relevant theatre conventions, performance styles and spaces.

Group Performance (3-6 students): involves creating a piece of original theatre (8–12 minutes duration). It provides opportunity for each student to demonstrate her performance skills.

Individual Project: students demonstrate their expertise in a particular area. They choose one project from Critical Analysis or Design or Performance or Scriptwriting or Video Drama.

English Standard

HOD Ms Ellen Lincoln Course No 15130

2 units for each of Year 11 and HSC NESA Developed Course

Exclusions: English (Advanced); English (EAL/D);

Course Description

The English Standard course is designed for students to increase their expertise in English to enhance their personal, educational, social and vocational lives. The English Standard course provides students, who have a diverse range of literacy skills, with the opportunity to analyse, study and enjoy a breadth and variety of English texts to become confident and effective communicators. English Standard offers a rich language experience that is reflected through the integrated modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing.

Students engage with texts that include widely acknowledged quality literature from the past and contemporary texts from Australia and other cultures. They explore language forms, features and structures of texts in a range of academic, personal, social, historical, cultural and workplace contexts. Students study, analyse, respond to and compose texts to extend experience, access information and assess its reliability. They synthesise the knowledge gained from a range of sources to fulfil a variety of purposes.

Year 11 Course:

The course has two sections:

• Content common to the Standard and Advanced courses is undertaken through a module entitled Reading to Write: Transition to Senior English. Students explore texts and develop skills in synthesis.

• Students are required to study ONE complex multimodal or digital text in Module A: Contemporary Possibilities. (This may include the study of film.) Students are required to study ONE substantial literary print text in Module B: Close Study of Literature, for example prose fiction, drama or a poetry text, which may constitute a selection of poems from the work of one poet.

HSC Course:

The course has two sections:

• Content common to the Standard and Advanced courses is undertaken through a module entitled Texts and Human Experiences where students analyse and explore texts and apply skills in synthesis.

• Modules A and B emphasise particular aspects of shaping meaning and demonstration of the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes. Students are required to study prescribed texts from each of two Modules A: Language, Identity and Culture and Module B: Close Study of Literature.

• In Module C: Craft of Writing students strengthen and extend their knowledge, skills and confidence as writers. They write for a range of authentic audiences and purposes to convey ideas with power and increasing precision.

HOD Ms Ellen Lincoln

English Advanced

Course No 15140

2 units for each of Year 11 and HSC NESA Developed Course

Exclusions: English (Standard); English (EAL/D);

Course Description

In the English Advanced course, students continue to explore opportunities that are offered by challenging texts to investigate complex and evocative ideas, to evaluate, emulate and employ powerful, creative and sophisticated ways to use language to make meaning, and to find enjoyment in literature.

The English Advanced course is designed for students who have a particular interest and ability in the subject and who desire to engage with challenging learning experiences that will enrich their personal, intellectual, academic, social and vocational lives. Students appreciate, analyse and respond imaginatively and critically to literary texts drawn from a range of personal, social, historical and cultural contexts, including literature from the past and present and from Australian and other cultures. They study challenging written, spoken, visual, multimodal and digital texts that represent and reflect a changing global world.

Year 11 Course:

The course has two sections:

• Content common to the Standard and Advanced courses is undertaken through a module entitled Reading to Write.

• Students explore texts and develop skills in synthesis.

• Students study texts from a range of text types in Module A: Narratives that Shape our World and Module B: Critical Study of Literature.

• The Year 11 course requires students to support their study of texts with their own wide reading.

HSC Course:

The course has two sections:

• Content common to the Standard and Advanced courses is undertaken through a module entitled Texts and Human Experiences where students analyse and explore texts and apply skills in synthesis.

• Modules A and B emphasise particular aspects of shaping meaning and demonstration of the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes. Students are required to study prescribed texts from each of two Modules A: Language, Identity and Culture and Module B: Close Study of Literature.

• In Module C: Craft of Writing students strengthen and extend their knowledge, skills and confidence as writers. They write for a range of authentic audiences and purposes to convey ideas with power and increasing precision.

• Students are required to closely study four prescribed texts, one drawn from each of the following categories: Shakespearean drama, prose fiction, poetry OR drama.

HOD Ms Ellen Lincoln