Presentation to parents about selecting subjects at Port Hacking High School form Years 9-10 2020-2021.

1. Years 9 and 10 at
Port Hacking High
School
2020-2021

2. Since 1st January 2010 it has been compulsory, by NSW law, that
all students will complete Year 10 and, until the age of 17…
• Remain at school or be registered for home schooling
OR
• Enrol in a Cert 2 TAFE course or higher
OR
• Undertake approved vocational training eg cadetship,
apprenticeship
OR
• Employed full time - minimum 26 hours a week.
OR
• Engage in a combination of work, education and/or training.
School Leaving Age

3. The RoSA
In February 2012 the Education Minister announced that the
Record of Student Achievement (RoSA), would replace the Year
10 School Certificate. The RoSA is:
• A record of the full range of student achievements right up to the
day they do their HSC or leave school
• Only be issued to students when they leave school prior to
completing the HSC.
• An electronic record of achievements that students can access
(and print off) anytime after successfully finishing Year 10
through the NESA website and logging into Students Online.

4. The RoSA will:
• Use assessment by teachers in schools (no external exam in
Year 10)
• Report results of school-based assessment against NESA’s
grade performance descriptors A-E
• Involve students being awarded a grade A-E in each subject
based on assessment in Year 10 (formative and summative)
• Provide an ongoing, cumulative record for students
• Record grades for courses students complete in Year 10 (and
in Year 11/Year 12)

5. Who will get a RoSA?
• Students entering Year 9 in 2020 will be eligible for the
credential when they have completed Stage 5 (Year 10 in
2021)
• Students will need to have successfully completed the
mandatory requirements for Stage 5 (Year 10) to eligible for a
RoSA. This includes:
o Following and completing a pattern of courses required by
NESA
o Applying themselves with diligence and sustained effort in
their studies

6. Course Requirements for
Years 9 & 10
• English
• Mathematics
• Science mandatory
• HSIE – Australian Geography subjects
• HSIE – Australian History
• PDHPE
• Elective 1
• Elective 2
• Elective 3
• SPORT

7. Year 9 is an important year
• You will be studying the electives that you have chosen.
• Habits are important and Year 9 is a good time to
develop good working habits that will see you through
into Year 10 and the senior years.
• You will be developing knowledge for the rest of your
school career.

8. Available Elective Subjects
CHILD STUDIES INFO SOFTWARE & TECHNOLGY
COMMERCE JAPANESE
DANCE MARINE STUDIES
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY MUSIC
DRAMA PHOTOGRAPHIC & DIGITAL
FOOD TECHNOLOGY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & SPORT STUDIES
FRENCH TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY (elective) VISUAL ARTS
GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY VISUAL DESIGN
HISTORY (elective)
INDUSTRIAL TECH – METAL maximum of 2 of
INDUSTRIAL TECH – MULTIMEDIA these electives
INDUSTRIAL TECH – WOOD

9. For the parents
• There are no prerequisites for Years
11 and 12
• For example, a student can study
Year 11 Visual Arts even if they
haven’t studied it in Years 9 and 10

10. For the parents - FEES
• Please be aware that some electives have a fee to
cover the cost of materials which the school
purchases on your child’s behalf. The practical
projects belong to the students once they have been
marked. The fees for these subjects are in the
subject booklet.
• Some core subjects – English, Maths and Science
– also have a small fee to cover additional resources
that cannot be covered by the school’s global budget
but which the school believes will benefit your child.
These fees are also included in the subject booklet.

11. Elective selection process
• After discussions with your parents and teachers,
choose the THREE subjects you wish to do.
• Make TWO reserve selections in case you are
unsuccessful with one of your first THREE choices.
• Complete online Elective Selections by 8am next
Monday 26th August.

12. How to submit your choices.
1) Tomorrow an email (student DoE email
account) will be sent to you with your individual
web code
1) Click on http://spring.edval.com.au – this is a
direct link to the webpage. (This will open
tomorrow.)
2) Type in your web code. Each web code is
individual and linked to one student only.

13. How to submit your choices
1) Select the subjects you wish to do via the
drop down menus
2) 3 elective subjects plus 2 reserves
3) Submit
4) Print your form
5) Get your parents to sign the form and hand
to Mr Redrup

14. Once submitted, students will need to print
their form, get it signed by a parent and
return it to Mr Redrup.

15. How is the decision made to
run a subject?
• Edval will match the best fit of subjects.
• Subjects which only a few students have selected may
not run. (This decision is made by the principal.)
• Students may not always get their first choices.
• In this instance, the reserve subject will be placed into the
student’s choices by Edval.

16. Literacy and Numeracy
Requirements
• A key element of the recent HSC reforms is the
establishment of a minimum standard in literacy and
numeracy for the award of the HSC.
• All students will sit online literacy and numeracy tests during
Year 10, Year 11 or Year 12 to demonstrate they have met
the standards in reading, writing and numeracy.
• Note: Year 9 NAPLAN results no longer prequalify students
to meet these minimum standards.

17. For more information:
NSW Educational Standards
Authority
WEBSITE
http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au

18. ANY QUESTIONS?