Assessment

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11- Preliminary

Year 11 Assessment Schedule

Illness Misadventure Student Declaration (PDF 190KB)

Year 12- HSC

Year 12 Assessment Schedule (PDF 891KB)

HSC Illness Misadventure Claim Form - Independent Evidence (PDF 125KB)

HSC Illness Misadventure Claim Form - Sanctioned Events (PDF 134KB)

HSC Illness Misadventure Student Declaration

Year 9

Students are required to select electives for Year 9.

In Years 9 and 10 students at PHHS will study:

1.  Mandatory courses – English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography, PD/Health/PE.

2. Elective subjects

• Year 9 – students study two electives for 2 years

• Year 10 – students select an additional elective to study for 1 year

Unlike Year 8 it is not mandatory to study technology (Home Economics and Industrial Arts subjects), Visual Arts, Music or a Language other than English.

Years 9-10 Subject Selection Handbook

Year 10

In Year 10 you choose one extra elective (100 hour course). This is done online. You will continue with your current electives (200 hour courses) from Year 9. You may not choose the same elective you are already doing.  You may not change your Year 9 electives. Your Year 9 electives next year will have 4 periods while your new elective will have 5 periods per cycle.

Year 11 and 12

The Higher School Certificate is the culmination of 13 years of schooling. At PHHS we offer you a full range of subjects to cater for individual abilities, interests and goals. There are many different subjects and courses from which to choose. We speak in terms of units. There are 1 unit, 2 unit and extension courses. One unit indicates 3 periods of study per cycle; two units means 7 periods. You can choose different types of subjects:

• Board Developed Courses (BDC's) are developed by the Board of Studies. They are used in the calculation of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR). They are usually 2 unit courses and the extension courses.
• Framework Vocational Education and Training (VET) Courses are available in a number of areas. These offer accreditation through the TAFE system as well as the HSC and require students to participate in work placement. These are 2 unit courses and contribute towards your ATAR (if you sit the HSC examination in the subject).
• Board Endorsed Courses are not used in ATAR calculation. They include non-framework TAFE courses (TVET).

Making a choice

Talk with your parents, teachers and friends. Consider the following factors when making a choice:

• Interests - what you like;
• Abilities - what you are good at;
• Career - what might be good for your future.

Years 11-12 Subject Selection Handbook