Year 11 2022 Subject Selections EveningAUGUST 2021

At Sydney Boys High School, boysstudy 12 units in Year 11 and at

least 10 units for Year 12

Subject choices at Sydney High

English is the only compulsory subject for the HSC Students at SBHS will make up their 12 Preliminary Course units with:

English Advanced and English Extension, FOUR 2-unit subjects and ONE of either:

Mathematics Extension

OR

Studies of Religion

N.B. students must complete a minimum of FOUR subjects for the HSC

Subject choices should be based on:

1. Interests Further enjoyment Willing to work harder

2. Strengths More likely to succeed

3. Career or Tertiary study needs Should align with the points 1 & 2 anyway

Subject choices should NOT be based on:

What your friends choose Different interests, strengths & potentially different classes

A specific teacher The teacher might not teach the subject next year or may

teach a class that you are not in

How it scales Subjects scale differently every year & it depends on how

well you do on how well it scales

Scaling

If a boy scores 90 in Subject A and this is “scaled down” to 80, this is still better than scoring 60 in Subject B which is “scaled up” to 70

Boys are able to achieve a high ATAR score in subjects which are “scaled down”

How many units should be studied in Year 12?

Depends on the student more than 10 units with a backup in case of problems use additional time wisely (i.e. study periods, less

homework and fewer assessments) to remove the need for a backup subject

i.e. opportunity cost

Subjects offered at Sydney Boys High School for 2022-23

Ancient HistoryBiologyBusiness StudiesBusiness Studies (HSC Accelerated)ChemistryChinese BeginnersChinese ContinuersChinese in ContextChinese in Context (HSC Accelerated)Classical GreekDesign & TechnologyDramaEconomicsEngineering StudiesEnglish AdvancedEnglish ExtensionFrench ContinuersGeographyGeography (HSC Accelerated)

German ContinuersInvestigating ScienceLatin ContinuersLegal StudiesMathematics AdvancedMathematics ExtensionModern HistoryModern History (HSC Accelerated)Music 1Music 2Music 2 (HSC Accelerated)Open High School (See Dr PW)PDHPEPhysicsSoftware Design & DevelopmentStudies of Religion 1-unitVisual Arts

Subject Lines Based on student needs & change every year

2017

Line 1 Line 2

BiologyBusiness St (HSC)ChemistryDramaEngineering StEnglishPhysics

Ancient HistoryBiologyBusiness StudiesChemistryMathsModern Hist (HSC)PDHPEPhysics

2019

Line 1 Line 2

BiologyBusiness St (HSC)ChemistryD&TDramaEconomicsEnglishLatin (HSC)Modern HistoryMusic 2PDHPEPhysics

Ancient HistoryChemistryEconomicsEngineering StGeography (HSC)Legal StMathsPhysics

2021

Line 1 Line 2

Business St ChemistryEconomicsEnglishLatinLegal StudiesPhysicsSoftware Design

ChemistryChinese in ContextEconomicsGeographyLatin (HSC)MathsModern HistoryModern History (HSC)Physics

What next?

1. Consider your subject choices & how to balance your time Fill in the interview preparation sheet

2. Book your teacher interview through the portal & speak with any subject teachers to gain further information

3. Webcodes will be sent Monday Week 7 Check your john.smith@education.nsw.gov.au email

4. Fill in your preferences online AFTER your teacher interview Cut-off time for preferences is 9am Monday Week 9

Errors will appear with either:

or…

or…

What if I change my mind?

Any preference adjustments after Monday Week 9 will be taken into consideration where possible – email Mr J Kay ASAP

N.B. Once lines are formed and the timetable is underway your new preferences may or may not be possible

In-demand courses

School-imposed limits on subject numbers: Year 11 Mathematics Extension – 7 or 8 classes Year 12 Mathematics Extension 2 – 5 classes (120 boys) Year 12 Mathematics Extension 1 – 2 classes (48 boys) Year 12 English Extension 1 – 2 or 3 classes (48 or 72 boys)

If cut-offs are needed for courses e.g. Mathematics Extension, Physics and Chemistry, results in Year 10 are used to determine who is accepted

Questions?

Subject-specific information should be directed to teachers within the faculty

Thank you