Two Irrawang High School students began their HSC exams on Tuesday 13 October with their first English paper. Liam Bennet has already been accepted into the University of Newcastle, while Emalynne Hunter-Hahn hopes to join the Australian Defence Force. Emalynne said group revision helped her prepare, and the pair described the pressure of the exams. Teachers ran holiday workshops across 12 subjects and several maths courses. Both students are looking forward to free time and the beach once exams finish.
Junee High School student Will Chisholm has been nominated for ENCORE, an annual showcase of outstanding HSC music students from across NSW. The nomination puts him in contention for a place in the 2027 showcase, which will be held at the Sydney Opera House on Monday, February 22. Junee High School praised Will's achievement and his continued commitment to music. Will must now await the outcome of a final selection process, expected over the coming weeks.
Year 12 students across NSW have begun their Higher School Certificate written exams this week. Students from the Port Macquarie campus of Hastings Secondary College are sitting their papers at the Salvation Army Hall in Lord Street. Student leaders Lachlan Browne and Cameron Carson said they felt prepared after the first English paper. Both plan to take a gap year before further study, with Browne aiming for occupational therapy and Carson for diagnostic radiography. The campus has 73 Year 12 students this year.
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Almost 75,000 New South Wales students have started their Higher School Certificate exams, including almost 2000 from the Central West region. Education Minister Prue Car urged students to rest, eat well and take breaks. Local leaders, including Cabonne Council mayor Kevin Beatty and federal member Andrew Gee, said exam results do not define a person's future. They thanked teachers, families and carers for their support.
Year 12 students across New South Wales sat the HSC English 1 paper on Tuesday, the first day of their final school exams. The paper asked how the composer of a prescribed text offers opportunities to examine assumptions about human strength and vulnerability. Students at Canley Vale high school in Sydney's west described feeling stressed before the exam but content afterwards, while others posted on Reddit that the question was hard to address fully. HSC results will be released on 16 December.
Almost 75,000 HSC students sat their English exam today, the first of 123 exams running over the next four weeks. The final exam, physics, is on November 5, and results will be released on December 16. Education Minister Prue Car urged students to rest well and give their best effort. NSW Education Standards Authority chief executive Paul Martin said the written exam period is one of the largest public exam operations in the southern hemisphere.
