HSCFocus HSC Resources & Help

Every year the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES) releases Exam Workbooks from the previous HSC year. They look something like the image below. These Exam Workbooks have in them a variety of useful resources which are great if you need some guidance. They include: the exam for the year samples of top-scoring students’ responses marker’s comments marking guidelines They can be purchased through Board of Studies NSW online store. The workbooks are available as hard-copies for a variety of subjects which include: Ancient History Business Studies Chemistry Earth and Environmental Science Economics English (Standard and Advanced) Paper 1 English Standard Paper 2 – Modules English Advanced Paper 2 – Modules English (ESL) Geography Legal Studies Modern History Textiles and Design Visual Arts They are also available on a USB drive with lanyard for: Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) English Extension 1 Recently, however BOSTES have made them available as ebooks too! The ebooks are available from iTunes in the following subjects: Business Studies Chemistry Economics Geography Textiles and Design Visual Arts “They have easy tap-through navigation and provide interactive, portable, full-colour reproduction of exams and student works and connectivity between each exam question and responses, so they are very easy to use.”