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.”
