HSIE Staff
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Curriculum Outline At Blacktown Boys' High School, Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) provides students with the opportunity to examine, reflect, reason and evaluate structures, communities, cultures and contemporary issues that exist within their local, national and global environment. Through their coursework students develop an understanding of past societies, as well as the nature of the society in which they belong and are encouraged to take action, to change and make a difference in the world in which they live. |
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Curriculum Options
Stage 4
- Geography Mandatory
- History Mandatory
Stage 5
- Careers
- Commerce
- Geography Mandatory
- Geography Elective
- History Mandatory
- History Elective
- Work Education
Stage 6
- Ancient History
- Business Studies
- Economics
- History Extension
- Legal Studies
- Modern History
- Studies of Religion
Assessment Schedule Term 2, 2017
Year/Subject |
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7 History |
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8 History |
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9 Commerce |
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9 History |
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10 Commerce |
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10 History |
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10 Geography |
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11 Ancient History |
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11 Business Studies |
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11 Economics |
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11 Legal Studies |
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12 Ancient History |
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12 Business Studies |
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12 Legal Studies |
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12 Modern History |
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12 Extension History |
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Competitions
Extra-curricular activities such as incursions, excursions and school competitions are enriching experiences that broaden students' knowledge and complement their classroom learning. We in HSIE, therefore, encourage our students to get involved and take up the opportunities presented to them throughout the year.
The HSIE web-page should be regularly checked for updates on already advertised extra-curricular activities and for the inclusion of any new ones.
Students and parents should click on the link for the HSIE photo gallery to access additional photos.
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Mock Trial Competition – Now Running Organising Teacher: L. Dewane Open to students in Years 10 and 11 Starting Date of Competition: 22/2/16 The Law Society of New South Wales' Mock Trial competition has been running since 1981. Open to schools across NSW for students in years 10 and 11, the program aims to introduce students to the NSW judicial system by providing practical experience into the running of a court case in a true-to-life adversarial setting. Students learn advocacy, debating and problem-solving skills. Our team this year consists of Jordan Nik Ahmad, Abubakr Sajid, Samuel Hossain, Manraj Chohan, Alan Reji, Dellushan Rajkumar and Ritwhik Gupta. |
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Blacktown History Debating Competition Organising Teachers: L.Dewane, J.Shields The NIRIMBA History Debating competition organised by the HSIE faculty is now in its 4nd year and has grown significantly from its first year. The competition involves teams of Year 9 students from the NIRIMBA Learning Community participating in a round robin of History debates. This year our competition will be held in Term 4, on Friday 14th October. |
Design an Ad Competition
Organising Teachers: N.Mahmood, J.Shields
Open to students in Years 7 - 11
Competition Date:
Cost: Nil
The Design an ad competition gives Commerce students the opportunity to show off their talents. Students create an ad campaign for a local business. Winning ads are featured in a special publication in the Blacktown Sun. Winners receive a small monetary award and are recognized at an annual event held at WestPoint.
Model United Nations Assembly
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Organising Teacher: J.Shields This year our Model United Nations team were selected to represent Australia. Our three team members, Manraj Chohan, Ritwhik Gupta and Lachlan Hibbert debated passionately on each resolution placed before the General Assembly. Thank you to Blacktown Rotary for their continued support and sponsorship over the past 10 years. |
Excursions
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OPTUS Careers Choice Day (2017) |
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Waterfront Workout Geography Excursion |
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Vietnam Veterans' Annual Visit As part of our school developed unit, Period Study 1962-75, the HSIE Faculty once again invited members of the Vietnam Veterans of Australia to speak to our students. As in previous years, the first hand experiences recounted to our students provided an insight in to the complexities and challenges of the war unavailable in our regular lessons. Our students were left with a deeper understanding of the conflict, and a respect for those who fought for our country. |
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Medieval Show Our annual Medieval Day for year 8 was once again very successful. Students particularly enjoyed the display of weapons, armour, clothing and punishment devices. |
2015 HSC Results
2015 was a successful year for HSIE students with many achieving excellent academic results in assessment work and in external competitions and examinations. In particular we would like to congratulate our 2015 Year 12 students on their strong performance in the Higher School Certificate. 33 candidates sat the HSC in HSIE subjects. These included six students in Ancient History, eleven students in Business Studies, three in Economics and twelve in Legal Studies. Of particular note was Manik Mahendran who achieved a band 6 in Business Studies. Overall, 33% of candidates in HSIE subjects achieved bands 5 or 6.
Celebrating Success
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Sam Lewis Peace Prize Competition During 2015, 30 students entered the Sam Lewis Peace Prize Competition. Congratulations to the following students on their achievements: Aman Kumar- 1st Prize- $200 Samson Mulbah- 2nd prize- $100 Rayhan Kazi- Runner up- $20 |
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Design an Ad Competition
Samson Mulbah- 2nd prize- $100 |
National Geography Competition Our students in 2015 received three High Distinctions and seven Distinctions. Sixteen students achieved Credits and all the other candidates received a certificate of participation. We are looking forward to equally impressive results this year. |
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The Harvard and Yale Model United Nations The HSIE faculty would like to congratulate Yasin Rahman for being one of eight students across Australia and New Zealand to have been selected to participate in the 2017 Harvard and Yale Model United Nations. This is a great achievement! |