Academics
Emphasis is given to Australian English competence, sports, and knowledge of Australian culture and history. Chinese (spoken: Putonghua, written: simplified) is also taught as part of Chinese Studies to Primary students, as part of a language in Year 7–8 and as an elective in Year 8–12.
Junior secondary students study Australian geography and history. The School Certificate exam is undertaken at the end of Year 10 around November. Year 11 and 12 students are able to choose between the Higher School Certificate programme and the IB Diploma Programme. The Higher School Certificate is based on the New South Wales Stage 6 curriculum.
For 2009 results
In Year 10 – School certificate results
The school maintained the trend established at AISHK over previous years, Year 10 School Certificate results were again outstanding, students significantly exceeding comparative State (NSW) data across all Key Learning Areas of Mathematics, English, Science, History, Geography and Computing.
In Year 12 – Higher School Certificate results included
One student being placed on the Prestigious All Rounders List i.e. scoring more than 90 in every subject
AISHK being ranked 47th in Mathematics results and 99th in English results from over 600 schools
In Design & Technology, a course taught by Ms Kate Vaughan, the percentage of AISHK students scoring 90 or above ranked our school No 1 of all schools presenting 5 or more candidates in the HSC.
In the IB Diploma
One student received 45 points (maximum possible)
15% of IB students received 43 or higher points
30% of IB students received 37 points or higher
69% of IB students received 31 points or higher
University Entrance
37% of AISHK students (HSC & IB) received an Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR) of 90 or above. This placed them in the top 10% of all applicants to Australian Universities
54% of AISHK students (HSC & IB) received an Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR) of 85 or above. This placed them in the top 15% of all applicants to Australian Universities
67% of AISHK (HSC & IB) students received an Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR) of 80 or above. This placed them in the top 20% of all applicants to Australian Universities
Based on its HSC results alone, AISHK ranked 61st from more than 600 schools in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Merit List for Distinguished Achievers (i.e. ranked percentage of students who scored more than 90 in a subject).
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