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VCE EXAMS
NAVIGATOR 2016
STUDENT INFORMATION AND EXAMINATION TIMETABLE
This booklet contains information on:
Approved materials and equipment
VCAA rules
Examination timetables
Special Provision
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/pages/vce/exams/index.aspx
VICTORIAN CURRICULUM
AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITYIMPORTANT
This booklet should be read by all
students presenting for 2016 VCE
external assessments.
This includes written, aural,
electronic/digital, oral
and performance examinations
and the Extended Investigation
oral presentation.
Authorised and published by the
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Level 1, 2 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
ISBN: 978-1-925264-41-8
© Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority 2016
No part of this publication may be reproduced except as specified
under the Copyright Act 1968 or by permission from the VCAA.
For more information go to: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/aboutus/
policies/policy-copyright.aspx
The VCAA provides the only official, up-to-date versions of
VCAA publications. Details of updates can be found on the VCAA
website: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
This publication may contain copyright material belonging to a
third party. Every effort has been made to contact all copyright
owners. If you believe that material in this publication is an
infringement of your copyright, please email the Copyright Officer:
vcaa.copyright@edumail.vic.gov.au
Copyright in materials appearing at any sites linked to this
document rests with the copyright owner/s of those materials,
subject to the Copyright Act. The VCAA recommends you refer to
copyright statements at linked sites before using such materials.
The VCAA logo is a registered trademark of the Victorian
Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
–2–CONTENTS
Glossary of terms 4
VCE external assessments 4
Approved materials and equipment
for VCE written examinations 7
VCAA rules 8
2016 VCE examination timetable 9
Advice for performance and Languages
oral examinations and the Extended
Investigation oral presentation 14
Special provision 18
Additional information 19
2016 VCE results and ATAR service 20
–3–GLOSSARY OF TERMS
VCAA EXAMINATION CENTRE, VENUE, ROOM
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), an A location where VCE external assessments are held.
independent statutory body directly responsible to the Minister for
Education, serving both government and non-government schools. RESPONSE MATERIALS
Any designated answer book, question and answer book or
VCE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT multiple-choice answer sheet in which the students record their
(EXAMINATION) responses.
Any centrally set task that is assessed externally by the VCAA,
including any written, electronic/digital, oral, aural or performance SUPERVISOR
tasks conducted to the requirements of the accredited study A person appointed by the principal and approved by the VCAA to
design or assessment guide (VET studies) and taken under act as a supervisor for VCE external assessments.
examination conditions.
VCE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS
VCAA STUDENT NUMBER You must not begin to write or mark your paper or response
material in any way, or use a calculator if one is permitted, until the
All response materials must be identified by your VCAA student announcement that writing time has commenced.
number. This number, which is assigned by the VCAA, appears
Your responses to examination questions must be entered on the
on your individual Student Examination/Assessment Timetables,
response material as instructed. Notes and other markings made
which is supplied by your school.
elsewhere on the response materials will not be assessed. You
should use a blue or black pen in your responses, unless otherwise
STUDENT IDENTIFICATION instructed. Some examinations require you to complete a multiple-
When you present for a VCE external assessment your identity choice answer sheet. You should ensure that you use the multiple-
must be verified as you enter the examination room, either by choice answer sheet provided and follow the instructions printed
a staff member from your school or by producing photographic on the sheet.
identification (see also ‘Advice for performance and Languages You should immediately notify the supervisor if the incorrect
oral examinations and the Extended Investigation oral presentation’ examination paper has been provided or if your examination paper
on pages 14–17). has missing pages.
You cannot leave the examination before 30 minutes has elapsed
TIMETABLE CLASHES AND THREE from the start of writing time. An announcement will be made prior
EXAMINATIONS ON ONE DAY to the scheduled last five minutes of writing time. You cannot leave
the examination after this announcement, until instructed to do so
You may have a timetable clash (two examinations scheduled at
by a supervisor.
the same time) or three examinations scheduled on one day.
You must cease writing when instructed to do so by a supervisor.
Your school should already be aware of any timetable clashes or if
You must remain silent and must not leave your place until all
students are required to sit three examinations on one day.
response materials have been collected. When all response
All examinations must take place on the date published in the VCE materials have been collected, the supervisor will give the
examination timetable. If you have an examination at an alternative direction for you to leave the room. Any disruptive behaviour by
time, you will be supervised between examinations. The VCAA will students during the examination will be reported to the VCAA.
contact schools to advise them of the scheduling arrangements for The matter will be investigated, and appropriate action will
individual students. be taken by the VCAA. (Refer to ‘VCAA Rules’ on page 8.)
CONDUCT OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS BOTTLED WATER
Supervisors have the right to check materials brought by you into You may bring bottled water into an examination
the examination room and remove any non-compliant material for room subject to the following conditions:
the duration of the examination.
• The water is in a transparent plastic bottle
A suitably qualified member of the school teaching staff will check (all labels removed).
the appropriateness of your reference materials, calculators and
• The water bottle has a secure lid.
dictionaries as you enter the examination room for examinations
where these items are permitted. • The capacity of the bottle is no more than
1500 mL.
During reading time you may study the instructions for the
examination, the question book and a dictionary or bound • Water bottles must not be placed on the table
reference if these are permitted in the examination. at any time.
• Water bottles must not be refilled during
the examination.
• Water bottles must not be shared between students.
–4–MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER Scientific calculators
ELECTRONIC DEVICES Only scientific calculators may be used for examinations in the
following studies:
Mobile phones and other unauthorised electronic communication
devices, such as organisers, iPods, MP3 players, electronic • Accounting
dictionaries and computerised pens, stopwatches and watches • Algorithmics (HESS)
that are capable of storing, receiving or transmitting information or • Chemistry
electronic signals, are not permitted in an examination room under
• Computing: Software Development
normal written examination conditions. Confiscated mobile phones
and other devices may be held for up to three months. • Environmental Science
• Physics
WATCHES • Systems Engineering
You will not be permitted to wear watches of any type during a • VET Engineering Studies
written examination. All watches must be removed and placed at • VET Furnishing
the top of your table, where they can be seen clearly and easily by
• VET Hospitality
supervisors.
• VET Hospitality (Kitchen Operations)
Stopwatches or watches with special functions, such as an alarm
or a stopwatch, are not permitted in the examination room. • VET Information and Communications Technology
If there is any doubt about the functions of your watch, supervisors • VET Integrated Technologies
are authorised to direct you to remove the watch from the table for • VET Laboratory Skills.
the duration of the examination. Calculators that have graphic, symbolic or programmable
The commencement of reading and writing times will be based on capabilities are not permitted in these examinations.
the clock time displayed in the examination room. A scientific calculator may also be used in specified Mathematics
examinations.
CALCULATORS
Graphics calculators
In examinations where calculators are permitted, a suitably
The following graphics calculators are approved by the VCAA for
qualified member of the school teaching staff will check the
use in Further Mathematics Examination 1 and Examination 2 only.
appropriateness of calculators as you enter the examination room.
The full functions of approved graphics calculators may be used
Calculators must not be used during reading time. (that is, memories do not have to be cleared prior to entering the
Calculators that have graphic, symbolic or programmable examination).
capabilities may be used in specified Mathematics examinations,
provided the model is approved. BRAND MODEL
Scientific calculators may be used in specified examinations. Casio FX-7300G, FX7400G, FX7400G PLUS,
A scientific calculator does not have graphic, symbolic or FX7700G, FX-8500G, FX-9700G,
programming capabilities. It does not have extended memory CFX-9800G, CFX-9850G,
capable of storing text and/or symbols. CFX-9850G PLUS, CFX-9850GB PLUS,
CFX-9850GB PLUS-WE, CFX-9850GC,
Conditions of use
FX 9860G AU, CFX-9950G,
These are the conditions under which all calculators may be used: FX 9860G AU Plus
• The calculator must be silent and of the hand-held type Citizen SRP-400G
containing its own power source. You are not permitted to take
portable chargers into the examination room. Hewlett-Packard HP38G, HP39G, HP39G PLUS, HP39GS,
HP39GII
• You will be entirely responsible for ensuring adequate power
supply to your calculator. You must supply your own spare Sharp EL-9200, EL-9300, EL-9400, EL-9600,
batteries. Any technical fault or battery failure that limits the EL-9650, EL-9900
usefulness of a calculator during an examination will not be Texas Instruments TI-80, TI-81, TI-82, TI-83, TI-83 PLUS,
taken into consideration by the assessors. TI-83 PLUS (Silver), TI-84 PLUS,
• You will also be responsible for ensuring that the calculator is in TI-84 PLUS (Silver), TI-85, TI-86
excellent working order.
CAS calculators
• You may not borrow a calculator from another student after
The following CAS calculators are approved by the VCAA for
entering the examination room.
use in Further Mathematics Examination 1 and Examination 2,
Other technology Mathematical Methods Examination 2 and Specialist Mathematics
Examination 2. The full functions of approved CAS calculators
Computers, mini-computers, iPods, MP3 players, pocket-
may be used (that is, memories do not have to be cleared prior to
organisers, laptops, palmtops, calculator models that can
entering the examination).
‘communicate’ with other calculators and notebooks are excluded
from use in any examination, except under specified circumstances
BRAND MODEL
for which prior approval has been given by the VCAA.
Casio Algebra or ClassPad series
Hewlett-Packard HP 40/48/49/50 or HP Prime series
Texas Instruments TI 89/92/Voyager or TI Nspire CAS series
–5–Summary of examinations with approved calculators • The bound reference may be:
–– a textbook
EXAMINATION CALCULATOR –– a securely bound lecture pad
Accounting –– a permanently bound student-constructed set of notes
Algorithmics (HESS) without fold-outs
Chemistry –– an exercise book.
Computing: Software • The form of binding is not specified but it must be secure,
Development
and pages must not be readily detachable or designed to be
Environmental Science removed. Binding can include cloth, glue, staple, spiral or
Physics comb binding.
Systems Engineering
VET Engineering Studies Scientific calculator only
You are allowed to:
VET Furnishing • consult your bound reference during reading time and
VET Hospitality throughout the examination
VET Hospitality • annotate the material
(Kitchen Operations) • design your own written index
VET Information and • fold pages
Communications Technology
• cut page corners
VET Integrated Technologies
VET Laboratory Skills • colour code pages
• insert dividers into your own sets of notes
Further Mathematics Approved graphics calculator
• firmly attach additional material to pages in the bound
Examinations 1 and 2 or approved CAS calculator
reference (for example, by glue, adhesive tape or staples).
or CAS software for approved
schools only Your bound reference must not include:
A scientific calculator is also • pages or parts of pages that can be detached from the bound
permitted reference during the examination
Mathematical Methods Approved CAS calculator or • fold-outs, maps or brochure-style components
Examination 2 CAS software for approved • removable tabs, post-it notes or other pages or material
Specialist Mathematics schools only designed to be detached
Examination 2 A scientific calculator is also • forms of collation/binding that are designed to be non-
permitted permanent and the content modified by insertion including:
–– ring-binder folders
MATHEMATICS EXAMINATIONS: –– plastic A4 sleeves (permanent or removable) from which
USE OF BOUND REFERENCES pages may be removed
You are permitted to take a bound reference into designated –– manila and similar folders with clip, clamp, slide and metal-
Mathematics examinations. This resource is intended to provide prong binding of loose-leaf material.
you with access to mathematics-related reference material that If any page or part of a page is detached from the rest of the
may be of assistance during the examination. A suitably qualified bound reference, the page will be removed by the supervisor for
member of the school teaching staff will check the appropriateness the duration of the examination and the incident will be reported as
of reference materials as you enter the examination room for a potential breach of rules.
Mathematics examinations where these items are permitted.
Bound references must not be shared between students during
If your school receives written approval from the VCAA to use an examination. For further information contact the VCAA on
approved CAS software, you are permitted to have stored files (03) 9225 2349.
on a CD-ROM, DVD or USB or use a bound reference to access
reference materials. DICTIONARIES
The following table summarises the examinations into which the
A suitably qualified member of the school teaching staff will check
bound reference may be taken.
the appropriateness of dictionaries as you enter the examination
STUDY EXAMINATION 1 EXAMINATION 2 room.
Further Bound reference as Bound reference as • Dictionaries are only allowed in English, English as
Mathematics described described an Additional Language (EAL) and Languages written
examinations.
Mathematical Bound reference as
None • Dictionaries may be consulted during reading time and
Methods described
throughout the examination.
Specialist Bound reference as • In the English and EAL examinations, you may use a printed
None
Mathematics described English and/or bilingual dictionary.
Specifications for bound reference • In the written component of Languages examinations, you may
use any printed monolingual and/or bilingual dictionary in one
• The bound reference must be in book format of A4 size or
or two separate volumes.
smaller when closed.
• Dictionaries must not contain any highlighting, annotation or
• The number of pages is not specified.
tabs that are not part of the original publication.
• Pages must be permanently bound and securely attached to • A thesaurus or a dictionary that contains a thesaurus in the
the spine. same volume is not permitted in any examination.
• There must be a single horizontal or vertical spine. • Dictionaries may not be shared between students during an
examination.
• Electronic dictionaries are not permitted in any examination.
–6–APPROVED
MATERIALS AND
EQUIPMENT FOR
VCE WRITTEN APPROVED MATERIALS
EXAMINATIONS EXAMINATION
Geography
AND EQUIPMENT
• coloured pencils, water-based
Supervisors have the right to check material brought by you into pens and markers
the examination room and remove any non-compliant material for Languages Examinations • any printed monolingual and/
the duration of the examination. or bilingual dictionary in one or
A suitably qualified member of the school teaching staff will two separate volumes
check the appropriateness of reference materials, calculators and
dictionaries as you enter the examination room for examinations Mathematical Methods • one approved CAS calculator
where these items are permitted. Examination 2 or CAS software and one
scientific calculator
Basic stationery • one bound reference that may
You are permitted to bring basic stationery items into any written be annotated (see page 6)
examination. This includes pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, • protractor, set square and aids
sharpeners and rulers. for curve sketching
Pencil cases can only be brought into the examination room if they Music Performance • pencil should be used for
are transparent, i.e. the contents are visible to the supervisor. musical notation
Basic stationery items do not include aids for curve sketching, Physics • one scientific calculator
Mathomat, MathAids or geometrical drawing instruments such as • one folded A3 sheet or two A4
compasses, set squares and protractors. sheets bound together by tape,
Correction fluid/tape and loose sheets of paper are not allowed in single or double-sided. Notes
any examination. may be typed or handwritten
For some examinations, you are permitted to bring additional and from any source (including
specific materials into the examination, as follows. commercially available notes).
Product Design and • coloured pencils, water-based
Technology pens and markers
Specialist Mathematics • one approved CAS calculator
Examination 2 or CAS software and one
APPROVED MATERIALS
EXAMINATION scientific calculator
AND EQUIPMENT
• one bound reference that may
Examinations with a • pencil and eraser be annotated (see page 6)
multiple-choice component • protractor, set square and aids
Accounting • pencil should be used where for curve sketching
calculations are required Systems Engineering • one scientific calculator
• one scientific calculator
Theatre Studies • coloured pencils, water-based
Algorithmics (HESS) • one scientific calculator
pens and markers, protractors,
Chemistry • one scientific calculator compass, set squares and aids
for curve sketching
Computing: Software • one scientific calculator
Development VET Engineering Studies • protractor, set square and aids
for curve sketching
English • an English and/or bilingual
• one scientific calculator
printed dictionary
English as an Additional • an English and/or bilingual VET Furnishing • one scientific calculator
Language (EAL) printed dictionary VET Hospitality • one scientific calculator
Environmental Science • one scientific calculator VET Hospitality (Kitchen • one scientific calculator
Further Mathematics • one approved graphics or CAS Operations)
Examination 1 calculator or CAS software and VET Information and • one scientific calculator
one scientific calculator Communications Technology
• one bound reference that may VET Integrated Technologies • one scientific calculator
be annotated (see page 6)
VET Laboratory Skills • one scientific calculator
Further Mathematics • one approved graphics or CAS
Examination 2 calculator or CAS software and Visual Communication • coloured pencils, water-based
one scientific calculator Design pens and markers, set squares,
• one bound reference that may protractors, compasses and
be annotated (see page 6) circle and ellipse templates
–7–VCAA RULES
You are required to observe the following rules for the conduct Reported breaches of VCAA rules may be referred to the VCAA
of VCE external assessments conducted by or on behalf of the Review Committee, which will consider the alleged breach and
VCAA, as well as the day-to-day rules of your school and of the determine any appropriate penalty. Possible penalties include
examination centre. a reprimand through to cancellation of all your grades for
VCAA rules shall apply to students with disabilities or other examinations and other assessments conducted by the VCAA
impairments, with such modifications as may be appropriate and during the year in which the contravention occurred or the
reasonable. assessment was obtained, including cancellation of the course.
All supervisors are issued with directions for the administration of
VCE external assessments and are required to report all alleged
breaches of these rules to the VCAA.
VCAA RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF VCE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS
1. Students must not cheat or assist other students to cheat. 12. Students must not cause any nuisance, annoyance or
interference to any other student during a VCE external
2. Students must not take any action that gives or attempts to assessment.
give them or another student an unfair advantage in a VCE
external assessment. 13. Students must not remove or tear out any part of a bound
reference, question/task book, question and answer book or
3. Students must not allow, induce or assist any other person to answer book, except where permitted, for example formula
present for a VCE external assessment in their place. sheets.
4. Students must not present for a VCE external assessment in 14. Students must not remove any response material, used or
another student’s place. unused, from the examination room.
5. Students must not present for a VCE external assessment 15. Students must not begin to write or mark their paper or
under the influence of alcohol or drugs. response material in any way, or use a calculator, until
advised by a supervisor that writing may commence.
6. Students must obey and observe all proper instructions or
directions given by their supervisor. 16. Students must raise their hand if they wish to communicate
with a supervisor.
7. Students attending a VCE external assessment may bring
only materials and equipment approved for that VCE external 17. Students must not leave their place until permitted by a
assessment into the examination room. supervisor.
8. Students must not possess mobile phones and electronic 18. Students will not be permitted to leave the VCE external
devices that are capable of storing, receiving or transmitting assessment before 30 minutes have elapsed from the start of
information or electronic signals, such as recorded music writing time.
and video players, organisers, dictionaries and computerised
watches, during a VCE external assessment. 19. Students will not be permitted to leave in the last five minutes
of the VCE external assessment.
9. Students detected with any device defined in Rule 8 must,
upon the direction of a supervisor, surrender that device for 20. Students must cease writing when instructed to do so by a
inspection. Any confiscated device will be retained, pending supervisor.
any investigation into an alleged breach of VCAA rules.
21. Students must remain silent and seated in their place at the
10. Students must not bring into or possess in the examination end of the VCE external assessment until response materials
room any drinks or food except under special circumstances have been collected and checked, and an announcement is
as approved and directed by the VCAA. Bottled water made permitting students to leave the examination room.
is permitted in the examination room under approved
conditions. 22. Students must not communicate with an assessor, before,
during or after a VCE external assessment, except when
11. Students must not communicate with any other student while communication is necessary for the conduct of the
the VCE external assessment is being conducted. assessment.
–8–2016 VCE
EXAMINATION
TIMETABLE
PULL-OUT POSTER
–9–
This timetable is also available on the VCAA website:
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/pages/vce/exams/timetable.aspx2016 VCE EXAMINATION TIMETABLE
You must check the starting time of each The start time for the afternoon session on If you are presenting for performance The following written examinations have
examination and arrive at least 30 minutes all other days when three sessions are examinations, Languages examinations an audio component: Music Style and
earlier, and be familiar with rules about late scheduled is 3.00pm. oral component or the Extended Investigation Composition, Music Performance, VET Music
admission to examinations. oral presentation, you will be issued with an Technical Production and all Languages
The reading period is included in the times examination advice slip. Photo identification except Indigenous Languages of Victoria,
The start time for the afternoon session shown in the timetable. Each examination and examination advice slips must be presented Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew and Latin.
on Thursday 27 October, Friday 28 October, commences with a 15-minute reading period for entry to your assessment. In some cases,
Tuesday 8 November and Wednesday unless otherwise specified. students in regional and rural areas may be
9 November (when only two sessions are required to attend venues in Melbourne.
scheduled) is 2.00pm. All written responses must be in English, unless
otherwise instructed in the question book for
that particular examination.
Monday 9.00am – 10.45am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
Tuesday 10.00am – 1.15pm 31 October Further Mathematics Indigenous Languages Algorithmics (HESS)
7 June General Achievement Test (GAT) Examination 2 of Victoria Business Management
Japanese First Language
Wednesday 10.00am – 11.10am
Tuesday
3 August Extended Investigation: Critical Thinking Test (computer-based) Melbourne Cup Public Holiday
1 November
Wednesday 9.00am – 10.15am 11.45am – 1.30pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
Monday Languages examinations Performance examinations:
2 November Mathematical Methods Dance Music Style and
3 October to oral component Dance
Examination 1 Composition
Tuesday (except Classical Greek, VET Business
VET Dance
25 October Classical Hebrew, Indigenous VET Hospitality (Kitchen Philosophy
Drama: Solo
Languages of Victoria and Latin). Operations) Physical Education
Theatre Studies:
VET Information and
Stagecraft Examination
Communications
Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips Technology
from Monday 1 August. VET Music – Technical
Production
Monday Performance examinations:
Thursday 9.00am – 10.45am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
3 October to Music Investigation
Sunday 3 November Drama Mathematical Methods Australian Politics
Music Performance
30 October Product Design Examination 2 Health and Human
VET Music
and Technology Development
Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips
VET Equine Studies
from Monday 1 August.
Friday 9.00am – 10.15am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
Monday Extended Investigation Externally-assessed Task oral presentation 4 November Specialist Mathematics Literature Accounting
10 October to Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips Examination 1 Sociology
Friday from Monday 1 August. VET Interactive Digital
14 October Media (computer-based)Tuesday 1.55pm – 5.00pm Monday 9.00am – 10.45am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
18 October Classical Greek 7 November Art Outdoor and History: Revolutions
This examination commences with a 5-minute reading period. Music Performance Environmental Studies
VET Sport Specialist Mathematics
Wednesday 2.00pm – 4.40pm
and Recreation Examination 2
19 October Armenian, Bosnian, Chin Hakha, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi,
Hungarian, Khmer, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Tuesday 9.00am – 11.45am 2.00pm – 3.45pm
Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, 8 November Chemistry Visual Communication Design
Yiddish
Each examination commences with a 10-minute reading period. Wednesday 9.00am – 11.45am 2.00pm – 4.15pm
9 November Physics Legal Studies
2.00pm – 4.15pm
Arabic, Korean First Language, Korean Second Language Thursday 9.00am – 10.45am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
Each examination commences with a 15-minute reading period. 10 November Agricultural and Computing: Software English Language
Horticultural Studies Development
8.00am – 6.00pm
Studio Arts History: Australian
Auslan Sign Comprehension and Sign Production Examination History
VET Hospitality
Students are scheduled in one two-hour session. Each session is preceded by Texts and Traditions
VET Integrated
10 minutes of reading/viewing time.
Technologies
Wednesday 9.00am – 12.15pm Friday 9.00am – 10.45am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
26 October English 11 November Food and Technology Classical Studies Geography
English as an Additional Language (EAL) VET Community Computing: Informatics History: Ancient History
Services Environmental Science
Thursday 9.00am – 11.45am 2.00pm – 4.15pm
27 October VET Furnishing
Psychology Economics
1.55pm – 5.00pm Monday 9.00am – 10.45am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
Classical Hebrew 14 November Systems Engineering Chinese Latin
This examination commences First Language Media
with a 5-minute reading period. Global Politics
Friday 9.00am – 11.45am 2.00pm – 3.45pm Greek
28 October Biology Further Mathematics Examination 1 Industry and Enterprise
Religion and Society
Tuesday 9.00am – 10.45am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
15 November Theatre Studies German French
VET Engineering Studies Spanish
Vietnamese
Wednesday 9.00am – 10.45am 11.45am – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 5.15pm
16 November VET Laboratory Skills Indonesian Chinese
First Language Second Language
Indonesian Chinese
Second Language Second Language
Japanese Advanced
Second Language Italian– 12 –
IF YOU ARRIVE LATE FOR A VCE EXAMINATION IRREGULARITIES
If you arrive late for a VCE written examination: Irregularities are events that significantly interrupt and adversely
a. up to 30 minutes after the scheduled start of writing time, you impact your performance immediately before or during a VCE
will be admitted to the examination room. You will be given external assessment, and that are outside your control. Examples
the full writing time but no allowance for reading time. of events that can occur are:
• power failures, emergency evacuations and other disruptive
b. after 30 minutes from the scheduled start of writing time, events
but before the scheduled finish of writing time, you may be
• printing and/or collating errors in examination question books
admitted only if all the following conditions are met:
• excessive noise/interference
i. The principal of the host school, or the principal’s delegate, • incorrect interpretation of external assessment conditions or
recommends your admittance. VCAA rules by supervisors
ii. You are admitted into the room on the understanding • procedural issues with the conduct of oral and performance
that your response materials may not be accepted by examinations or the Extended Investigation oral presentation.
the VCAA. You will be advised of this condition and must
Where reasonably possible and practical, minor disruptions will be
sign acceptance of this requirement on the Statutory
rectified and remedied at the time by the supervisor, for example,
Declaration.
by replacing faulty books.
iii. You complete a statutory declaration immediately following
If you believe that an event constitutes an irregularity that has
the conclusion of the examination declaring:
materially affected your performance in the external assessment,
–– the reason for being late you must advise your principal (or principal’s delegate) in writing
–– the time of your admittance to the examination room within three days of the end of the external assessment.
–– you have not seen or read the examination question
book prior to their admittance
–– you have not received any information about the
contents of the examination question book
–– you understand that your response materials may not be
accepted by the VCAA.
iv. That appropriate arrangements can be made to enable you
to complete the examination without disruption to other
students.
You will be given the full writing time but no allowance for
reading time.
If you arrive late for a performance or Languages oral examination
or Extended Investigation oral presentation, you may have your
assessment rescheduled to an alternative time, provided you have
a valid reason for the lateness, which must be endorsed by your
home school.
– 13 –ADVICE FOR PERFORMANCE AND
LANGUAGES ORAL EXAMINATIONS
AND THE EXTENDED INVESTIGATION
ORAL PRESENTATION
DATE AND TIME OF ASSESSMENT Oral examination for Chinese, Korean,
Indonesian and Japanese First Languages
Dates and venue information for performance and Languages oral
examinations and the Extended Investigation oral presentation Description of task
will be available to schools on the Victorian Assessment Software Section 1: Presentation (approximately 5 minutes)
System (VASS) from Monday 1 August. You will present an issue relating to the option selected for detailed
study (Language and Culture through Literature and the Arts).
VCAA FORMS You may support your presentation with objects such as
You should contact your VCE coordinator to obtain VCAA photographs, diagrams, maps and brief speaker’s notes.
forms such as examination advice slips, information booklets, Speaker’s notes must be in point form on one side of a cue card no
Performance Examination Program Sheets, Statements of more than 20 cm x 12.5 cm.
Intention, Industry Statements, Framing Statements, Focus
Section 2: Discussion (approximately 5 minutes)
Statements and Statements of Expressive Intention. These
documents are only available on VASS. A discussion between you and the assessors will focus on aspects
of the nominated issue.
STUDENT IDENTIFICATION For further information refer to the relevant language on the VCAA
website: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/pages/vce/index.aspx
If you are undertaking a performance examination, an oral
examination or an oral presentation you will be required to provide
AUSLAN INTERACTIVE SIGN EXAMINATION
personal identification prior to entering the assessment room.
The personal identification must consist of a clear photograph of Conditions
you and your full name, for example a school ID card or a driver’s • The examination will be conducted by three assessors (one
licence. assessor conducts the examination while the other two
You should not wear school uniform. assess).
• You will sign your student number.
Examination advice slip
• Dictionaries and electronic communication devices are not
Two copies of the examination advice slip must be presented to a
permitted.
venue coordinator on arrival at the assessment venue. One copy
will be retained by the venue coordinator; the other you will present Description of task
to the assessor immediately before the commencement of your Section 1: Conversation and discussion (approximately 7 minutes)
assessment. A conversation between you and one assessor will cover topics of
your personal world. It will be followed by an informal discussion
LANGUAGES ORAL COMPONENT on one or more of these areas.
Conditions Section 2: Presentation and response (approximately 8 minutes)
• The oral examination will be conducted by two assessors. Following the conversation and discussion you will indicate to
• The oral examination will be conducted in the language being the assessors the topic chosen for presentation and response
assessed. However, students will provide their student number from your area of interest. You may support your presentation
in English. (3 minutes) and response (5 minutes) with objects such as
photographs, diagrams and maps.
• Dictionaries and electronic communication devices are not
permitted. Notes and cue cards are not permitted.
Following the presentation you will respond to questions raised by
Oral examination for second languages the assessors.
Description of task For further information refer to Auslan on the VCAA website:
Section 1: Conversation (approximately 7 minutes) www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/pages/vce/index.aspx
A conversation between you and two assessors will cover
topics about your personal world. DANCE*
Section 2: Discussion (approximately 8 minutes) Description of task
A discussion will focus on the subtopic chosen for your You are required to present two solo dance works (Technique Solo
detailed study. followed by Composition Solo).
You may support your discussion with objects such as Time
photographs, diagrams and maps. Duration of each dance is between 2½ and 5 minutes. The two
Notes and cue cards are not permitted. dances will be performed approximately 45 minutes apart.
– 14 –You must provide the following document at your examination: • Additional props, if required, must be carried into the
• Statement of Expressive Intention (three copies). examination room, and set up and removed at the end of the
examination by you within the allotted time.
Conditions
• You are not permitted to bring any objects or substances
• The performance spaces are covered with a tarkett that
deemed hazardous or illegal into the performance examination
provides a non-slip surface of approximately 9 m x 14 m.
venue.
• A sound system will be supplied at the examination venues.
• Actual and imitation weapons are prohibited. The use of such
• A small stereo playback unit with 3.5 mm mini-jack input items is not permitted in the performance.
lead will be supplied at examination venues by the VCAA for
For further information refer to the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.
students using devices such as MP3 players (for connection
edu.au/Documents/exams/drama/2016/2016dramasoloperf-p.pdf
to headphone output). CDs will not be permitted. You may
also prepare an audio cassette of your recorded music/
soundscapes as a back-up. It is not possible for you to perform
THEATRE STUDIES
to live accompaniment. Description of task
• Another student will be permitted in the examination room to You will use stagecraft to interpret a prescribed monologue
operate the sound system if required. from the current VCE Theatre Studies Stagecraft Examination
For further information refer to the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic. document.
edu.au/documents/exams/dance/danceperf-specs-crit-w.pdf For the interpretation stage of the examination, students will
choose either:
VET DANCE* • Acting and Direction
Description of task or
You are required to perform two solo dances learnt from the • Design – any two of make-up, costume, set pieces,
dance repertoire of a choreographer/teacher. Each solo dance properties, sound.
should be presented as a single live uninterrupted performance The examination will be conducted in three stages:
in a distinct style.
• Framing Statement
Time
• Monologue Interpretation
Duration of each dance is between 2 and 5 minutes.
• questions
The two dances will be performed approximately 45 minutes apart.
The three stages of the stagecraft examination will be assessed
You must provide the following documents at your examination: against common criteria and stagecraft-specific criteria, and a total
• Performance Program Sheet and Industry Statement mark will be awarded.
(three copies). Time
Conditions There will be 12 minutes for the entire examination.
• The performance spaces are covered with a tarkett that You will spend:
provides a non-slip surface of approximately 9 m x 14 m.
• no more than 2 minutes presenting the Framing Statement
• A sound system will be supplied at the examination venues.
• no more than 5 minutes presenting the Monologue
• A small stereo playback unit with 3.5 mm mini-jack input Interpretation
lead will be supplied at examination venues by the VCAA for
• no more than 2 minutes for the question stage of the
students using devices such as MP3 players (for connection
examination.
to headphone output). CDs will not be permitted. You may
also prepare an audio cassette of your recorded music/ The remaining 3 minutes will be used for your entry to and exit
soundscapes as a back-up. It is not possible for you to perform from the examination room, and transition time between the three
to live accompaniment. stages of the examination.
• Another student will be permitted in the examination room to You must provide the following document at the end of your
operate the sound system if required. examination:
For further information refer to the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic. • Framing Statement (one copy).
edu.au/documents/exams/vetdance/vetdanceperf-spec-crit-w.pdf Conditions
• Two chairs will be provided in the examination room for you to
DRAMA use if you wish. A table will not be provided.
Description of task • Additional props, if required, must be carried into the
You are required to prepare a solo performance using one of the examination room, set up and removed at the end of the
prescribed structures published on the Drama curriculum webpage examination by you within the allotted time.
under Assessment. • You are not permitted to bring any objects or substances
Time deemed hazardous or illegal into the performance examination
venue.
You present a single uninterrupted performance with a maximum
time of 7 minutes. Each student is allocated a total of 10 minutes • Actual or imitation weapons are prohibited. The use of such
for preparation, performance and clearing the examination room. items is not permitted in the performance.
You must provide the following document at your examination: • The use of multimedia, including a data projector or folios, will
not be permitted in the stagecraft examination.
• Statement of Intention (three copies).
For further information refer to the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.
Conditions
edu.au/Documents/exams/theatre/2016/2016ts-stagecraft-p.pdf
Two chairs will be provided in the examination room for you to use
in the performance if you wish. A table will not be provided.
– 15 –MUSIC INVESTIGATION* • If you are performing accompanied works, you must provide
your own accompanist.
You will present a live performance in one of the following contexts:
• The sound volume during the examination must be within the
• as a member of a group limits prescribed by health and safety regulations as ‘safe’. The
or examination may be stopped if the assessors deem the volume
• as a soloist. of the performance to be at dangerous levels.
Description of task • Sheet music may be used, except for Voice – Classical and
Voice – Contemporary Popular.
You will present a live performance of at least four contrasting
works that relate to the Focus Area that underpins your study in • Page turners are not permitted.
Units 3 and 4. You must complete a Focus Statement outlining For further information refer to the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.
your Focus Area and the relationship of the selected performance edu.au/documents/exams/music/mus-invest-specs-crit-w.pdf
program to this area. At least one work in the program must be
selected from either the current Prescribed List of Group Works MUSIC PERFORMANCE*
or the Prescribed List of Notated Solo Works as published on the
You will present a live performance in one of the following contexts:
VCAA website.
• as a member of a group
You must provide the following documents at your examination:
or
• Performance Examination Program Sheet and Focus
Statement. • as a soloist.
You must provide the following document at your examination:
Group students
• Performance Examination Program Sheet.
Time
• One assessed performer – maximum of 25 minutes Group students
• Two or three assessed performers – maximum of 30 minutes Description of task
• Four assessed performers – maximum of 35 minutes You will present a live performance of at least four contrasting
works that represent a range of styles and diversity of character.
• Five or six assessed performers – maximum of 40 minutes.
At least two works in the program must be selected from the
Conditions Prescribed List of Group Works published on the VCAA website.
• Assessed performers may change instruments during the Time
examination. You will be assessed on all instruments (including
• One assessed performer – maximum of 25 minutes
voice) on which you perform during an examination.
• Two or three assessed performers – maximum of 30 minutes
• Assessed performers will be assessed in the first group in
which they perform before participating in other groups as non- • Four assessed performers – maximum of 35 minutes
assessed performers. • Five or six assessed performers – maximum of 40 minutes.
• There should only be one performer per musical part to Conditions
ensure that the work of each assessed student can be clearly • Students presenting for assessment will be assessed on all
identified. instruments (including voice) on which they perform during an
• The sound volume during the examination must be within the examination.
limits prescribed by health and safety regulations as ‘safe’. The • Assessed performers will be assessed in the first group in
examination may be stopped if the assessors deem the volume which they perform before participating in other groups as non-
of the performance to be at dangerous levels. assessed performers.
• Sheet music may be used. • There should only be one performer per musical part to
• Page turners will be regarded as non-assessed performers. ensure that the work of each assessed student can be clearly
• A period of 30 minutes will be allowed for groups to set up identified.
and complete a sound check/warm-up. Teachers and other • The sound volume during the examination must be within the
personnel may assist in this activity. limits prescribed by health and safety regulations as ‘safe’. The
examination may be stopped if the assessors deem the volume
Solo students
of the performance to be at dangerous levels.
Time • You may use any equipment normally used by the group.
Duration of the task is a maximum of 25 minutes starting from No electronic mixing or adjusting of the sound by a person
the assessor’s announcement (for recording purposes) of the other than a student performer will be allowed during the
candidate number, instrument, date, time and venue. performance.
Conditions • Sheet music may be used.
• Different accompanists may accompany different works in the • Page turners will be regarded as non-assessed performers.
program. • A period of 30 minutes will be allowed for groups to set up
and complete a sound check/warm-up. Teachers and other
personnel may assist in this activity.
– 16 –Solo students You must provide the following documents at your examination:
Description of task • Performance Program Sheet and Industry Statement.
You will present a live performance of works selected from the Conditions
Prescribed List of Notated Solo Works published on the VCAA • Students presenting for assessment will be assessed on all
website. Details of examination and program requirements instruments (including voice) on which they perform during the
specific to each instrument, including the number of works to be examination.
performed, are published in the prescribed list. • The sound volume during the examination must be within the
Time limits prescribed by health and safety regulations as ‘safe’. The
Duration of the task is a maximum of 25 minutes starting from examination may be stopped if the assessors deem the volume
the assessor’s announcement (for recording purposes) of the of the performance to be at dangerous levels.
candidate number, instrument, date, time and venue. • You must bring your own instrument/s to the performance. An
Conditions acoustic piano will be provided if required. All other equipment,
including PA systems, amplifiers and music stands, must be
• Students presenting for assessment may only be assessed in
provided by you.
one examination.
For further information refer to the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.
• Assessed performers may change instruments during the
edu.au/documents/exams/vetmusic/vet-musperf-specs-crit-w.pdf
examination in accordance with requirements for selected
instruments.
EXTENDED INVESTIGATION ORAL
• The sound volume during the examination must be within the
limits prescribed by health and safety regulations as ‘safe’. The PRESENTATION
examination may be stopped if the assessors deem the volume Conditions
of the performance to be at dangerous levels.
• The oral presentation will be assessed by two assessors.
• If you are performing accompanied works, you must provide
• Students may use presentation software and/or posters.
your own accompanist.
Speaker notes are permitted.
• Only one accompanist is permitted in the examination room at
• No additional electronic media are permitted (for example,
a time. Recorded accompaniments (backing tracks) may only
sound and video files).
be used as indicated in the prescribed list.
• No additional props are permitted (for example, laboratory
• You should tune your own instrument without assistance from
equipment, costumes, scientific models or simulations).
any other person.
Description of task
• You may use sheet music, except in the case of Voice –
Classical and Voice – Contemporary Popular, where the You will present your research and investigation findings to the
complete program must be sung from memory. panel of assessors, and respond to questions and challenges from
the panel.
• Page turners are not permitted.
• The oral presentation, including the student response to panel
For further information refer to the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.
questions and challenges, will be of 15–20 minutes total
edu.au/documents/exams/music/musicperf-specs-crit-w.pdf
duration.
• The oral presentation component will be 7−10 minutes.
VET MUSIC*
• The panel questions and student responses will be 8−10
Description of task minutes.
You will present a live performance, either as a single performer • If you intend to use them, you must provide the following
(as a solo performance or as the only assessed performer within materials:
a music group), or in a music group of between two and 10
–– any presentation software and/or posters, speaker notes as
performers.
permitted.
Time
For further information refer to the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.
• Solo performance – 25 minutes edu.au/pages/vce/studies/extendedinvestigation/index.aspx
• Single performer being assessed within a group – 25 minutes
• Two or three performers being assessed within a group – 30 * Works presented for assessment in one VCE/VET Music
minutes study cannot be presented for assessment in another VCE/VET
• Four or five performers being assessed within a group – 35 Music study.
minutes
• Six performers (maximum) being assessed within a group – 45
minutes
• A maximum of 30 minutes will be allowed for groups to set up
and complete any required sound-check/warm-up activities.
– 17 –SPECIAL PROVISION
There are two types of Special Provision available to you for VCE Attendance at VCE external assessments
external assessments:
You are advised to attend every VCE external assessment if at
• Special Examination Arrangements all possible. You should not miss an external assessment merely
• a Derived Examination Score (DES). because you do not feel able to do your best.
If you do not attend an external assessment and your application
SPECIAL EXAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS for a DES is not approved, you will receive ‘NA’ for that external
The VCAA recognises that some students with an illness or assessment. The VCAA does not expect you to attend an external
disability may require Special Examination Arrangements to enable assessment against medical advice, but you must still meet the
them to access questions and communicate their responses in an DES eligibility requirements and have a definitive written statement
external assessment. from an independent health professional recommending non-
attendance at the external assessment. You must have consulted
The VCAA makes the decision on applications for Special this professional as close as possible to the day before the external
Examination Arrangements for all VCE external assessments, assessment, or on the same day as the external assessment,
which includes the GAT, all VCE examinations and the Extended about your diagnosis and inability to attend.
Investigation Critical Thinking Test and oral presentation.
Schools are responsible for submitting an application for Special If you are prevented from attending an external assessment, it
Examination Arrangements on behalf of their students. is imperative that you notify your principal or VCE coordinator
immediately.
All applications for 2016 VCE external assessments associated
with long-term or chronic conditions should already have been If you are ill but able to attend the external assessment, you should
submitted to the VCAA and a decision communicated to the inform the VCE coordinator of your condition as soon as possible
student’s school. (before or after) the external assessment. If you are ill during the
external assessment, you should inform the supervisor.
If you have a recently diagnosed condition and believe you might
be eligible for Special Examination Arrangements, you must Closing date for DES applications
discuss this initially with your VCE coordinator. The school may The VCAA must receive your DES application no later than
then submit a late application, which must include the appropriate seven days after your last external assessment in the relevant
supporting documentation. assessment period. Your individual Student Examination/
Students who have been granted EAL status on the basis of Assessment Timetable contains the DES closing dates.
unfamiliarity with the English language are not eligible for Special Please note that there are individual closing dates for oral,
Examination Arrangements on this basis alone, unless they qualify performance and written examinations.
for EAL status because of a hearing impairment.
How to make an application
EMERGENCY SPECIAL EXAMINATION If you believe you are eligible for a DES, you should first seek
ARRANGEMENTS advice from your school.
Applications for emergency Special Examination Arrangements Specific details on how to complete each section of the DES
may be submitted by schools if a student experiences a sudden application are provided on the form.
illness, accident or personal trauma immediately before or during It is very important that you read and follow these instructions
the relevant assessment period. These applications must be carefully. Submitting an incomplete application may jeopardise the
supported by appropriate evidence. chances of the application being approved.
Submitting your application
DERIVED EXAMINATION SCORE (DES)
The primary responsibility for submitting an application that meets
If you are significantly affected by the onset of an illness, or the all eligibility criteria rests with you.
occurrence of an injury or personal trauma at the time of your VCE
You should submit your application to your home school
external assessments, you may be eligible for a DES.
principal. The principal will consider the application and make a
You must have independent professional evidence to support any recommendation to the VCAA at their discretion.
DES application.
The VCAA reserves the right to contact the school when
You cannot submit a DES application on the basis of: statements involving the school need to be verified.
• unfamiliarity with the English language
Compassionate Late Withdrawal or Interrupted Studies
• teacher absence or other teacher-related difficulties
If an illness or personal circumstance has been so severe that
• a long-term or chronic condition or illness
you have not been coping with the demands of VCE studies,
• matters that could have been avoided by you, for example you should discuss with your VCE coordinator the possibility of
misreading the examination timetable or instructions or matters Compassionate Late Withdrawal or Interrupted Studies status. The
related to school discipline school will need supporting professional evidence if you decide to
• matters of your own choosing such as involvement in social pursue either of these options.
events, sporting or training activities, school events or You should be aware of the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre’s
volunteer work. Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS). Check the VTAC website for
This applies to all VCE external assessments, which includes all details and closing dates: www.vtac.edu.au
VCE examinations and the Extended Investigation Critical Thinking More information about Special Provision is available via schools
Test and oral presentation. and on the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/pages/vce/
A DES is not available for the GAT, Music Style and Composition exams/specialprovision/specialprovision.aspx
Externally-assessed Task or Extended Investigation Externally-
assessed Task written report.
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