English
English learning area contacts:
- Gerard Morris : +61 8 92736742 | Gerard.Morris@scsa.wa.edu.au
- Leanne Bondin : +61 8 92736374 | Leanne.Bondin@scsa.wa.edu.au
- Anthony Phillips : +61 8 92736782 | Anthony.Phillips@scsa.wa.edu.au
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ATAR
The English ATAR course focuses on developing students’ analytical, creative, and critical thinking and communication skills in all language modes, encouraging students to critically engage with texts from their contemporary world, the past, and from Australian and other cultures. Through close study and wide reading, viewing and listening, students develop the ability to analyse and evaluate the purpose, stylistic qualities and conventions of texts and to enjoy creating imaginative, interpretive, persuasive and analytical responses in a range of written, oral, multimodal and digital forms.
SyllabusGrading Support Materials- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (301.8 KB)
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (379.8 KB) Last updated: 01 Feb 2024 2:48pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2025 (564.5 KB) Last updated: 09 Aug 2024 2:46pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2025 (399.5 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 summary of minor syllabus changes for 2025 (203.1 KB) Last updated: 13 Sep 2024 3:32pm
- ATAR Year 11 summary of minor syllabus changes for 2025 (24.2 KB)
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (187.9 KB)
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (389.8 KB) Last updated: 01 Feb 2024 2:50pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2025 (569.2 KB) Last updated: 09 Dec 2024 11:58am
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2025 (399.1 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 summary of minor syllabus changes for 2025 (205.9 KB) Last updated: 13 Sep 2024 3:38pm
- ATAR Year 12 summary of minor syllabus changes for 2025 (27.0 KB)
Support Materials: Eight Task Models- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (328.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 11:22am
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (211.7 KB)
- ATAR and General Suggested Text Lists (266.3 KB) Last updated: 26 Jun 2024 8:44am
- ATAR and General Suggested Text Lists (33.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (477.5 KB) Last updated: 01 Mar 2024 9:55am
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (366.5 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (434.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:09pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (356.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (512.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:09pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (371.8 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (491.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:16pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (370.4 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (466.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:16pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (358.7 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (487.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:16pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (365.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample section one exam questions (79.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:50pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample section one exam questions (18.7 KB)
Examination Materials- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline 8 task model (526.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:37pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline 8 task model (399.2 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline 8 task model (427.0 KB) Last updated: 07 Mar 2024 9:48am
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline 8 task model (364.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks 8 task model (552.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:38pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks 8 task model (391.9 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline 8 task model (554.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:38pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline 8 task model (395.9 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline 8 task model (475.6 KB) Last updated: 01 Mar 2024 9:23am
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline 8 task model (362.7 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks for 8 task model (530.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:38pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks for 8 task model (386.3 KB)
- 2024 ENG Examination Front Cover (233.8 KB) Last updated: 23 Aug 2024 9:55am
- 2023 Examination (609.3 KB) Last updated: 28 Feb 2024 2:41pm
- 2023 Acknowledgement variations (363.1 KB) Last updated: 18 Jun 2024 10:14am
- 2023 Summary examination report for candidates (121.1 KB) Last updated: 23 Apr 2024 11:28am
- 2023 Marking Key (764.2 KB) Last updated: 28 Feb 2024 2:41pm
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Marking keys for past WACE and ATAR course examinations are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at Extranet login.
- Additional Past ATAR Course Examinations
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General
The English General course focuses on consolidating and refining the skills and knowledge needed by students to become competent, confident and engaged users of English in everyday, community, social, further education, training and workplace contexts. The course is designed to provide students with the skills to succeed in a wide range of post-secondary pathways by developing their language, literacy and literary skills. Students comprehend, analyse, interpret, evaluate and create analytical, imaginative, interpretive and persuasive texts in a range of written, oral, multimodal and digital forms.
SyllabusGrading Support Materials- General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (394.5 KB) Last updated: 01 Feb 2024 2:54pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (295.7 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2025 (582.0 KB) Last updated: 09 Aug 2024 3:29pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2025 (395.3 KB)
- General Year 11 summary of minor syllabus changes for 2025 (211.9 KB) Last updated: 09 Aug 2024 3:43pm
- General Year 11 summary of minor syllabus changes for 2025 (26.5 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (380.0 KB) Last updated: 01 Feb 2024 2:55pm
- General Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (297.9 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2025 (562.1 KB) Last updated: 18 Dec 2024 4:18pm
- General Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2025 (396.5 KB)
- General Year 12 summary of minor syllabus changes for 2025 (206.8 KB) Last updated: 09 Aug 2024 3:55pm
- General Year 12 summary of minor syllabus changes for 2025 (26.7 KB)
Support Materials: Eight Task Models- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (328.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 11:22am
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (211.7 KB)
- Suggested Text List Year 11 and 12 General English 2024 (469.0 KB) Last updated: 30 Oct 2024 2:15pm
- Suggested Text List Year 11 and 12 General English 2024 (273.9 KB)
- General Year 11 sample course outline (458.4 KB) Last updated: 09 Dec 2024 9:59am
- General Year 11 sample course outline (371.0 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (426.0 KB) Last updated: 09 Dec 2024 9:36am
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (364.1 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (364.3 KB) Last updated: 14 Mar 2024 10:43am
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (369.2 KB)
- General Year 12 sample course outline (528.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:52pm
- General Year 12 sample course outline (366.1 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (450.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:52pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (357.5 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (278.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:52pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (378.1 KB)
Support Materials: For Schools with Combined Foundation and General Classes- General Year 11 sample course outline 8 task model (557.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:38pm
- General Year 11 sample course outline 8 task model (386.6 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline 8 task model (497.7 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 8:31am
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline 8 task model (371.8 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks 8 task model (600.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:38pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks 8 task model (424.5 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline 8 task model (336.6 KB) Last updated: 08 Mar 2024 9:03am
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline 8 task model (362.9 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks 8 task model (515.1 KB) Last updated: 08 Mar 2024 9:03am
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks 8 task model (402.3 KB)
- General Year 12 sample course outline 8 task model (406.3 KB) Last updated: 08 Mar 2024 9:04am
- General Year 12 sample course outline 8 task model (385.0 KB)
Externally Set Task Materials 2025- General Year 11 Sample course outline - 8 task model - combined (593.2 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 1:39pm
- General Year 11 Sample course outline - 8 task model - combined (390.5 KB)
- General Year 11 Sample assessment tasks - 8 task model - combined (561.2 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 1:39pm
- General Year 11 Sample assessment tasks - 8 task model - combined (398.2 KB)
- General Year 11 Sample assessment outline - 8 task model - combined (431.9 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 1:39pm
- General Year 11 Sample assessment outline - 8 task model - combined (365.2 KB)
- General Year 12 Sample course outline - 8 task model - combined (664.6 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 1:39pm
- General Year 12 Sample course outline - 8 task model - combined (402.6 KB)
- General Year 12 Sample assessment tasks - 8 task model - combined (564.4 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 1:39pm
- General Year 12 Sample assessment tasks - 8 task model - combined (393.0 KB)
- General Year 12 Sample assessment outline - 8 task model - combined (440.9 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 1:39pm
- General Year 12 Sample assessment outline - 8 task model - combined (371.4 KB)
Externally Set Task Materials 2024- 2025 General EST Unit 3 content (180.1 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2024 9:49am
Externally Set Task Materials 2023- 2024 General EST Unit 3 content (296.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:36pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2022- 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content (202.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:10pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2021- 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content (293.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:33pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2020- 2021 ENG General EST Unit 3 Content (295.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:22pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2019- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content (295.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:10pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2018- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content (166.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:50pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2017- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content (153.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:33pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2016- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (157.6 KB)
- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (166.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:23pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
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Foundation
The English Foundation course aims to develop students’ skills in reading, writing, viewing, speaking and listening in work, learning, community and everyday personal contexts. This course is for students who have not demonstrated the literacy standard in the OLNA. Such development involves an improvement in English literacy, where literacy is defined broadly to include reading ability, verbal or spoken literacy, the literacy involved in writing, and visual literacy. Students undertaking this course will develop skills in the use of functional language conventions, including spelling, punctuation and grammar. Good literacy skills are required for comprehending and producing texts; for communicating effectively in a learning or working environment, or within a community; or for self-reflection; and for establishing one’s sense of individual worth.
SyllabusGrading Support Materials- Foundation Syllabus Year 11 (310.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:07pm
- Foundation Syllabus Year 11 (288.6 KB)
- Foundation Syllabus Year 12 (366.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:11pm
- Foundation Syllabus Year 12 (165.9 KB)
- Foundation Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (298.2 KB)
- Foundation Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (378.5 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 2:22pm
- Foundation Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (176.3 KB)
- Foundation Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (384.0 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 2:23pm
Support Materials: For Schools with Combined Foundation and General Classes- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (328.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 11:22am
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (211.7 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 sample course outline (457.4 KB) Last updated: 23 Jul 2024 9:34am
- Foundation Year 11 sample course outline (365.8 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment outline (286.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:11pm
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment outline (366.1 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment tasks (280.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:11pm
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment tasks (369.4 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 sample course outline (537.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:57pm
- Foundation Year 12 sample course outline (370.9 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 sample assessment outline (266.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:57pm
- Foundation Year 12 sample assessment outline (365.9 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 sample assessment tasks (334.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:57pm
- Foundation Year 12 sample assessment tasks (381.3 KB)
Externally Set Task Materials 2025- Foundation Year 11 - Sample course outline - 8 task model - combined (617.5 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 2:21pm
- Foundation Year 11 - Sample course outline - 8 task model - combined (406.0 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 - Sample assessment task - 8 task model - combined (617.7 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 2:21pm
- Foundation Year 11 - Sample assessment task - 8 task model - combined (419.7 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 - Sample assessment outline - 8 task model - combined (433.0 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 2:21pm
- Foundation Year 11 - Sample assessment outline - 8 task model - combined (370.0 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 - Sample course outline - 8 task model - combined (662.3 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 2:21pm
- Foundation Year 12 - Sample course outline - 8 task model - combined (412.9 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 - Sample assessment task - 8 task model - combined (567.8 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 2:21pm
- Foundation Year 12 - Sample assessment task - 8 task model - combined (401.3 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 - Sample assessment outline - 8 task model - combined (437.5 KB) Last updated: 15 Mar 2024 2:21pm
- Foundation Year 12 - Sample assessment outline - 8 task model - combined (369.6 KB)
Externally Set Task Materials 2024- 2025 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (166.8 KB) Last updated: 18 Sep 2024 9:58am
Externally Set Task Materials 2023- 2024 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (297.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:36pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2022- 2023 Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (200.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:10pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2021- 2022 Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (294.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:33pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2020- 2021 ENG Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (295.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:22pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2019- 2020 Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (298.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:10pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2018- 2019 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (164.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:50pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2017- 2018 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (140.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:33pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
- 2017 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (154.5 KB)
- 2017 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (166.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:23pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
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Preliminary
The English Preliminary course focuses on the fundamental skills that support language use. Language use plays a central role in human life: it provides a vehicle for communication and independence. Students study language through the use of receptive and expressive communication. Receptive skills can include reading, comprehending, listening and/or viewing. Expressive skills can include writing, speaking, acting, signing, gesturing and/or creating multimodal texts. The course recognises the diversity of the student population and builds on students’ knowledge of how language works and how to use language in a variety of forms and situations. An understanding of how to use language empowers students: it gives them access to knowledge, enables them to play an active part in society and contributes to their personal growth.
SyllabusSupport Materials- English Y11 and Y12 Syllabus Preliminary (232.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:07pm
- English Y11 and Y12 Syllabus Preliminary (311.1 KB)
- Preliminary Syllabus Year 11 and Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (157.7 KB)
- Preliminary Syllabus Year 11 and Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (314.7 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 2:48pm
- Preliminary U1 and U2 sample course outline (260.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:12pm
- Preliminary U1 and U2 sample course outline (360.1 KB)
- Preliminary U1 and U2 sample assessment outline (469.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:12pm
- Preliminary U1 and U2 sample assessment outline (352.8 KB)
- Preliminary U1 and U2 sample assessment tasks (250.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:12pm
- Preliminary U1 and U2 sample assessment tasks (354.6 KB)
- Preliminary U3 and U4 sample course outline (264.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:12pm
- Preliminary U3 and U4 sample course outline (362.7 KB)
- Preliminary U3 and U4 sample assessment outline (279.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:12pm
- Preliminary U3 and U4 sample assessment outline (364.1 KB)
- Preliminary U3 and U4 sample assessment tasks (252.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:12pm
- Preliminary U3 and U4 sample assessment tasks (355.9 KB)