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Office of the Board of Studies NSW
Stage 6 English Forum
held at Trinity College, Auburn, NSW Australia
7-8 March 1998
Saturday, March 7 1998 Day 1
8.30 - 9.00 am - Registration and coffee
9.00 - 9.05 am - Official Welcome
- Brother John Thompson, Principal, Trinity Catholic College, Auburn
- John Ward, General Manager of the Office of the Board of Studies NSW
9.05 - 9.20 am - Changes
to the HSC
- Rob Randall, Director of Curriculum, Office of the Board of Studies
NSW
9.20 - 9.35 am - Setting
the scene
- Kerry Edmeades, Inspector of English, Office of the Board of Studies NSW
9.35 - 10.55 am - Perspectives on English
Chair: Kitty Guerin, Principal, St Clare's College, Waverley
Panellists:
- Wayne Sawyer, Lecturer,
School of Teaching & Educational Studies, University of Western
Sydney
- Peter Goodall, Senior Lecturer,
School of English, Linguistics & Media, Macquarie University
- Kate Grenville, writer
and parent
- Judy Byrne, Director of Educational
Development, Department of Education and Training
- Associate Professor Adrian
Mitchell, Department of English, University of Sydney
10.55 - 11.25 am - Questions to Panel
11.25 - 11.55 am - Morning Tea
11.55 - 1.35 pm - Workshop Session 1: The Nature of English at Stage 6
1.35 - 2.35 pm Lunch
- Display of Working Documents: The Nature of English at Stage
6
2.35 - 4.15 pm - Workshop Session 2: The Students at Stage 6.
Sunday, March 8 1998, Day 2
9.15 - 9.30 am - Coffee and Tea
9.30 - 10.00 am - Welcome and Overview of Trends Emerging
from Day 1
- Kerry Edmeades
10.00 - 11.30 am - Workshop Session 3a: The Stage 6 English Courses
Morning tea will be available from 10.00 to 11.30 am
11.30 - 1.00 pm - Workshop Session 3b: The Courses in Stage 6 English
1.00 - 2.00 pm - Lunch
Display of workshop documents: The Students at Stage 6.
2.00 - 3.30 pm - Workshop Session 3b: The Courses in Stage 6 English (cont.)
3.30 pm - Conference close and refreshments.