Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE)
K-6 HSIE Syllabus
- HSIE Syllabus (PDF)
- Includes Foundation Statements
- Published May 2006
- K-6 HSIE Principal's Package (PDF)
- Published February 1999
Resources
- K-6 HSIE Parents Guide
- Introduces the HSIE Syllabus to Parents and school community members.
- K-6 HSIE Resources
- Contains texts, websites and other resources relating to the K-6 HSIE Units of Work.
- K-6 HSIE Background Sheets and Visual Texts
- Contains visual texts, timelines and historical profiles.
- K-6 HSIE Proformas
- Contains sample proformas for programming, assessing and reporting.
Support Documents
- K-6 HSIE Units of Work support documents
- For Early Stage 1 - Stage 3.
- K-6 HSIE Special Education (PDF)
- Published June 2000
K-6 HSIE Consulation Report
The consultation processes included the collection of data from focus group meetings in five locations in NSW, staff interviews in five schools, written submissions, fax-back response sheets and a survey sent to all schools and over 80 relevant organisations and institutions (including five different faculties in each NSW university). Teachers from 18 schools that trialled the draft syllabus and units of work also provided feedback on the document.
The Office of the Board of Studies received a total of 506 survey returns and 13 faxed comments. The survey items and the discussion agenda at the focus group meetings and staff interviews questioned the extent to which the Human Society and Its Environment K-6 documents met the requirements of the writing brief endorsed by the Board in December 1997.
Focus group meetings were conducted by the strategic research and planning firm Yann, Campbell, Hoare and Wheeler. These meetings, which were held at Glen Innes, Sydney's northern beaches, south-west Sydney, Parkes and Wollongong, involved 40 teachers and school executives. The first staff interview was held at Tyalla Public School on 22 July 1998 and the last was held at North Rocks Public School on 5 August 1998. A total of 127 teachers and school executives participated in the five staff interview meetings.
The Office of the Board of Studies also received 13 written submissions on the draft documents.
A working party of representatives from the peak parent organisations provided advice during the development of the Human Society and Its Environment K-6 Parents' Package. A working party of principals provided advice during the development of the support document for principals, Human Society and Its Environment K-6 Principal's Package.