Open High School is part of the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. In 1991 The New South Wales Correspondence School, which catered for preschool to Year 12 students, was decentralised into 19 Distance Education Centres located in schools across the state.
At this time the Learning Materials Production Centre was formed to produce learning materials for all these centres and the Open High School was established.
Enrolment is available to students currently enrolled in secondary or central schools, both government and non-government, located in New South Wales.
The main purposes of the school are to assist students to:
- extend their curriculum options
- maintain continuity of study, e.g. when transferring between schools
To enrol, students must satisfy published enrolment criteria, e.g. study of family language. The maximum enrolments from schools are determined by a quota system; e.g. a school with 600 students is allowed up to six new distance education enrolments each year.
Currently courses are offered at School Certificate and Higher School Certificate levels in the following languages:
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latin
- Modern Greek
- Russian
- Spanish
Open High School operates in a distance education mode with students and teachers rarely being together in the same place. Teachers provide students with distance education learning experiences which are designed to meet their individual needs. Some of the strategies employed involve the use of:
- printed materials
- CD ROMs
- DVD materials
- telephone lessons
- face-to-face individual and group lessons
- computer-assisted communication
- internet-based exercises (using Moodle software)
Student Achievements
The Open High School has a history of high achievement by students sitting HSC examinations. In the 2004 HSC examinations students have achieved outstanding results. Of the 622 students who sat the examination, a third achieved marks in Band 6 Continuers and Beginners Levels, and in Band 4 in Extension Level. These bands represent the highest bands that can be awarded in the different courses.
Open High School students achieved first place in the state in each of the following languages:
- French Beginners
- French Continuers
- Indonesian Background Speakers
- Indonesian Continuers
- Korean Continuers
- Modern Greek Beginners
- Modern Greek Continuers
- Modern Greek Extension
- Spanish Beginners
We believe that, as well as producing excellent learning outcomes, Distance Education equips students with the skills and independence necessary to become life-long learners.
Please contact me if you require any additional information.
Stephen Murray
Principal
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