Newcastle High School students sit HSC after pandemic schooling years
A pandemic cohort is now sitting HSC exams, including students who faced extra challenges like moving from overseas.
One hundred and six students at Newcastle High School are sitting HSC exams this year. The deputy principal calls this group exceptional for their strength.
Sethuli Withanage, 19, moved from Sri Lanka two years ago and had to learn an entirely new schooling system. Sethuli sat advanced mathematics on Monday alongside classmates Mia Olivier, 18, and Mania Marzban, 17.
Mia switched from standard to advanced maths. Mania is taking extension mathematics too.
The school prepared students by running practice exams with the same supervisors as the real HSC. Deputy principal Craig Maher said the cohort came through COVID with a different way of thinking.
The exams run until November 4.
- 106 Newcastle High School students
- Students undertaking HSC
- From Sri Lanka two years ago
- Sethuli's move
- November 4
- Exams end
Why it mattersThis year group navigated more disruption than most and shows how secondary education adapted during the pandemic.
AustraliaNSW HSC students who started high school during COVID lockdown are now completing their final exams, having adapted to school closures and online learning.
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