2023 Notices to Schools

December

• Independent Review of VCE Examinations [Notice 187, December 2023]
• Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 English now available [Notice 186, December 2023]
• 2023 Senior Secondary Completion and Achievement Information [Notice 185, December 2023]
• New accessible design for VCE examinations in 2024 [Notice 184, December 2023]
• 2024 VCE Drama and Theatre Studies Playlist [Notice 183, December 2023]
• 2025 VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) and VCE Literature Text Lists [Notice 182, December 2023]
• Minor amendment to VCE Australian and Global Politics Study Design (2018–2024) [Notice 181, December 2023]
• Change to new HSC course prescriptions for classical languages that will affect VCE students of Classical Greek and Classical Hebrew [Notice 180, December 2023]
• Student Achievement Profile summary now available on VASS [Notice 179, December 2023]
• VCE Vocational Major studies expanded access [Notice 178, December 2023]
• VCE Art Making and Exhibiting Study Design (2023–2027) update – minor amendment from 2024 [Notice 177, December 2023]
• VCE Administrative Handbook 2024 and VPC Administrative Handbook 2024 now available on VCAA website [Notice 176, December 2023]
• Top Class Dance, Drama, Theatre Studies, Music and Sound, and Top Acts 2024: tickets now on sale [Notice 175, December 2023]
• Changes to Structured Workplace Learning for VET in 2024 [Notice 174, December 2023]

November

• Extension of accreditation periods for VCE study designs [Notice 173, November 2023]
• Top Class Sound 2024: Applications Closing Soon [Notice 172, November 2023]
• Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarships 2024: Applications Closing Soon [Notice 171, November 2023]
• Announcement of VCE Season of Excellence 2024 dates [Notice 170, November 2023]
• New VCE Politics (Units 1 and 2: 2024-2028; Units 3 and 4: 2025-2028) Implementation videos [Notice 169, November 2023]
• VCE Literature Study Design update – minor amendment from 2024 [Notice 168, November 2023]
• VCE VET in Top Designs 2024: Applications Closing Soon [Notice 167, November 2023]
• Premier’s VCE Awards 2023 to incorporate outstanding VCE Vocational Major Student Awards [Notice 166, November 2023]
• VCE Dance: Prescribed list of Dance works for Units 3 and 4 for 2024 [Notice 165, November 2023]
• Students who may not meet the minimum requirements for the VCE VM in 2023 [Notice 164, November 2023]
• 2023 VCE Examination Feedback Survey [Notice 163, November 2023]
• Resources to support VCE English and EAL, and VCE Literature [Notice 162, November 2023]
• Last day for VCE, VM, VPC, VCAL and VET enrolments, withdrawals and results [Notice 161, November 2023]

October

• Professional learning for teachers of CCAFL Languages: Hebrew, Persian, Portuguese and Turkish familiarisation session [Notice 160, October 2023]
• VCE Auslan – extension to accreditation period [Notice 159, October 2023]
• Last day to amend VCE, VM, VPC and VCAL student personal details and consents [Notice 158, October 2023]
• Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) recognition enrolments open [Notice 157, October 2023]
• VASS new-users professional development [Notice 156, October 2023]
• Last day for VCE School-based Assessment results and School-assessed Task scores [Notice 155, October 2023]
• October and November examination centre messages [Notice 154 was emailed directly to schools/providers]
• VCE written examinations observation visits [Notice 153, October 2023]
• VCE English and English as an Additional Language [Notice 152, October 2023]
• 2024 NAPLAN Writing Marker Opportunity [Notice 151, October 2023]
• Literacy and Numeracy Standards Testing Resit [Notice 150, October 2023]
• Face-to-face professional learning – VCE Vocational Major & Victorian Pathways Certificate – Preparing for 2024 [Notice 149, October 2023]
• 2023 changes to VET credit calculation [Notice 148, October 2023]
• Last day to enter School Indicative External Assessment Grades for 2023 VCE written examinations and Extended Investigation Externally-assessed Tasks [Notice 147, October 2023]
• Webinar Sessions: How to apply for the VCE Season of Excellence 2024 [Notice 146, October 2023]
• Lynne Kosky Memorial Applied Learning Grants 2024 [Notice 145, October 2023]
• Delivery of 2023 VCE, VCE VM, VCAL and VPC results packages [Notice 144 was emailed directly to schools/providers]
• VCE Season of Excellence 2024 panel member Expression of Interest: deadline extended [Notice 143, October 2023]
• VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate enrolment and credit arrangements 2024 [Notice 142, October 2023]
• VCE Product Design and Technologies (2024-2028) on-demand videos [Notice 141, October 2023]
• VCE Food Studies on-demand videos [Notice 140, October 2023]
• VCE Sociology Study Design (2024- 2028) Units 1–4 Webinar [Notice 139, October 2023]
• VCE Extended Investigation – information for prospective providers [Notice 138, October 2023]
• VCE Units 3 and 4 English and EAL professional learning in Shepparton [Notice 137, October 2023]
• A first look at the VCAA’s new Student Achievement Profile [Notice 136, October 2023]

September

• VCE Agricultural and Horticultural Studies [Notice 135, September 2023]
• Apply to be a Community of Practice Leader in 2024 [Notice 134, September 2023]
• VCE Season of Excellence 2024 panel members required [Notice 133, September 2023]
• 2023 Written examination instructions and other materials [Notice 132, September 2023]
• 2023 Collection of student email addresses [Notice 131, September 2023]
• Student examination/assessment timetables and Special Examination Arrangements advice slips for VCE written examinations [Notice 130, September 2023]
• Be a VCE Systems Engineering review panel member in 2024 [Notice 129, September 2023]
• On-demand implementation videos for VCE Media and Visual Communication Design 2024-2028 [Notice 128, September 2023]
• Invitation to apply for membership to the VCE English and EAL, and VCE Literature Text Advisory Panels [Notice 127, September 2023]

August

• Advice for VCE Literature (2023-2027) examination [Notice 126, August 2023]
• Implementation sessions for VCE Product Design and Technologies and Visual Communication Design (2024-2028) [Notice 125, August 2023]
• Special Provision within the VPC [Notice 124, August 2023]
• VCE Product Design and Technologies 2024 - 2028 Q&A implementation webinar [Notice 123, August 2023]
• 2023 Validation of student postal addresses [Notice 122, August 2023]
• Apply to be on an Examination Panel [Notice 121, August 2023]
• Applications for VCE Philosophy Units 3 and 4 text advisory panel [Notice 120, August 2023]
• Applications open for VCE Season of Excellence 2024 and Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarships [Notice 119, August 2023]
• Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) and VCE Vocational Major (VM) curriculum and assessment audit 2023 notifications [Notice 118, August 2023]
• 2024 enrolments for VCE Units 3 and 4 English as an Additional Language (EAL), VCE Second Languages and VCE Chinese Language, Culture and Society [Notice 117, August 2023]
• Apply to be on curriculum panels for new VPC studies [Notice 116, August 2023]
• VCE Psychology – FAQs and supplementary materials [Notice 115, August 2023]
• Updated ‘VCE Study Options’ counselling resource [Notice 114, August 2023]
• Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) curriculum designs for Numeracy and Personal Development Skills [Notice 113, August 2023]
• Consultation period for proposed VCE study designs (to commence in 2025) [Notice 112, August 2023]
• Last day to enter School Indicative External Assessment Grades for 2023 VCE performance examinations [Notice 111, August 2023]
• Familiarisation webinars for Victorian Curriculum F–10 Mathematics Version 2.0 [Notice 110, August 2023]
• Changes to 2023 invoicing rounds for fee-paying international students [Notice 109, August 2023]

July

• Release of Victorian Curriculum F–10 Mathematics Version 2.0 [Notice 108, July 2023]
• 2024 VCE examination periods [Notice 107, July 2023]
• Examination advice slips for VCE performance arts studies, VCE Languages oral examinations and VCE Extended Investigation oral presentations [Notice 106, July 2023]
• VCE Health and Human Development – Updated information Unit 4 Area of Study 2 – Australia’s aid program [Notice 105, July 2023]
• VCE Legal Studies (2024-2028) implementation resources [Notice 104, July 2023]
• VCE Extended Investigation Consultation Draft Study Design Focus Groups [Notice 103, July 2023]
• VCE Philosophy Consultation Draft Study Design Focus Groups [Notice 102, July 2023]
• VCE Media and VCE Visual Communication Design (2024-2028) Implementation webinars [Notice 101, July 2023]
• VCE English Language Study Design (2024-2028) [Notice 100, July 2023]
• VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies (2024-2028) Study Design implementation resources [Notice 99, July 2023]
• Last day for VCE Unit 3 School-based Assessment resultss [Notice 98, July 2023]
• Changes to VCAA fees and charges [Notice 97, July 2023]
• Last day for VET Assessment Plans [Notice 96, July 2023]
• Training for conducting and administering the 2023 VCE written examinations [Notice 95, July 2023]
• State Final for the Plain English Speaking Award 2023 [Notice 94, July 2023]
• VCE Leadership Awards 2023 - Nominations Close Monday 24 July 2023 [Notice 93, July 2023]
• 2023 VCE Literature examination [Notice 92, July 2023]
• VCE VM eligibility reports [Notice 91, July 2023]
• Last day for Unit 3 School-assessed Task scores and last day for VCE, including VCE VM Unit 4 or VCE VET scored Unit 3 and 4 units of competency withdrawal [Notice 90, July 2023]
• Externally Assessed Task Implementation Guides for VCE Music Inquiry and VCE Music Composition [Notice 89, July 2023]
• Support materials for the VCE English Language Study Design (2024-2028) [Notice 88, July 2023]
• 2021-2023 Top Class and Top Acts concert recordings [Notice 87, July 2023]
• VCE English Language Study Design (2024-2028) implementation webinar recordings [Notice 86, July 2023]
• Amendment to Mathematical Methods Examination 2, examination specifications [Notice 85, July 2023]

June

• Information for VCE performance studies and VCE Languages oral examinations and VCE Extended Investigation oral presentations [Notice 84, June 2023]
• General advice on 2023 VPC and VCE VM curriculum and assessment audit arrangements [Notice 83, June 2023]
• Top Designs 2023 audio guide and web resources [Notice 82, June 2023]
• Nominations open for VCE Leadership Awards 2023 for VCE and VCE Vocational Major students [Notice 81, June 2023]
• School-Based Traineeships minimum workplace hours consultation [Notice 80, June 2023]
• VCE Vocational Major Eligibility [Notice 79, June 2023]
• Update to the 2024 VCE English and EAL Text List [Notice 78, June 2023]

May

• General Achievement Test examination centre messages [Notice 77 was emailed directly to schools/providers]
• Final preparations for the General Achievement Test [Notice 76, May 2023]
• Release of the 2023 VCE examination timetable [Notice 75, May 2023]
• VCE Product Design and Technologies and VCE Visual Communication Design (2024–2028) [Notice 74, May 2023]
• Update to VCE Drama and Theatre Studies Playlists 2023 [Notice 73, May 2023]
• VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies (2024-2028) – Revised study design webinars [Notice 72, May 2023]
• Examination centre arrangements for 2023 VCE written examinations [Notice 71, May 2023]
• Mid-year VCAL reporting [Notice 70, May 2023]
• VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook call for feedback [Notice 69, May 2023]
• SMS examination centre messages [Notice 68 was emailed directly to schools/providers]
• VCE Literature examination passages [Notice 67, May 2023]
• 2023 General Achievement Test (GAT) timetables and Special Examination Arrangements [Notice 66, May 2023]
• VCE Extended Investigation professional learning [Notice 65, May 2023]
• VCE Literature text list [Notice 64, May 2023]
• 2024 VCE Philosophy prescribed text list [Notice 63, May 2023]

April

• Senior secondary level enrolment data [Notice 62, April 2023]
• VCE Drama and Theatre Studies performance examinations [Notice 61, April 2023]
• Consultation period for proposed VCE Health and Human Development study design (to commence in 2025) [Notice 60, April 2023]
• Applications for the 2024 VCE Drama and Theatre Studies playlists [Notice 59, April 2023]
• Evaluation of VCE Dance online monitoring questionnaire [Notice 58, April 2023]
• Apply to be on an advisory panel for VCE Dance or VCE Drama and Theatre Studies [Notice 57, April 2023]
• VCE English Language Study Design (2024–2028) implementation program [Notice 56, April 2023]
• VCE Art Creative Practice and Art Making and Exhibiting 2023 school-based assessment information webinars for Unit 4 [Notice 55, April 2023]
• On-demand videos to support the VCE English Language (2024–2028) study design [Notice 54, April 2023]
• Senior Secondary Certificate Reform professional learning during Term 2 [Notice 53, April 2023]
• 2023 VCE Performance and Languages oral examination and Extended Investigation oral presentation scheduling [Notice 52, April 2023]
• 2023 VCE performance examination student scheduling [Notice 51, April 2023]
• Timelines for the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 [Notice 50, April 2023]
• 2023 General Achievement Test (GAT) session times [Notice 49, April 2023]
• VCE, VCE Vocational Major (VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) permissions process and deeming arrangements for 2024 delivery [Notice 48, April 2023]
• Apply to be a VCE Vocational (VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) specialist school community of practice leader [Notice 47, April 2023]
• Marking VCE external assessments professional learning [Notice 46, April 2023]
• VCE, VPC and Intermediate VCAL eligibility reports [Notice 45, April 2023]

March

• Apply to be a VCE VM and VPC state reviewer [Notice 44, March 2023]
• VCE Agricultural and Horticultural Studies webinar [Notice 43, March 2023]
• Plain English Speaking Award 2023 registrations now open [Notice 42, March 2023]
• Apply to deliver the VCE Vocational Major (VM) flexibly through atypical delivery [Notice 41, March 2023]
• Reminder VCE Briefings videos and feedback [Notice 40, March 2023]
• Delivery of audio components in VCE written examinations [Notice 39, March 2023]
• VCE assessment and authentication update [Notice 38, March 2023]
• Become a VCE Vocational Major (VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) community of practice leader [Notice 37, March 2023]
• Extension of accreditation periods for VCE study designs [Notice 36, March 2023]
• VCE Music studies Units 3 and 4 support materials [Notice 35, March 2023]
• Evaluation of VCE studies [Notice 34, March 2023]
• Special Examination Arrangements webinars [Notice 33, March 2023]
• Training for the conduct and administration of 2023 VCE external assessments [Notice 32, March 2023]
• VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies [Notice 31, March 2023]

February

• Changes to evidence requirements for Special Examination Arrangements [Notice 30, February 2023]
• 2023 VCE school-assessed tasks professional learning programs [Notice 29, February 2023]
• NAPLAN practice tests [Notice 28, February 2023]
• Analysing your school’s VCE results [Notice 27, February 2023]
• 2023 General Achievement Test (GAT) and Extended Investigation Critical Thinking Test (CTT) centres, Principal's agreement and appointment of supervisors [Notice 26, February 2023]
• VCE Mathematics (2023–2027) support materials [Notice 25, February 2023]
• VCE Health and Physical Education studies updated resources [Notice 24, February 2023]
• Professional development for new VASS users [Notice 23, February 2023]
• 2023 initial enrolments now open [Notice 22, February 2023]
• VCE Vocational Major (VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) Term 1 webinars [Notice 21, February 2023]
• Apply to be an assessor of VCE external assessments [Notice 20, February 2023]
• 2023 VCE English, VCE English as an Additional Language (EAL) and VCE Literature texts survey [Notice 19, February 2023]
• VCE VET scored assessment webinars [Notice 18, February 2023]
• Revised examination specifications and sample materials for 2023 [Notice 17, February 2023]
• VCE Health and Physical Education studies assessment update webinar [Notice 16, February 2023]
• Updates to the 2023 VCE Drama and Theatre Studies Playlist [Notice 15, February 2023]
• VCE Health and Human Development [Notice 14, February 2023]
• VCE Music Repertoire Performance alternative instrument and work applications [Notice 13, February 2023]
• 2023 VCE briefings on-demand videos and live webinars [Notice 12, February 2023]
• Amendment to VCE Algorithmics (HESS) Study Design 2023–2026 [Notice 11, February 2023]
• VCE Art Creative Practice and VCE Art Making and Exhibiting school-based assessment [Notice 10, February 2023]
• VCE Extended Investigation professional learning [Notice 9, February 2023]
• VCE Food Studies support materials [Notice 8, February 2023]
• On-demand videos for VCE Mathematics [Notice 7, February 2023]
• VCE Vocational Major (VM) live webinar about flexible delivery options [Notice 6, February 2023]
• Applying for permission to deliver the VCE in 2024 [Notice 5, February 2023]
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in the VCE [Notice 4, February 2023]
• On Track post-Year 12 destination data 2022 [Notice 3, February 2023]
• Apply to be an EAL examination reviewer [Notice 2, February 2023]
• 2023 important administrative dates and scored assessment schedule [Notice 1, February 2023]