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2008 SYLLABUSES

Singing for Leisure and Saxophone for Leisure  

These two exciting new syllabi are available for examination from 2008.   Both commence at Preliminary and conclude with a Certificate of Completion.

Both syllabi have supporting grade books.    

Teachers' Workshops

 Workshops for teachers in 2008 included:

1.  General Exam Preparation Workshop for practical music subjects
         Saturday 16th February 2008
         10am-12noon     Notes available from the AMEB office

2.  Preparing students for AMEB Music Craft Exams
         Saturday 1st March 2008
         1pm-3pm   

   
3.  Singing for Leisure
         Saturday 15th March 2008
         1pm - 3pm

4.  Drama and Communication Workshop
         Saturday 29th March 2008
         2-4pm 

2009 Seminars and Workshops will be communicated to teachers in December 2008.

PUBLICATIONS  

Music Craft

Supportive Student Workbooks and Teachers' Guides are now available from music retail outlets.

FLUTE FOR LEISURE (SA & NT) Level 1 

This syllabus is available for teachers in South Australia and Northern Territory only. 

This syllabus has repertoire of timeless appeal from the classics, jazz standards, film and television themes, popular songs and concert arrangements.    It offers a structured, systematic progression of study, encouraging students to work towards technical and artistic goals with an emphasis on a broad range of repertoire.   The unique combination of styles in this Syllabus complements the more traditional Flute Syllabus outlined in the Manual of Syllabuses.  

Copies of the Flute for Leisure Syllabus are available from the AMEB office on 8303 8088.

SSABSA Recognition for AMEB qualifications

Students can now use some of their AMEB results to claim units for their SACE.

The AMEB has been listed as one of the organisations whose qualifications are awarded units towards secondary school students' SACE (South Australian Certificate of Education) results.

The Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia (SSABSA) recognizes the AMEB qualifications in the free choice section of the SACE.

Grade 5 AMEB music is equal to one unit for Stage 1 SACE (Year 11) and the practical component only of grades 6, 7 and 8 are also equal to 1 unit each for Stage 2 (Year 12). The system is retrospective to 2003.

AMEB Speech students are able to claim 1 Unit each in Stage 2 for Drama and performance Grade 6 and 7 and Voice and communication Grade 8.

The current national AMEB certificates will continue to be automatically issued for students who have fulfilled the requirements of the current Manual of Syllabuses. However, in grades 6, 7 or 8 where the student has not completed the theory pre-requisite, state AMEB certificates will be issued specifically for presentation to SSABSA.

Students may now have up to 8 units of community based learning included in the 22 units required to complete SACE, four of which could be available from AMEB. These units do not count towards a university entrance score. TAFE institutes do consider other aspects apart from school subjects, such as the recognition of community based learning, and students should discuss the recognition with officers of the TAFE course for which they seek entry.

To claim the units students must present the original copy of their AMEB national or state certificate to their school SACE Student Counsellor.

School staff will photocopy the certificate and forward it to SSABSA along with the Application for Status Recognition of Community-based Learning form, which is to be completed and signed by the student.  Students can download the form from the SSABSA web page at www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/comlearn/index.php The form is available in Word or PDF format. Students experiencing trouble downloading the form should speak to their SACE student counsellor.

Teachers are urged to encourage students to claim their units.