<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Lisa<div class="">I did find a reference in the Exam Specifications published in 2013, stating:</div><div class=""><i class="">From 2013, the following equipment is approved for use in the examination: pens, lead and coloured pencils,
water-based pens and markers, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners and rulers. Students do not require any type
of shape template in the examination.</i></div><div class="">By 'not requiring' - I take that to mean they are not approved for use.</div><div class="">All the best</div><div class="">Jill</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Oct 2016, at 11:38 PM, Lisa Walsh <<a href="mailto:lisaw@avilacollege.vic.edu.au" class="">lisaw@avilacollege.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Ok, so it hasn't said NOT permitted in the last few exams. So why can't they when it is not listed as being prohibited?<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><i class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff6600" class=""><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""></b></font></i></div><div class=""><i class=""><b class=""><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" class="">Lisa Walsh</font></b></i></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class="">Design & Technology</font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class="">Avila College</font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class=""><img src="http://teresa.avila.vic.edu.au/signature/Avila_signature.jpg" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff6600" class=""><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""></b></font></i></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 October 2016 at 23:32, Lisa Walsh <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:lisaw@avilacollege.vic.edu.au" target="_blank" class="">lisaw@avilacollege.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am just looking at the materials front page of the Product Design & Technology exam and there is no mention of NOT being permitted to bring a figure template in. Does this suggest that they can this year? It is usually stated.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><i class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff6600" class=""><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""></b></font></i></div><div class=""><i class=""><b class=""><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" class="">Lisa Walsh</font></b></i></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class="">Design & Technology</font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class="">Avila College</font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class=""><img src="http://teresa.avila.vic.edu.au/signature/Avila_signature.jpg" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff6600" class=""><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""></b></font></i></div></div></div></div>
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