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Jesse’s weekly message May 5 2023
This week in sessions we have touched base with every student around their WHY. As in, why are they doing the HSC, because no one is doing it for fun. I personally have a 'vision check in' with students to help them understand that the HSC is so much more than just the ATAR received at the end of the process. Who you become as a person as a result of conquering the HSC is the most important thing and if you give it your all then the results will be great too. Â Having worked with 1000's of...
No Classes Queen’s Birthday Monday (9th June)
Hi Everyone, There will be no classes on Monday the 9th of June due to the public holiday. The Monday 4pm class will be run on Friday the 13th of June at 4pm and the Monday 6:15pm class will be run on Friday the 13th of June at 6:15pm. The Weekend Study Support...
Why ‘Stretch and Challenge’ Is The Key To Better HSC Results?
All students at HSC CoWorks want to get better marks so that they have lots of courses to choose from when the offers come out. The key to achieving better marks is consistently stretching and challenging yourself with your study so that you are always moving outside...
Motivating Your Way Up Mount HSC
This week, I’ve had conversations with numerous students who are struggling to keep on top of the Term 2 work load and have found themselves falling behind or being unaware of their time line of assessments, major works or even when Trial Exams are. This signals a...
Cool Company To Work For #16: Seven West Media
Are you interested in being a Producer, Director, Reporter, Lighting or Sound crew, Camera Operator, Accountant, Lawyer, Administrator, Broadcast Technician, Editors, Sub-editor, Designer, Photographer, Publicist, Sales Representative and IT, Finance and HR...
Pushing Towards Trials
As we get into the swing of Term 2, most students are weighed down with assessments and the looming final due dates of major assessments. It is imperative to remain on top of these. Basecamp provides the perfect tool to do this. You can set dates for when you want to...
Cool Company To Work For #15: Virgin
Virgin is one of the most dynamic and recognized brands worldwide. With a variety of business forays including music, health clubs, mobile phone service, aviation and philanthropy. Working for Virgin, in any capacity opens a multitude of opportunities and rewards....
Saturday Night Study Lock Downs
Great HSC results last forever. HSC 2014 has less than 160 days to go. Sacrifice a few Saturday nights of your HSC Campaign in the knowledge that come November you will be able to go out every Saturday night guilt free and proud that you did everything you could to...
Cool Company To Work For #14: Business Chicks
Business Chicks is Australia's largest networking community for women in business. They believe that great stuff happens when women come together to uplift and inspire each other. When they stop competing, and start lending a hand. When they give of their expertise...
Economics Update: The 2014/15 Budget
On Tuesday night, the Coalition government released their budget for 2014/15. This is one of their fiscal policy tools that they can use to manage the economy. The budget effects the level of economic activity, resource allocation and income distribution. It can also...
Cool Company To Work For #13: Procter and Gamble
Are you interested in a career in marketing, sales, commerce, HR, graphic design or accounting? Then Procter and Gamble might just be for you! Proctor and Gamble (P&G) is the largest consumer and household goods company in the world. Their market capitalisation is...
Cool Company To Work For #13: Proctor and Gamble
Are you interested in a career in marketing, sales, commerce, HR, graphic design or accounting? Then Procter and Gamble might just be for you! Proctor and Gamble (P&G) is the largest consumer and household goods company in the world. Their market capitalisation is...
Economics Update : The Commission of Audit and Fiscal Policy
The National Commission of Audit was announced by the Treasurer, the Hon Joe Hockey MP, and the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, on 22 October 2013. The Commission was established by the Australian Government as an independent body to review and...
HSC CoWorks And Always Staying In The Zone
As we move into the busiest assessment term of the HSC, now more than ever, I cannot stress enough the importance of utilising the HSC CoWorks website, for both its resources and for submitting. Both the website and brain based learning are significant tools for HSC...
Introducing Saturday Night Lockdowns!
Starting May 31st 2014, the HSC CoWorks will be kicking off new concept "Saturday Night Lockdowns". With the start of Term 2 and less than 170 days to go until the final HSC exams, now is the time for every student to be putting everything they have into their studies...
Term 2 Takes Off!
Term 2 has kicked off and it is increasingly important to prepare yourself for the next step of the Mt HSC climb as you look towards your final set of assessments and start to prepare for Term 3’s Trial Exams. It is now that the students with the better organisational...
Cool Company To Work For #13: MindValley
MindValley is an entrepreneur think tank, that invests in, creates and builds businesses that further its goal to push humanity further. With collaborative processes, ones that involve team meetings on bean bags, weekly 'awesome meetings' and superhero awards given to...
HSC Economics Update: Trade Agreements and Blocs
Following on from my last economics blog about International organisations affecting trade, I thought it would be good to continue to look at trade and globalisation. This week we look at trade agreements and blocs that Australia is involved in. These are useful for...
Year 11 Zone: Preparing Yourself For Year 12 Starts Now!
Many students take Year 11 as a breeze-through year; ‘it doesn’t count for anything’, ‘I’m saving myself for the HSC’. At HSC CoWorks we strongly disagree with these sentiments. Year 11 is a vital year to bed down study behaviours, commit to the strategies that HSC...
Three Strategies For Winning n Term 2
No doubt you have already been told from one of the team at HSC CoWorks that Term 2 is the most demanding of all the HSC terms so in this post I would like to share some strategies which will support climbers of Mount HSC through to keep on climbing despite the...
Out Of Your Comfort Zone Is Where The Extra Marks Lie
Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained Being stretched and challenged moves you out of your comfort zone and into an area where GREAT things can happen. For our students to achieve their best HSC results it is absolutely vital that they get comfortable with feeling...
