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Jesse’s weekly hsc message 19 May
There are lots of assessment tasks happening at the moment as the schools race to get through the content before the end of this school term for Year 12 students. In my 15 years of guiding students to the top of Mount HSC I have always found this stage of the journey to be the most challenging due to the high pace of content delivery, final assessments before Trial exams and everything else that is happening in a teenagers life. As of today Trial Exams begin in 73 days for most of our...
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...
Getting All Philosophical About The HSC
Watching the amazing new series "Cosmos" on National Geographic Channel it has got me thinking about how short our time on earth really is. In the context of our HSC Coaching business I started thinking about a way to share with our students how the next 180 days,...
Cool Company To Work For #12 : Bauer Media Group
Are you interested in working in media and communications, journalism, graphic design, fashion, marketing or management? Then the Bauer Media Group has something for you. Bauer Media Group is Australia's number one magazine publisher. They publish magazines such as:...
HSC Economics Update: International Organisations Affecting Trade
There are many world organisations that affect international trade. They each have their specific role, but as a whole are responsible for the governance of trade between countries to ensure that it is done is a fair and equitable manner. 1. World Trade Organisation ...
The Next 30 Days Could Be The Most Important 30 Days Of Your HSC Campaign
This may sound ridiculous given we are still 3 months out from the Trial Exams and 6 months out from the HSC however these next 30 days will lay the foundation for the steeper and more challenging sections of the climb up famous Mount HSC. Approaching Basecamp 2 (end...
Brain Based Learning And Your HSC
Brain based learning is a system that aims to deepen our thinking and learning to ensure better outcomes not only in the HSC as HSC CoWorks use it but across all facets of our lives and future endeavours such as employment. With this, it aims to tackle the challenges...
HSC Economics Update: Exchange Rates
Exchange rates are constantly changing according to the global demand and supply of currencies across the globe. An exchange rate refers to the rate at which a unit of domestic currency is exchanged for a given amount of a foreign currency (Riley 2011). It is both a...
Cool Company To Work For #11: BMF
Are you interested in advertising, graphic design, business, public relations or communications? Then BMF might be the perfect place for you! BMF is a world leading agency, direct marketer, promotional agency, media company and digital shop based in Sydney and...
Historian Quotes For 20th Century Germany
THIS ARTICLE WAS UPDATED IN 2017 CLICK HERE TO VIEW UPDATED VERSION 17 years ago I sat my HSC and was lucky enough to receive HSC coaching from Fergus (who is also my Dad) and as a result Modern History became my favourite subject and the topic of 20th Century Germany...
Lessons Learnt From The HSC
For many, the HSC is a game that must be played as a mark of completing 13 years of education. With this, focus is often lost on what the HSC signifies and teaches you. With the benefit of hindsight, I have come to realise that there is much more to the HSC than the...
Cool Company To Work For #10 : AIME Mentoring
The not for profit sector in Australia is a vibrant one with thousands of people volunteering their time to a multitude of causes. AIME is a mentoring program set up by two Sydney University students that links university students with indigenous high school students....
HSC Economics Update: Economic Issues Part 2
Topic 3 of the HSC Economics Course looks at 6 economic issues in an Australian context. These issues are what pervades the content of the daily news and as such, there is so much information that can be included in essays beyond the theory that is in the textbooks....
Cool Company To Work For #9: Sweaty Betty PR
Public relations is a fast-moving, exciting industry that employs people across a wide range of areas including business, writing, design, fashion, IT and much more! Sweaty Betty PR is headed by Roxy Jacenko, who founded the company when she was just 24 years old....
Playing the ‘Game of School’
“The agreement between teacher and students to exhibit a façade of orderly purposefulness is a conspiracy for the Least, the least hassle for anyone” – Ted Sizer, Horace’s compromise (cited in The Passionate Teacher, Robert L. Fried). The constant dilemma that we see...
HSC Economics Update: Economic Issues
Topic 3 of the HSC Economics Course looks at 6 economic issues in an Australian context. These issues are what pervades the content of the daily news and as such, there is so much information that can be included in essays beyond the theory that is in the textbooks....
Cool Company To Work For #8: Brooklyn Grange
Are you interested in a career in agriculture, environmental studies, architecture, construction or business? Then this may be the perfect company for you! Brooklyn Grange is a New York City landscaping company that deals exclusively in rooftop farming. It covers...
The Habits Of Proactive And Effective People
I have just recently finished reading Steven Covey's "The 7 habits of highly effective people" and found it a fascinating read on how, by changing my mindset I can become a more productive person with bigger and better outcomes. Whilst Covey never specifies a...
