Our Blog

In addition to overcoming any weaknesses identified in your Year 11 Prelim Exams, the period between now and commencing year 12 is a valuable opportunity to plan and prepare for the coursework to come. Below are some specific tasks that you can be working on between...

We are on the HSC 2022 home stretch! Head Coach Jesse shares tips on how you can utilise the next two weeks ahead of your graduation to maintain momentum and motivation. Our HSC Specialists are ready to take any questions you have about the HSC process or about how...

While we are getting closer and closer to the end of this HSC year, HSC 2022 students are also getting closer to their next exciting adventure, University. Last weekend Sarah and I took the kids to Canberra to catch up with our virtual coaches, watch a game of...

  Why eating your HSC frogs is so important! In this video Jesse outlines what a frog task is and why they are so important. For an HSC student, frog tasks are the hardest or most challenging tasks that they do not want to do, such as a practice essay or working...

The 'post-trials slump' is real for the vast majority of HSC students. You have covered all the content, assessment tasks are done, the countdown to graduation is on, the weather is heating up, 18th birthday events every weekend and 50% of your ATAR is still up for...

With trials finished up for almost everyone, we wanted to discuss a very common obstacle that students tend to face around this time of year: the post-trials slump. Yes it’s a real thing! After (hopefully) working very hard in the lead-up to trials, and an intensive...

Following on from my last message this week we will be continuing to look at the signs to look out for when the HSC CoWorks Key Behaviours are NOT being applied.  This week we will be looking at the second three Key Behaviours and indicators that they are not being...

For regular readers of my weekly message, you will be aware that I'm always going on about the HSC CoWorks student Key Behaviours as the path to overcoming any and every challenge associated with achieving a great HSC result. As we always say, if the key behaviours...

Now more than ever students need to prepare for their final year 11 exams with the 6 Key Behaviours in mind. Engage your VisionNo student wants to re-work an English essay or complete another Maths past paper. However everyone wants the benefits of doing so! Remind...

Preparing for the exam room  Being ready for the exam conditions requires a number of steps rather than simply walking into the exam room and miracuously performing at your highest level in your HSC Trial Exams or Final HSC Exams.    The first step to move a...

When it comes to time spent studying, many students will measure their success based on how long they were able to spend at their desk. However, effective study is all about quality over quantity, and the students who perform best in exams are the ones who study most...

Conquering your Mount HSC    At CoWorks, we often use the metaphor that the HSC is like a mountain. We break the mountain up into four basecamps - term 1, term 2, term 3, term 4. After you’ve hit the basecamps you get the opportunity to summit the mountain with...

English, whether Standard or Advanced, is the only HSC subject required to be completed by every student in NSW. As a result, many students tend to find themselves in a negative ‘away state’ about English, in particular essay writing. This often boils down to students...

After approximately 4200 days of schooling – you only have 100 days to go! Yes, the next 100 days will be tricky and challenging, but with only 100 days to go, make sure you finish with no regrets. Having perspective through visualising this final stretch as one last...

With the delay of Trial Exams in Sydney thanks to the Lockdown, maintaining motivation and momentum to continue your exam preparation is certainly a challenge! Motivation is the key to HSC success – but it’s not so easy, especially during a lockdown. At CoWorks we...

A typical week of virtual uni Although it often feels a bit isolating, a typical week of ‘virtual’ or online university is much less frantic than attending university in person. Instead of travelling across town in peak-hour traffic, rushing from one end of campus to...

One of the biggest challenges for a year 11 and 12 student is getting and staying motivated to put in the hard yards to produce their best possible results. At HSC CoWorks, motivating students to work even when they don't want to is embedded in everything we do. From...