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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...

Debate runs rings around figures for schools Australia’s debates over falling standards of education seem endless and circular despite the constantly increased funding. Why is it so hard to get the right answers? Sarah Mitchell is blunt about the failure of...