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Jesse’s Weekly Message – 16 June

Jesse’s Weekly Message – 16 June

Good morning everyone!   Another Friday rolls around and it's now only 45 days until the Trial Exams start for most students. For other students it's either 52 days or 59 days.   Last night we ran the first 'Conquer your Trial Exams' workshop in Bondi Junction and I asked students if they thought 46 days was a long time to which one student replied, 'kind of is'. She is right until you look at everything that needs to be completed between now and July 31st. I then asked the same student a few...

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Why some students underperform in the exam room

Why some students underperform in the exam room

Why do some students underperform in the exam room despite putting in hours and hours of hard work?   This is something we see when students arrive at HSC CoWorks. There is a lot of frustration and occasionally feelings of being demoralised because a student has put...

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Why eating your frogs is so important

Why eating your frogs is so important

  Why eating your 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 on...

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Why is grit so important?

Why is grit so important?

Why is GRIT so important? In this video, Jesse discusses the importance of displaying grit in the form of perseverance and resilience when faced with obstacles. It is inevitable that HSC students will face setbacks and challenges along the way, but they should embrace...

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HSC CoWorks Founder speaks to the AFR

HSC CoWorks Founder speaks to the AFR

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...

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Introducing the CoWorks Achievement Badges

Introducing the CoWorks Achievement Badges

We are excited to announce our latest engagement feature of the HSC CoWorks student portal with the introduction of ‘achievement badges’!  Students are now awarded achievement badges for reaching specific milestones with their output produced and overall engagement...

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Summer Challenge Achievement Badge

Summer Challenge Achievement Badge

In conjunction with the launch or our new Achievement Badges we also have two challenge badges for students to work towards over the summer break with our December Christmas Badge and our January Summer Badge. To earn these badges, the target is a modest 500-point...

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Our virtual coaching offerings are here to stay

Our virtual coaching offerings are here to stay

Across the globe there is a virtual learning revolution going on with millions of students from Kindergarten through to University completing their learning via Zoom and other similar platforms.  While face to face school largely returned to normal fairly quickly for...

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8 ideas for studying in the ‘post-trials slump’

8 ideas for studying in the ‘post-trials slump’

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...

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Live Q&A Support.. Anytime, Anywhere!

Live Q&A Support.. Anytime, Anywhere!

Live Q&A Zoom sessions run every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 5pm to 8pm through to the end of the HSC to receive additional one on one support from one of our experts as you need it when working outside of your normal CoWorks session. Join for as...

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New Mindset. New Results!

New Mindset. New Results!

You have everything you need to create your very own HSC Success Story. When we look around at those who are achieving the success which we want for ourselves, it is easy to fall into the trap of attributing those people as having ‘super powers’ i.e. they are smarter,...

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Finish your HSC with Zero Regrets!

Finish your HSC with Zero Regrets!

The future is still to be created by the actions we take today. It is inevitable that ALL students will experience the famous ‘post trials slump’. However, the students who are able to have a controlled and well earned break before resuming their training for the...

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The Post Trials Slump

The Post Trials Slump

With trials just about finished up for 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...

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Thank you

Thank you

A huge thank you to everyone who has referred friends and family to commence in October 2020 for HSC 2021. The vast majority of our clients come from word of mouth and we are thrilled that the work we are doing with our students is resonating with so many families. At...

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Block Procrastination and Distraction with Goals

Block Procrastination and Distraction with Goals

  When you have the choice of continuing with more work/training OR succumbing to instant gratification and picking up the phone or watching youtube etc the decision will be much more likely to be consistent with achieving your goals if the goals are up in front...

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74 Days Until Trials Begin: What Is Your Plan?

74 Days Until Trials Begin: What Is Your Plan?

As of today there are 74 days until the Trial Exams begin and in that 74 days there are a lot of competing agendas to take a student’s attention away from training for an exam block that will make up approximately 25% of a students ATAR. 

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HSC Success Is All in the Mind: Education Today

HSC Success Is All in the Mind: Education Today

After appearing on Business Australia’s podcast, ‘The Company You Keep’, our Head Performance Coach and Managing Director, Jesse Gardiner, speaks to Education Today about developing a positive HSC mindset.

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Output Matters: Why You Can’t Just ‘Show Up’

Output Matters: Why You Can’t Just ‘Show Up’

It’s easy to confuse just showing up with making progress because you showed up so something must be happening, that’s better than not being here right?

Yes showing up is better than not even showing up at all… but barely.

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