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Jesse’s Weekly Message – June 30
As of today we have 31 days until Trial Exams begin and for our Year 11 students Yearly exams will begin in around 50-60 days. Let's break this down.... July 3rd - July 9th: Second week 'holidays' for some schools. First week for other schools. July 10th - July 16th: Last week of 'holidays' July 17th - July 23rd: School back. Race to finish content July 24th - July 30th: Final 7 days before exams begin July 31st - Trials begin for most students with other schools the following week or week...
Marshmallow Test
Don’t Eat That Marshmallow – It Could Make You Money If you have the time, google “Marshmallow Experiment Kids”. It’s a simple experiment that’s designed to show off your natural tendencies. But it also happens to be hilarious. The premise of the experiment is this: A...
The Secret Blueprint For Module B
Even for the most passionate English student, starting a new essay can be a painful and overwhelming experience. This is particularly true of Module B essays as the syllabus lacks its usual directive towards explorations of ‘Discovery’ or a comparison of two texts...
HSC Geography – The Great Barrier Reef in 5 minutes
For the ecosystems at risk component of the HSC Geography syllabus it is all about keeping up to date with the ecosystem you are studying. It is important to know the history regarding your ecosystem however you should also include recent events. This is especially...
3 x Daily Rituals for HSC Success
Before we introduce the daily rituals, let's just do a quick recap of the number of hours a typical HSC student's day: 9 hours for sleep 7 hours for school 1 hour for travel time 3 hours study/school work/assessments/daily rituals 4 hours for eating, relaxing, school...
The Most Effective Study Strategies for Business Studies
When studying for Business Studies, its essential to have a set of detailed and well thought out summary notes for each core topic (Operations, Marketing, Finance and Human Resources) however this alone is not always enough to achieve the highest marks in exams....
5 Tips For A Band 6 Visual Arts Essay
It is important to note that the theoretical component of Visual arts counts for 50% of your final mark. Therefore it is important to nail the essay writing and unseen plate component of the course as well as your major piece of work. Although there are many different...
Why Did The RBA Leave Interest Rates At 1.5%?
For the eighth consecutive month, the Reserve Bank has left official interest rates at a historic low of 1.5%. Why? A multitude of factors influenced the board to loosen monetary policy, including the steady increase in property market prices of domestic capital...
500 Tips Of Summer (actually, more like 5): How To Use Your Holidays To Their Full Potential
The summer holidays are a critical time during which we encourage all students to actively reflect, plan and implement good study habits to place them in good stead ahead of the rest of year 12. While it’s certainly not a do or die kind of mentality and you all...
Do I Make Money or Be Happy?
Finding the Right Career for You Maybe you’ve only ever thought that you can make money or be happy when you choose your career. That seems like an extremely hard choice, right? Either you find a job that makes you satisfied and happy to go to work every morning, or...
Creating a Purposeful Gap Year
If you’re one of the thousands of students who’ve decided to take a gap year before settling down to uni, you’ve made a great decision. If you’re doing it to travel with friends, take some time off from school, or just work out what it is you want to do with your...
How to Find your Passion & Purpose
Sometimes, it may feel like you’re just bumping through life, aimlessly and without a purpose or a passion. People around you are so sure of what they’re going to do after school and with the rest of their lives. It can be intimidating to know someone like that who...
How To Supercharge Your Productivity
How is it possible that business leaders, politicians, and even every other friend you have in school gets more stuff done during their day? How can they use their 24 hours in day better than you? We all have the same number of hours, so what makes them so productive?...
Too Much School Is Not Always Cool
Some days, you might be thinking that school is a waste of time and that nothing good will come of it. Studies are showing that you could be right. There are an incredible number of young people, freshly graduated from universities with Bachelor degrees, Masters, and...
Be the First: Careers That Have Changed Through the Years
What will your future hold? What will your future career be? The good news is that there is no prescribed future career for anyone. The world is changing and it’s changing so fast that careers are popping up in places no one could have predicted. How could anyone 10...
Stay Flexible with STEM Degrees
Have you heard about STEM degrees? No, it’s a real thing, I promise. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It’s these 4 degrees and the fields that they represent that will see the most job growth over the next couple decades. It’s these...
Jobs of the Future: Everything to Gain in Venture Capital
If you’ve ever seen the show Shark Tank, you’ll understand the concept of a venture capitalist. They are the hotshots who put money into fledgling businesses before anyone else believes in them. There are incredible success stories of investors getting in early on...
Jobs of the Future: Become an Entrepreneur, Do Your Own Thing
Still one of the greatest ways to make your mark in this world is through a business of your own. The best part is that the most successful entrepreneurs are often university dropouts or never even bothered to go. That’s no excuse to be lazy, but it is certainly...
Jobs of the Future: Construction Industry Jobs: Building Australia Better
It seems not that long ago that Australia ticked over to its 20 millionth citizen. Now the number is slowly getting to 25 million people in the country, with it only set to rise faster in the future. There is one industry that is very happy with these numbers. It’s...
SMH Article: NAPLAN Results Not Good Enough
An interesting article here on the lack of improvement in NAPLAN results for 2016 which has led federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham to call for a fresh approach to teaching young people. In late 2014, Carol & I had a highly stimulating educational tour of...
Jobs of the Future: Medical Careers Will Live a Long Life Yet
Computers will change the way the world works in the future. It will literally change the way the world works. Work will be different in the future. Some jobs will be eliminated and others will spring up as a whole new career never thought about before. Working in...
