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The Power of Practice Questions: Why They’re Your Secret Weapon to Success in the Exam Room
With Trial Exams just 75 days away, the countdown is officially on. But the real question is: how are you training for game day? If you're relying on notes, rereading textbooks, or highlighting passively, you’re only half preparing. Your true secret weapon? Practice questions. Read our top exam training tips below. 1. Active Practice Beats Passive Study Passive study feels safe. It feels productive. But reading your notes isn’t the same as applying your knowledge. The exam room doesn’t ask if...
Mark Zuckerberg & His Key Behaviors
PROFILE // MARK ZUCKERBERG CoFounder, Chairman and CEO of Facebook Net Worth — $70.5 Billion It’s been almost 15 years since the launch of Facebook, a company which has changed the world in ways Mark Zuckerberg surely couldn’t have imagined, when he created it...
Why knowing language techniques is half the battle
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a student taking the Paper 1 English Area of Study HSC exam is always least prepared for the comprehension section. When 5/6ths of our English exam is based on 1000 word responses, comprehension generally takes less of a...
Challenges faced by megacities – what are the responses?
Challenges faced by megacities – what are the responses? Remember the box office hit ‘Slumdog Millionaire’? Set in the Indian megacity of Mumbai, the movie provides a realistic depiction of the challenges faced by individuals, and more broadly, communities in these...
Quotes from 6 Great Historians for Leon Trotsky
One thing that will set apart a Band 5 from a Band 6 in the Personality Study of Modern History is use of historiography. While Part A of this response is typically a lower-order ‘describe’ style question, Part B will always be evaluative and require you to...
Dreaming of life after the HSC?
HSC Vision Would you say you have a strong, watertight, 10/10, unwavering Vision for what you want to achieve after the HSC? Do you see it clearly? Do you write it down daily? Do you focus on it when the going gets tough and you feel like you just want to give up?...
Let’s get Gritty
Ever wondered how Elon Musk started building rocket ships or how 16 year old Laura Dekker sailed her way around the world in 518 days solo? How Michael Jordan become one of the World’s best basketball players or how Sara Blakely become the youngest female billionaire...
Historian Quotes For 20th Century Germany
20 years ago I sat my HSC and was lucky enough to receive HSC coaching and as a result Modern History became my favourite subject. I wrote essay after essay as my marks gradually moved into the A Range and I became excited about exam questions! The topic of 20th...
Time Management Skills
Whether you’re feeling stressed, anxious or itching to get it over with, take a moment to acknowledge the journey you’ve taken to get to this point. Now, let’s get down to business. Time management can be your ultimate best friend throughout your study time and exam...
The missing ingredients for HSC Success
Let’s be honest. How well prepared is your child for the HSC exams? Do you know what it will take for them to achieve what they want? Do you believe it’s about how many times they write their notes out, how many hours they spend studying, how well they perform...
5 Essential Behaviours for getting a Band 6 in General Mathematics
Break it down The HSC General Maths syllabus covers both Preliminary material and year 12 material. All together that is 14 individual topics which include at least two sub-topics. That is a lot to cover, especially for larger assessments such as trials or the...
How Can Parents Support Students Through The HSC?
The HSC Year is one of highs and lows. The year will have its inevitable roadblocks and disappointments, personal insights, thoughts about the future and transition to adulthood with 18ths, drivers licenses and applications for University. Whilst this journey belongs...
Federal Budget
Key elements of the 2017/18 Federal Budget in relation to the Economics HSC Syllabus Having a mildly contractionary stance with a deficit outcome of $29.4 billion, the coalition’s 2017/18 Federal Budget delivered by Treasurer Scott Morrison on the 9th of May features...
True Grit
Ah, that classic story about a young girl, hiring a lawman to chase down a renegade who killed her father. No, wait, that’s True Grit, the 2010 Western film remade from a John Wayne classic. This true grit is a better story. It’s the story where you achieve great...
So Who Are The Bolsheviks And What Do They Have To Do With Stalin?
When it comes to studying Russia and the USSR as your national study, you may have already heard the name Stalin thrown around as a prime example of a totalitarian dictator or heard of the Bolsheviks as a revolutionary communist group – but who really were they? Let's...
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...
