Developing Mountain Climbers are usually aware of the tasks that need to be completed in order to be ready for an assessment task or exam however procrastination and a busy teenage life get in the way of taking consistent action.  A student’s study time is actually very limited (due to the competing agendas that teenagers have), so they must make the most of every study session with strong time management, proactively breaking tasks into smaller tasks and consistently eating frogs first (doing the tasks they don’t want to do first). 

Developing Mountain Climbers tend to be uncertain on the foundational content that make up their topics or texts indicating that they aren’t doing the consistent revision necessary to give them the confidence and certainty to attempt the more challenging tasks. A Developing Mountain Climber is likely up to date with their ‘notes’ and completes their homework without too much trouble however topics completed more than 2 weeks ago are difficult to recall from memory.  Tasks such as daily syllabus topic mind maps under exam conditions, writing out English quotes from memory and completing Maths exam questions are necessary daily training tasks to ensure a student remains highly confident around their coursework. If you can’t do the little things (recalling foundational content) well, how can you expect to do the big things (practice questions/essays) well?

Exams are stressful situations so it is no surprise that unless the brain has adequately prepared for the exam conditions, the student will underperform relative to those students who did lots of exam simulation. Developing Mountain Climbers might simulate the exam room the night before an exam but would benefit from much more of this style of preparation in the weeks leading into the task. So what tasks will prepare them for the exam room? Once a student is confident around the foundational content of their topics/texts, they will have laid strong foundations to be able to move into practice questions and past papers under exam conditions (timed, handwritten, no peeking at your notes!).

In life we can either have excuses or we can have results but we can’t have both. Taking responsibility for our results is a key aspect of success in any endeavour. For the Developing Mountain Climber it’s likely they are fully aware that only they can make their HSC Vision their HSC reality, however they are still letting excuses and blaming others get in the way of their actual progress. The student who lives by the mantra ‘If it’s to be, it’s up to me’  takes responsibility for making their goals their reality

Weekly Structured Coaching Session (2 hour weekday and 3 hour weekend)

During these sessions, students are collaborating 1-on-1 with a team of Coaches across their different subjects and topics. As students are working individually (not in groups), they are able to work on the tasks they need to at any given time.

Weekday Sessions are available after school on Tuesday and Wednesday (on Zoom)

TARGETED PRIVATE SESSIONS

These sessions complement your weekly sessions and are generally 20-30 minutes long. You can select the Subject Expert of your choice and focus your time on a particular subject or topic in preparation for an upcoming asssesment task or exam. These sessions are held via zoom so students can attend anytime, from anywhere!

The student will be able to ask questions and get clarification around any challenge that they are having. Bookings are available 7 days a week and can be booked as close as 4 hours ahead.

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Our HSC Booster Package offers a marking service whereby students can submit practice Essays, draft Assessments, Essay Plans, Depth Studies, Maths assessments, Short Answer Questions and Major Works for feedback from experienced HSC Markers.

This package comes with the added bonus of 4 x targeted private sessions (30min duration) with a subject expert each month. Students can select the subject or topic they wish to work on in these sessions and ask questions, receive guidance or review recent feedback from the marking team. Additional private sessions and essay markings can be purchased if needed.

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Our Markers all have experience marking the HSC with NESA. Our markers mark over 10,000 essays each year and over 40,000 pieces of work in total across all HSC CoWorks students. Each marking includes feedback, direction and a mark which gets a student closer to knowing what the markers are looking for in the HSC.

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Students can submit practice work in over 15 different subjects;

• Essays
• Draft Assessments
• Essay Plans
• Depth Studies
• Maths assessments
• Short Answer Questions
• Major Works 

These are typed up and submitted via our online portal. The work will be marked and returned to the student via the portal within 72 hours. At times across the year students can see their work marked in under 3 hours!

Our Drop-in support on Monday and Thursday 6-8pm is called “Ask a Coach” and like the name suggests, students can join an online session with our expert coaches to ask questions, receive mentoring or go through difficult questions together.

All coaching is one-on-one.

Each package has an allocation of essay markings which can be used in a month and these will rollover as credits for 60 days. For those students who wish to submit more essays in a particular month, additional essay markings can be purchased.

We also give away bonus markings to students who complete tasks on a daily basis (just our way of rewarding students for Daily Training!).