Why mindset is so important in achieving a great HSC result!

In this video Jesse outlines the importance of mindset in achieving your desired HSC result. 

As Dr Carol Dweck, the author of Mindset says, “rather than thinking, oh, I’m going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here’s a chance to grow.”

HSC CoWorks provides HSC support for students across our Mosman, Bondi Junction, Chatswood, and Dee Why locations. We are also able to provide support to students across NSW virtually! 

 Our Navigating the HSC series provides parents and students with the knowledge they need to navigate their way through the HSC. 

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FERGUS ON VIRTUAL LEARNING

 In this video, Fergus (our Founder) explains the incredible benefits virtual learning has had on students. He notes that it has been a major breakthrough in supporting students individually rather than as a mass. 

HSC CoWorks provides HSC support for students across our Mosman, Bondi Junction, Chatswood, and Dee Why locations. We are also able to provide support to students across NSW virtually! 

Our Navigating the HSC series provides parents and students with the knowledge they need to navigate their way through the HSC. 

FERGUS ON ZOOM AN EXPERT

In this video, Fergus (our Founder) explains our ‘Zoom an Expert’ function and its incredible benefits for students and teachers alike.

On top of 5 hours face to face coaching a week and 24/7 online support, students can book in to one on one private Zoom calls with both our incredible HSC teachers and our amazing HSC coaches. Students zoom with their chosen expert to work with your students in private, intensive sessions for subject specific support across the most popular subjects. 

These private sessions are available for students to book as frequently as they want each week, at no additional cost!

These Zoom an Expert sessions are a great way for students to get additional support outside of their normal sessions from the comfort of home and are designed to compliment the work done in sessions as well as the marker feedback. 

Check out our previous blog post ‘Our virtual coaching offerings are here to stay’

HSC CoWorks provides HSC support for students across our Mosman, Bondi Junction, Chatswood, and Dee Why locations. We are also able to provide support to students across NSW virtually via our growing Virtual Campus! 

 Our Navigating the HSC series provides parents and students with the knowledge they need to navigate their way through the HSC. 

Watch the video below to find out more!

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 in hours and hours of what we would call well intentioned work but at the same time as being well intentioned its ineffective. When we are training for the exam room we need to give our brain the very best opportunity to be able to perform under those exam conditions and the only way to do that is to continually simulate those exam conditions.

Why should students be aiming to know their foundation of content for each subject as well as any other student from their school? 

In order to be prepared for any exam and any question we must have high levels of certainty around the foundational content. I guarantee in any and every school across NSW the students that are coming 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective subjects can recall every aspect of the foundational content without even thinking about it. Foundational content refers to the syllabus and other associated ideas e.g. definitions, formulas etc. Whatever it might be, those students know that material because they are training on a daily basis. The objective for every student is to know their foundational content better than anyone else which in turn sets up a student to be able to move into more difficult training tasks that simulate the exam room and therefore perform to their full potential.  

Watch the video for a more in depth explanation on why students underperform in the exam room.

Why is daily training the brain so important in achieving a great HSC result?

Our brain craves certainty. Unless we are continually training and operating with repetition of our foundational content the connections and pathways in our brain become weaker over time. Small training exercises every single day allow our brain to hardwire that content which is setting us up to be able to perform under exam conditions.  

That really is the key. 

What is an example of a daily training exercise? 

If you know your English quotes do you feel more confident in writing a practice essay? 

Every single student we have asked has said yes I would feel more confident as I would feel more certain around the foundational material in that essay. 

In a typical HSC essay there might be 12-15 quotes that a student uses as part of responding to a question. With those 12 -15 quotes it would be our recommendation to have a master list of those quotes and then from memory write out those quotes every single day. The first time writing it out might be a little bit clunky but with repetition you will gain more certainty and be able to recall these quotes with ease.  

HSC CoWorks provides HSC support for students across our Mosman, Bondi Junction, Chatswood, and Dee Why locations. We are also able to provide support to students across NSW virtually! 

Our Navigating the HSC series provides parents and students with the knowledge they need to navigate their way through the HSC. 

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 their target subject. By doing these tasks first, as in by eating the frog first thing in their day, all other tasks they complete after that will be so much easier in comparison. This is a great tool to use in their daily HSC training to ensure they are getting those hard tasks done.

Watch the video to find out more!

HSC CoWorks provides HSC support for students across our Mosman, Bondi Junction, Chatswood, and Dee Why locations. We are also able to provide support to students across NSW virtually! 

 Our Navigating the HSC series provides parents and students with the knowledge they need to navigate their way through the HSC. 

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 these as learning experiences to shape them to perform better for the main event. As we remind our students, no one has accomplished anything of great achievement without encountering challenges along the way.

Watch the video to find out more!

HSC CoWorks provides HSC support for students across our Mosman, Bondi Junction, Chatswood, and Dee Why locations. We are also able to provide support to students across NSW virtually! 

 Our Navigating the HSC series provides parents and students with the knowledge they need to navigate their way through the HSC.