Subject selection for Year 9 & 10 and 11 & 12 – different courses available and options to pursue
This time of the year our students in Year 8 and Year 10 are starting to face some choices about their learning. Which subjects do they want to pursue? What areas interest them which they wish to know more about? For students heading into Year 9, they are able to make...
HSC trials | How To Prepare And Best Study Tips
Its that time of the year that our Year 12 students both dread yet also anticipate - Trials. It is the signal that their studies are finally coming to an end and the exams will be the first time that they will get a taste of the HSC. Whilst we appreciate that it can...
How to Write an essay – Tutoring4All’s Tips and Tricks
This is an area which we often spend the majority of our time working with students as they learn the ins and outs of what is required for the perfect essay. We will begin by saying that learning how to write the perfect essay is not a task achieved overnight. It is a...
Year 11 Preliminary Standard and Advanced English | Common Module – Reading to Write
Hello and welcome back to our blog series! After completing our HSC edition we had some students contact us and ask if we could do something similar for the Preliminary Modules for Standard and Advanced English. We thought this was a brilliant idea and we understand...
The extra effort and assistance our tutors offer
The learning journey can be challenging as we are often faced with new a different situations which we feel we don’t have the ability to overcome. This can make students feel overwhelmed and unsure of themselves which then impacts on their ability to perform - even...
Module C – Ideas for The Craft of Writing – Discursive, Imaginative, Informative and Persuasive
Although we have written our HSC blog post on Module C, we have noticed that it has heaps of hits to our site and many students have contact us for more information and guidance. So, we thought for the benefit of all students we would put together some tips for each...
Deconstruct Module A – Advanced HSC English (Textural Conversations) – Attacking an Essay
This blog signals the end of our HSC English series on the new syllabus. We have now covered each module for the standard and advanced course and also gone through the different papers including their structure and the best way to complete the paper on exam day. So...
Module B – HSC Standard English (Close Study of Literature) – Writing an Essay
Another module for us to take a look at is Standard’s Module B - Close study of Literature. Whilst we have already done a blog on Advanced, and the modules are very similar, the difference lies in one word and what that means. Advanced students are required to have a...
Understanding Paper 2 – Modules for Standard English and Advanced English HSC
As each term lapses we arrive closer and closer to the inevitable trial exams and HSC papers. A time to consolidate your learning and be tested on the ideas that you have been studying for the past 12 months. As you are (hopefully) aware, English is examined over 2...
Extracurricular Activities and their Importance and Benefit!
Balancing school work with everyday life commitments can be challenging but it is an important life skill that will always be useful. At Tutoring4All we encourage our students to participate in external activities as they provide a wide range of benefits which develop...