To all our students, parents and friends, This blog slightly diverts from our usual approach but given the circumstances we find ourselves in, we wanted to make sure that we reached out to our community and let them know how we can help during these challenges. We...
This particular text type and writing task has been around for some time but with the updated HSC English syllabus, it has become more of a focus. Now students are expected to write reflections for a number of reasons. Reflections are expected to be well supported...
Congratulations and well done, another year done and dusted! Wow, when you look back it only seems like the year started yesterday but then when you take some time to consider what you have achieved you realise that it’s been a big year. We always remind our...
Dear all parents, students and friends, We were a little slow with our posts towards the end of last year but we are back and burning. There were a few blog posts we had prepared at the end of last year that hadn’t made it to our site so we thought we would...
Hello and welcome students and parents to our first blog of 2020! The end of last year was insane with a number of our students preparing for HSC meaning that we were somewhat short of time. But we have hit the ground running in preparation of 2020 and we cannot wait...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 –...
