Welcome back to another year, ready to start fresh and get back into the swing of things. We hope you had a nice time to relax over the holidays, catch up with friends and spend time enjoying the summer weather. As the Term 1 beings, it is important that you set some...
Start Planning for Things to do in the Summer School Holidays With only 11 more School days left in 2018 (insert shoked emoji here), now is a good time to start planning your Summer Holidays. I find it is a good idea to have a few activities planned for each week in...
To all of our students that have just finished their HSC – a massive congratulations and well done is in order. Your hard work has paid off and now the anticipation awaits for the results to be released and university offers soon to follow. So now you find...
The day has finally arrived, 2 years in the making and the quotes are swirling around your mind, you have your thesis prepped and are itching to write out your creative writing. But then you suddenly think to yourself, have I done everything required of me? Am I...
The updated syllabus is now beginning to be taught to Year 12 students and we thought we would break down the ins and outs of what will be covered, what essays should focus on and what markers and looking to see. Let’s start with the common module. The first thing to...
This post is dedicated to our year 11 students – present, past and future. Firstly, a massive congrats on finishing your first year of senior studies. You are halfway to your HSC. You thought Year 11 was hard…well you haven’t seen the worst of it yet! HSC...
With the updated syllabus comes updated assessment requirements and one of the new ways of testing understanding of students is asking them to present their learning in the form of a multimodal text. This is somewhat new concept and while multimodals still have...
Call us old fashioned. Call us nerdy. Call us whatever you like but there is no denying that Shakespeare is one of the best writers and there are many reasons why his plays are still taught through high school. We thought we would share with you a few reasons why he...
If you walk into the study area at your local bookstore (we usually shop at Dymocks because of their wide selection), you will find many study resources, guides and other materials to help you overcome what seems like an endless amount of study needed to conquer your...
