Decision Making is very important in all stages of life since we are going to make decisions everyday. It is a process of choosing an appropriate course of action from several alternative courses. High school students are especially faced with many crucial decision-making situations. This includes choosing subjects for senior years and the HSC, wondering whether they should drop a subject, deciding how to manage their time, and many more!
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KWL Chart
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.” Vincent T. Lombardi
So, how to increase the will? How to get interest in work? How to remember the lesson? Here is a technique called KWL Chart- which gives you the answer for all the questions.
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TIME MANAGEMENT
Managing time in Life is very important. Nothing can be substituted for time. Time once wasted can never be regained. Students have numerous demands on their limited time. Time keeps getting away and they have trouble controlling it.
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So you’re in Year 7 and you’re about to finish your first year, I just want to know – how does it feel?
I find whenever I ask Year 7s how they start their first year in high school they always say, “It’s so different!” but when I ask them again at the end of the year they say, “It’s not as bad as I thought!”
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Hello to all year 12′s!
Oh my the HSC! Are you all ready and prepared?? Well I hope so and if not just believe in yourself! Just take it easy but at the same time still take it seriously.
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S4S Coaching are once again providing our local students with a valuable, HSC WORKSHOP. We will be showing interested students a blueprint of how to succeed in their HSC exams and give insightful tips and techniques.
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For all the Year 10s this year going onto Year 11 it can be quite daunting. What will it be like to be a senior in high school? Besides getting to feel a bit more superior to the juniors, you may also find that teachers will start treating you a bit differently… The expectations will be higher and the workload more intense, with more focus on self directed learning- no more being spoon fed the answers!
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S4S Coaching are in the news again for
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As a team, we’re devoted to giving you
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Order! Order! What’s the case? YOU. Yes, another
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Ever got a text for English and thought,
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Creativity. It’s something most students think only belong
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Group assessments are harder than normal assessments because
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Speeches always have two reactions in my experience.
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Not sure if any or you have been
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How to make your study successful:Take great notes
When it comes to studying its not just
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Hi everyone! I hope your week is going
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When I was in Year 7 what I
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CHOOSING YOUR FUTURE-a guide for sorting your preference list
It’s now 2011 and university offers will be
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Previously we talked about study skills, but sometimes
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We all know the basic structures of essays:
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The summer holidays are over yet again and
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Studying for an exam, what a drag! You
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WHAT TO EXPECT…
For those of you who’ve just finished the HSC
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Well hello again!
It’s now Term 4, time for Yr 11
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Goodbye School Certificate! (Hello, Higher School Certificate)
So Year 10 is over and you’re about
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What NOT to do while studying (speaking from personal experience)
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One of the biggest issues students struggle with is not knowing how much to study, and when.
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Hi there!
For those of you reading this blog for
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What the teachers give you at school is good, but not enough. You always have to find more questions and examinations for practice. Look for other sources where you can get different type of questions on the concepts you are learning. Possible places to look for extra resources:
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The goal plan should outline exactly what you will be aiming at doing in the coming week. You should detail your goals so you can measure them at the end of the week, and see if you have actually achieved those goals.
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Easy said than done, right? Not quite! Stress is part of life, everyone stresses and it is something that human beings do by nature. We cannot stop stress, but what we can do is minimize the stress. Stress can affect you in many ways, but more importantly, your performance in your examinations.
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Make sure that you have a study guide that suits you. Your study guide should outline what you will be doing each day of the week after school as well as in the weekends. It should also contain how long you should be spending on each of your subjects. Remember: you cannot study everything in one night, but you cannot afford to fall behind.
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The high school experience for me consisted of
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We hope that in the coming future we
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