Irina2022-11-16T21:31:56+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All About Exams, All Categories, Student Advice
With its recent advent in 2020, ATAR is still novel to Queensland. It's quite a comprehensive concept that parents find a tad difficult to decipher. While QCE (Queensland Certificate of Education) is as relevant as ever, ATAR is now equally important for students' academic future. We are here ..
Irina2022-11-30T01:20:59+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Concentration & Focus, Primary School Learning, Structuring Lessons, Student Advice
When we read or learn something new, our brain tends to forget 75% of it within a couple of days. As evident, we are terrible at remembering things, and thus the need of writing notes arises. Maintaining notes for a subject enhances and solidifies our learning of it. ..
Irina2022-11-16T21:58:44+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All About Exams, All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Parent Advice, Student Advice
The ATAR year at school brings a whirlwind of emotions with it. Students are excited and anxious for a new beginning as well as nostalgic about their last days at school. Behind the torrent of feelings, the stress of exams is paramount in itself. We have compiled a ..
Irina2022-10-31T19:32:48+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All About Exams, All Categories, Student Advice
Exams are a quintessential part of students’ lives. Though they face final examinations each year, the process remains as stressful as ever. The key to acing any test is effective and thorough preparation. As a parent, it’s your responsibility to make the learning process smoother and help the ..
Irina2022-11-02T22:53:09+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Organizing Lessons, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning, Senior & High School Learning, Student Advice
As the world opens up after the torrid lockdowns and COVID-19 havoc, aren’t we all itching for a getaway? Especially, since students are back inside the school’s safety and schedule. Once again family trips are exclusive to the long summer vacation or week-long winter vacation. We can help ..
Irina2022-11-02T22:51:47+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Starting Tutoring, Student Advice
The start of another year at school is an exciting time for students but maybe not so much for the parents. While your child is excited about the new class, new teachers and new subjects, you might be more apprehensive of the change. Questions around their upcoming ..
Irina2022-10-31T17:30:50+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All About Exams, All Categories, Student Advice
The NAPLAN test is an important rite of passage for Australian children. It takes place yearly in May for students in years 3,5,7 and 9. NAPLAN determines a student’s proficiency in literacy and numeracy skills. It also guides the education ministers to ascertain and improve the standard ..
Irina2022-11-16T21:26:36+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Student Advice
We reminisce about our summer break as fondly as we obsess over our weekends in adulthood. What we probably overlooked as a child, enjoying the long weeks without a care in the world, were the low test scores after the holiday. This phenomenon is called the summer ..
Irina2022-10-31T19:53:10+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All About Exams, All Categories, Student Advice
NAPLAN is a yearly test which assesses skills in literacy and numeracy for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The test is held every year in the second week of May. The primary goal of NAPLAN isn’t to provide students with a pass or fail ..
Irina2022-11-16T22:52:43+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Student Advice
Students often find Statistics as a subset of Maths, merged within the other topics. While some mathematicians kindly disagree with that idea, others despise it. The latter, ‘pure mathematicians’, find it too imprecise to be called maths. The former consider it an extension of Maths. The two ..
