In New South Wales (NSW), students who were not successful in getting into a selective high school in year 6 or who want to get into a better selective high school aim will try to transfer into one. For the top ranking selective high schools, they will have to complete the HAST test which is created and assessed by ACER as part of their application process.

In most writing tasks in Australian schools, students sometimes struggle to be top performers because they are unable to make their writing stand out. Following a set formula can get you some marks but the ones who get really high all have one thing in common, they incorporate unique twists in their ideas. John goes through some examples of this in popular movies today and breaks them down to show how students can incorporate twists in their own writing to stand out.

School Holidays can fly by so quickly if you do not have a plan. Do not keep letting them be wasted. Instead, try to make it more balanced and productive so you can get more out of it.

Does the Thinking Skills exam in the NSW OC & Selective Exam trouble you? What do we do when approaching verbal reasoning type questions from the beginning? Is there important information to keep in mind to best answer these types of questions?

If you want to find out the meaning of words you don’t know in reading comprehension texts, how do we do it? There are a few different strategies we can employ. Beyond the long-term strategy of naturally growing your vocabulary, I’ll go through a method that may give you a clue to words you don’t know the meaning of.

It stands for the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) and is completed by Australian students in years 3,5,7 and 9. The NAPLAN exam has been here for over 10 years, starting in 2008 however with various changes occurring, parents often still inquire about the exam, its purpose as well as how significant it is in this day and age.