Across the country Year 11 students are finishing up their final exams for the year, and in some states they have already made the transition to beginning Year 12 content. If this is you, then you may be feeling that finishing Year 11 is not so much the end of […]
We are frequently asked by parents for app recommendations, for anything ranging from assistive technology for neurodivergent students to more simple productivity tools. By way of a more comprehensive answer, here is a list of digital tools that may be useful to students across a variety of spaces in school […]
In the last blog post we defined perfectionism as the tendency to adopt unrealistic or unnecessarily high expectations about one’s standard of work, and discussed how to identify it as a problem for students. In today’s post we’ll consider a few strategies for overcoming perfectionism. Like anything that requires changing […]
Perfectionism is a problem that has been cropping up more and more regularly in our work with students. It often lies beneath the surface of other problems and can be difficult to spot, but successfully identifying it is always an important “ahah!” moment in our journey with the student. So […]
Since the start of 2023 there have been some important changes to special provisions in terms of the approach and the application process for examination special provisions through The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). We have put this together to assist parents to understand what these changes are. Many […]
With mid year exams fast approaching we thought it would be useful to share some key learnings from exams for students to take note of. These learnings are from our regular 1:1 sessions with students from the exams at the end of last year. Some of these learnings will help […]
As a new member of the Organising Students team – here’s 10 facts about Jemimah that you might be interested to learn! For a good chunk of my childhood I lived on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. My family spent so many of our weekends out on the dinghy, […]
As a new member of the Organising Students team – here’s 10 facts about Maxi that you might be interested to learn! 1. I’m not the ‘coolest’ in my family Olly is the coolest member of my family – she looks super chilled laying around and has a vicious enthusiasm […]
One of the most important things we ask students is when we start working with them is whether they ask their teachers for help when they don’t understand something. Given that the teacher’s job is to help students learn, you might be surprised by how often the answer is “no”! […]
If you have a child in Year 12 in 2023, then you know that life is about to shift gears — not only in their role as a student, but in your role as a parent too! The final year of secondary schooling brings special challenges and opportunities. Here are […]