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Miky Smith is the newest member of the Organising Students team – here’s 10 facts about Miky that you might be interested to learn! I have a year 10 daughter...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

Since the start of 2023 there have been some important changes to the special provisions arrangements for VCE students in Victoria. The changes are in terms of the approach and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

How students can keep on track over the summer holidays In our student coaching we talk a lot about habits…good habits, bad habits, habits to get into, habits to get...