HSC preparation courses (years 10-12)
HSC preparation courses (years 10-12). The smart way to prepare for your HSC.
Are you nervous about tackling the HSC? Take it from us – every successful HSC begins with preparation. And now, our team of experienced educators have got you covered, with a comprehensive program of HSC preparation courses.
Led by our highly experienced team of educators, each intensive course is tailored around a critical aspect of the HSC curriculum and offers up-to-date subject knowledge and skills. These intensive holiday courses are perfect for consolidating your school studies and developing key subject knowledge that’ll give you an edge when it comes time to sit your exams. Plus, our expert tutors will teach you examination skills designed to invigorate and challenge your approach to the test material.
With an incredible array of courses available, you can choose which area you’d like to focus and attend just that course, or sign up for multiple courses to get comprehensive support across an entire HSC subject.
So don’t hesitate! Our HSC preparation short courses are open to everyone. Sign up today and get your HSC year off to the best start possible.
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Featured courses
Meet your facilitators
Angela Di Stefano
Angela is a highly experienced teacher of Stage 6 HSC English and has taught in state, CEO and Independent schools in Sydney for thirty years. She has been English Coordinator at International...
Seth Fitisemanu
Seth is currently the Head of Professional Learning at Shore and a senior English Teacher. Since beginning his teaching career in 2009, he has worked in the Government, Catholic and Independent...
Andrew Kozyra
Andrew is an experienced HSC marker, Teacher, and Lecturer. He has also been a member of High School executives, has served on College Board of Management sub-committees, has practiced as the Head...
Alent Vargas
Alent Vargas has been teaching Mathematics since 1996 at both University and High School levels. She has extensive experience in marking at HSC levels and in examination standard-setting for the...
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HSC Economics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. Globalisation and Australia’s Place in the Global Economy including Balance of Payments This course will revise the key components of HSC Economics Topic 1 – The Global Economy, introduce the key themes of HSC Economics Topic 2 – Australia’s Place in the Global Economy, and investigate some of the pitfalls associated with answering examination questions in Economics. Specific attention will be given to the characteristics of... View HSC Economics Preparation Course (Part 1) (January).
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HSC Economics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. Exchange Rates and the Six Economic Issues This course will discuss the way in which current and relevant economic statistical data can improve responses in Economics, revise the key components of Exchange Rate theory and the arguments of Free Trade and Protection (HSC Topic 2), as well as a revise the key concepts of HSC Topic 3 – Economic Issues. Particular attention will be given to the effects of fluctuations in exchange... View HSC Economics Preparation Course (Part 2) (April).
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HSC Chemistry. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course provides consolidation of the key content from HSC Modules 5 to 8. There is a focus on those cognitive skills needed to access and apply chemical knowledge in the HSC exam. The workshops are activity based whereby students explore and apply chemical knowledge and skills using a combination of lectures, tutorials and problem-solving sessions with immediate feedback from teachers. In short, this course is designed to... View HSC Chemistry Exam Preparation Course (September).
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HSC Physics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course provides consolidation of the key content from HSC Modules 5 to 8. There is a focus on those cognitive skills needed to access and apply physics knowledge in the HSC exam and the higher order thinking needed to push student achievement into Band 6. The workshops are activity based whereby students explore and apply chemical knowledge and skills using a combination of lectures, tutorials and problem-solving sessions... View HSC Physics Exam Preparation Course (September).
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HSC Biology. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course provides consolidation of the key content from the four Core modules. There is a focus on those cognitive skills needed to access and apply biological knowledge in the HSC exam. The workshops allow students to explore and apply biology knowledge and skills using a combination of lectures, tutorials and problem-solving sessions with feedback from teachers. Overall this course is designed to review key concepts and... View HSC Biology Exam Preparation Course (September).
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Years 10-12 study and essay skills. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course for Year 10 students provides an introduction to study, language and writing skills necessary for success in a wide range of subjects in Years 10 and 11, and the Higher School Certificate. The first session deals with study methods. It begins with a review of the essential elements within the compulsory course: HSC All My Own Work. The introduction to study methods then deals with procrastination... View Year 10 Course: Study, Language and Writing Skills.
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HSC Mathematics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This HSC Exam Preparation course offers a wonderful opportunity to hone examination skills in order to maximise chances of success. This workshop will deal with identifying strategies for solving examination style questions from the Mathematics Extension 1 course. This will include reviewing relevant questions from past HSC examinations (previous Extension 1 course) as well as examination papers from other educational... View HSC Mathematics - Extension 1 Exam Preparation Course (September).
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HSC English. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This one-day HSC English preparation course focuses on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (first performed 1954) for the Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences. The course will review the context, content and structure of the play in relation to representation of individual and collective human experience. Related issues include contradictions and paradoxes in human identity, and how literature can challenge assumptions and ‘ignite... View HSC English Standard & Advanced Preparation Course - Common Module: 'The Crucible'.
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HSC English. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This one-day HSC English preparation course focuses on George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) for the Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences. The review of the novel begins with context: Orwell’s response to the Cold War period led to a dark, dystopian, science fiction satire that is both a puzzle about the history of Communist Russia and a warning against totalitarianism. Analysis and discussion of selected passages... View HSC English Standard & Advanced Preparation Course - Common Module: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
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HSC English. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This HSC English preparation course focuses on Stephen Daldry’s film Billy Elliot (2000) for the English Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences. Through analysis and discussion, this course will enable students to deepen their understanding of how the film represents individual and collective human experiences of adversity, loss, social limitations, as well as self-discovery, self-expression, personal freedom and... View HSC English Standard & Advanced Preparation Course - Common Module: 'Billy Elliot'.