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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Meet your facilitators
Ann Hanna
Ann Hanna is an accomplished Head Teacher of Science and Agriculture at a large comprehensive high school in Sydney’s South-West, where she has been educating students for over a decade. With a...
Adam Myers
Adam is a senior English Teacher at Shore. He has worked there for over fifteen years, and has regularly delivered Year 12 Holiday Workshops. These workshops have helped students revise content,...
Christine Shorter
Christine Shorter is a dedicated educator with more than two decades of experience in science education. With a Bachelor of Arts in Science and a Diploma in Education from Macquarie University,...
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 Mathematics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course is the first in a series of four Mathematics Extension 1 courses and provides review of key content and skills from the Mathematics Extension 1 Preliminary course. It also covers initial concepts from the Mathematics Extension 1 HSC course. The topics addressed include introduction to vectors, further operations with vectors and proof by mathematical induction. Study skills and examination techniques will also be... View HSC Mathematics Preparation Course - Extension 1 (Part 1) (January).
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HSC Physics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course provides consolidation of the key content and skills from Module 5: Advanced Mechanics. There is a focus on those cognitive skills needed to access and apply chemical knowledge in an HSC assessment context and the higher order thinking needed to push student achievement into Band 6. The workshops are activity based whereby students explore and apply physics knowledge and skills using a combination of lectures,... View HSC Physics Preparation Course (Part 1) (January).
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HSC Chemistry. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course provides consolidation of the key content and skills from Module 5: Equilibrium and Acid Reactions. There is a focus on those cognitive skills needed to access and apply chemical knowledge in an HSC assessment context. 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... View HSC Chemistry Preparation Course (Part 1) (January).
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HSC Biology. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course provides consolidation of the key content and skills from Module 6: Genetic Change. There is a focus on those cognitive skills needed to access and apply biological knowledge in an HSC assessment context. 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... View HSC Biology Preparation Course (Part 2) (April).
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HSC Mathematics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course is the second in a series of four Mathematics Extension 1 courses and provides consolidation of key content and skills from key topics in the Mathematics Extension 1 HSC course. The program covers further calculus skills, applications of calculus and trigonometric equations. Study skills and examination techniques will also be emphasised. Other courses in this series include HSC Mathematics Preparation – Extension... View HSC Mathematics Preparation Course - Extension 1 (Part 2) (April).
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HSC Physics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course provides consolidation of the key content and skills from Module 6: Electromagnetism. There is a focus on those cognitive skills needed to access and apply chemical knowledge in an HSC assessment context and the higher order thinking needed to push student achievement into Band 6. The workshops are activity based whereby students explore and apply physics knowledge and skills using a combination of lectures, tutorials... View HSC Physics 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 and skills from Module 6: Acid/base Reactions. There is a focus on those cognitive skills needed to access and apply chemical knowledge in an HSC assessment context. 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... View HSC Chemistry Preparation Course (Part 2) (April).
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HSC Mathematics. The smart way to prepare for your HSC. This course is the third in a series of four Mathematics Extension 1 courses and focuses on the harder topics from the Mathematics Extension 1 HSC Course. The program covers the binomial distribution and projectile motion. Study skills and examination techniques will also be emphasised. Other courses in this series include HSC Mathematics Preparation – Extension 1 (Part 1) (January) and HSC Mathematics Preparation – Extension... View HSC Mathematics Preparation Course - Extension 1 (Part 3) (July).
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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).