Bulahdelah Central School staff and students featured at the annual Tea Gardens Primary School Showcase Day on Wednesday, August 2.
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Mr Jones, Ms Caro, Ms Cunich, Ms Legge, Ms Moncrieff, Ms Parsons and Ms Drenkhahn introduced Year 6 students from Tea Gardens, Bulahdelah and Bungwahl public schools to some of the specialist subject areas in high school.
Thank you to the students who performed and assisted staff on the day.
They certainly were fine representatives.
By all accounts, everyone involved really enjoyed themselves and had a great day.
Senior students are certainly reaching the challenging end of their courses now, with trial exams starting this week.
Major works are also due for completion in some courses.
While it is natural to be nervous and stressed at this time, it is also important to keep things in perspective.
Students will have different ways of preparing for their exams and have had plenty of practice, advice and support in getting to this point.
Here are a few key points to assist them with their preparation:
- Know your syllabus for each course. Print off the syllabus for each course from the NESA (NSW Education standard Authority) site and be familiar with it. The exams are not a memory test of each syllabus, but rather a test of your depth of knowledge of the outcomes in it and your ability to apply them.
- Have a support crew - teachers, family and friends, and use them. You may need to explain to the people around you when you need to focus on your study and when you need time out, what you like to eat and what they can do to help you.
- Stay healthy - sleep, eat and keep balanced.
- Develop a regular pattern of sleep. Having a set time to go to bed with no screen time for at least 30 minutes prior and a regular time to wake up allow your body to rest. Eat healthy foods at regular time intervals to keep your body fuelled. Set aside time for sport, recreation and time out.
- Practice past exams from the NESA site and get your teachers to give you feedback on your responses. Have a suitable area to study, develop effective study techniques, and know what works for you.
- Discipline - it’s hard work getting a good exam result. Always take the time to plan and prepare as you will feel less stressed and more comfortable starting off your exam.
Some advice to parents
- Be supportive, but don’t smother them – it is their HSC, not yours. Make sure your child is maintaining a healthy lifestyle by providing healthy meals and snacks. Check that they are doing enough (but not too much) study and social time.
- Keep communication lines open – ask what you can do to help, discuss what is important for you to maintain throughout the student’s study vacation for example dinner at the table as a family at 7pm every night and ask what equipment they need for study at home and during the exams.
This period of trial exams is a great time to trial things at home for the real HSC.
Importantly discuss with your child after the trials what things worked or helped and what things they need to change.