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Yes, from the email broadcasts that I’ve been getting, that seems to be the general advice again.

I’ve looked up the ANU website regarding their student residences, but would love more information from anyone with direct experience. Many of them list having ‘music facilities’, but how much access would a student have to either a piano or keyboard? Do any of the residential colleges have...

I’m very sorry you had to live through that.

I think physical distancing, masks, hand & personal hygiene are very important and large crowded events should be avoided, but I was dismayed when they restricted apartment dwellers in ‘LGAs of concern’ to one hour outdoors per day (we live in a semi rural area so it didn’t apply to us) because...

You can use Pythagoras‘ theorem to help remember the angles and ratios of the sides of these two very special triangles (1. half of the unit square and 2. half of an equilateral triangle) - then you won’t need a calculator to work out that cos 30° = √3/2 and therefore that 60 cos 30° = 60 x √3/2...

I’ve been thinking there needs to be something other than an immediate knockout round given that white usually has the advantage over black in choosing the opening.

I think you made my point.

I’m appreciating our local high school more & more. They offer triple science (Bio, Chem & Phys). In fact, the Science dept would probably accommodate Earth & Environmental Science to be studied as a fourth science subject if anyone were keen to do it.

I’m neither encouraging or discouraging students to study for a Bachelor of Medical Science degree but to set the record straight, it’s not a dead end with no prospects. A graduate with such a degree would meet the minimum eligibility criteria for positions of clinical scientist (with potential...

Your choices are very relevant to medicine and most of these subjects would probably scale well (I don't know much about PDHPE but you do have twelve units). Are your two units of English standard or advanced? Definitely recommend advanced WRT your stated goals. BTW, scaling of each subject is...

My eldest did 4U Maths, Eng Adv, Chem, Eco, Bio and Physics. The idea was to drop one subject if she was weak at or didn’t like it, but she couldn’t decide which one to drop, so she continued with all 14 units. It probably cost her slightly in terms of her ATAR as she spread her efforts more...

Hi OP, I’m a mum, so I’ve had time to reflect on this issue. Unfortunately, some mothers, like mine, will never be happy no matter how well their offspring do(es). They are probably trying to live their lives through their children, but it’s YOUR life. In addition to Katsumi’s great advice, be...

My son didn't care much for fiction books either and it didn't seem to harm him. He became proficient at reading by looking up facts on the internet. The few fiction books he read at that age included Captain Underpants, Geronimo Stilton and a popular humorous series by an Australian author...

Being able to do things doesn’t always mean an individual can teach. To be able to teach effectively, one has to be able to see things from the student’s perspective. I’m not sure how good DS would be at this (he is also focused on HSC assessments ATM), whereas your post shows that you have...

Agree with Extremelyboreduser, and as discussed in another recent thread, it’s essential to cover the gaps between 5.2 and 5.3. Learning maths is foundational - if you have gaps, you can’t build your understanding effectively.

@idkkdi, I think you might fit the bill of what Beyblader is looking for. You’ve just finished year 12, you have insight from your own experiences and you have given this quite a bit of consideration. I suspect you’re about the right age for a 9 yr old. I think kids are often a bit wary of the...

I’m a huge fan of team sports for building team spirit and encouraging collaboration, however, athletics & activities like speedcubing gave my son a very strong drive to continually improve PBs. His focus has never been on winning but always improving his times in track events and his distances...

I second idkkdi’s suggestion of the APSMO problem solving book. My son was 9 when the OC teacher at his school put him in the Yr 5 OC class APSMO team and he was their top scorer. He went on to achieve perfect scores in the next two APSMO comps. It laid a good foundation for AIMO & AMO in high...

I’m not suggesting external credentialling - schools can perform their own assessments. I’m just suggesting a bridging course. TBH, in this digital era, I would have thought a motivated student could cover most of the content on their own, but the number of times this presents as an issue (the...

You suggested upthread a term 1 test..