2017 YEAR 11 HSC SUCCESS HEADSTART COURSES

( Revision & Headstart for Key Topics)

These courses are designed to give students in year 11 a head-start on key topics that will be introduced in the upcoming school term. By reinforcing the
foundations, students will be more confident in learning new Maths, English, Chemistry and Physics topics. This will enable students to be better prepared
and more motivated for a new school term!
COURSE TOPIC COURSES DATE TIME
MATHS - 2U * Simplification Using Factorization * Solution of Equations 3 Jan 7 Jan 11:00 - 1:00pm
* Surd & Absolute Value * Sequences * Series (Tuesday to Saturday)

ENGLISH - ESL * Effective Sentence Construction * Paragraphs Construction I * Word Imagery 3 Jan 7 Jan 9:00 - 11:00am
* Examination * Paragraph Construction II: Writing Skills (Tuesday to Saturday)

ENGLISH - STANDARD * Authors, Readers Texts ~ Relationships Among Texts 9 Jan 13 Jan 11:00 - 1:00pm
* Critical Vocabulary: Reading & Writing Skills I: Characterisation (Monday to Friday)
* Reading & Writing Skills II & III: Style, Tone & Attitude
* Reading & Writing Skills IV: Purpose
* Genre & Generic Conventions: Developing Ideas & Arguments
ENGLISH - ADVANCED * Meaning in Texts * Composing Texts * Perspectives as Readers 9 Jan 13 Jan 11:00 - 1:00pm
* Connections between Texts * Texts and Contexts *Exam Skills (Monday to Friday)

MATHS EXT I * Inequalities & Absolute Value * Radian Measures * Trigonometric Functions I 9 Jan 13 Jan 9:00 - 11:00am
* Trigonometric Functions II * Plane Geometry (Monday to Friday)
CHEMISTRY * Elements, Compounds & Mixtures * Systematic Naming of Inorganic Compounds 9 Jan 13 Jan 1:30 - 3:30pm
* The Periodic Table * Writing Equations and Decomposition Reactions (Monday to Friday)
* Classification According to Physical Properties
MATHS EXT I * Factorization & Surds * Equations * Indices & Logarithms (I) 16 Jan 20 Jan 11:00 - 1:00pm
* Indices & Logarithms (II) * Functions & Graphs (Monday to Friday)
PHYSICS * The World Communicates * Moving About I * Moving About II 16 Jan 20 Jan 1:30 - 3:30pm
* Electrical Energy in the Home I * Electrical Energy in the Home II (Monday to Friday)

ENGLISH - EXTENSION Each day, students will explore a postmodern critical theorist who has had a 16 Jan 20 Jan 3:30 - 5:30pm
crucial impact on both the understanding of literature, and on literature itself. (Monday to Friday)
Discussion of the theorist through key extracts, and applying the theoretical
framework to a literary text to further develop students grasp of literary
hermeneutics and the interpretation of texts in terms of philosophical paradigms.

THE UNIVERSITY (UMAT) PREPARATION PROGRAM: Ideal for students who want to be better UMAT Preparation Program
prepared for the UMAT Test. Boost your CONFIDENCE and develop SKILLS in critical thinking, *Enrol before 29th November 2016
problem solving, logical reasoning understanding people and abstract non-verbal reasoning including and SAVE $20!
interview training and techniques. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other
WHEN: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd January TIME: 9:30 - 1:00pm ; 1:30 - 4:00pm COST: $500 discount offer.
 2017 YEAR 12 HSC SUCCESS HEADSTART COURSES
HSC Success Courses are designed to give students in Year 12 express revision, headstart to key topics & exam techniques in preparation for HSC exam success.
COURSE TOPIC COURSES DATE TIME
MATHS - 2U * Indefinite Integral * Definite Integral * Applications of Definite Integrals I 3 Jan 7 Jan 9:00 - 11:00am
* Applications of Definite Integrals II * General Revision (Tuesday to Saturday)

ENGLISH ESL * An Introduction * Interpreting Visual text * Area of Study: In the Media * Examination 3 Jan 7 Jan 11:00 - 1:00pm
* Area of Study: Analysing Short Stories * Exam Skills (Tuesday to Saturday)
ENGLISH * Reading Skills Revision * Writing Skills Revision * Area of Study: Discovery * Exam 9 Jan 13 Jan 9:00 - 11:00am
Skills * Discussing Literature: Essay Writing * Genre responses; Imaginative Recreation (Monday to Friday)
STANDARD
ENGLISH ADVANCED * Reading Skills Revision * Writing Skills Revision * Area of Study: Discovery 9 Jan 13 Jan 9:00 - 11:00am
* Essay writing * Genre responses; Imaginative Recreation * Exam Skills (Monday to Friday)
MATHS - 2U * Indefinite Integral * Definite Integral * Applications of Definite Integrals I 9 Jan 13 Jan 1:30 - 3:30pm
* Applications of Definite Integrals II * General Revision (Monday to Friday)

MATHS EXT I * Further Trigonometric Functions I * Further Trigonometric Functions II * Further 9 Jan 13 Jan 11:00 - 1:00pm
Trigonometric Functions III * Further Trigonometric Functions IV * Revision & Test (Monday to Friday)
MATHS EXT II * Complex Number I * Complex Number II * Complex Number III 9 Jan 13 Jan 1:30 - 3:30pm
* Complex Number IV * Revision & Test (Monday to Friday)
CHEMISTRY * Identification & Production of Materials * The Study of Ethanol 9 Jan 13 Jan 3:30 - 5:30pm
* Electrochemistry * Acid and Bases * The Acidic Environment (Monday to Friday)

MATHS EXT I * Exponential & Logarithmic Functions 16 Jan 20 Jan 9:00 -11:00am
* Differentiation ~ Exponential & Logarithmic Functions (Monday to Friday)
* Differentiation ~ Trigonometric Functions * Integration * Revision & Test
MATHS EXT II * Differentiation of Implicit Functions and Parametric Functions 16 Jan 20 Jan 11:00 - 1:00pm
* Integration I * Integration II * Graphs * Revision & Test (Monday to Friday)
PHYSICS * Motors & Generators I ~ The Motor Effect * Motors & Generators II ~ Electromagnetic 16 Jan 20 Jan 3:30 - 5:30pm
Induction ~ Electric Generators * Motors & Generators III ~ Transformers ~ Electric (Monday to Friday)
Motors * From Ideas to Implementation ~ Cathode Rays ~ Quantum Theory * Space
ENGLISH - EXTENSION Each day, students will explore a postmodern critical theorist who has had a crucial 16 Jan 20 Jan 1:30 - 3:30pm
impact on both the understanding of literature, and on literature itself. Discussion of (Monday to Friday)
the theorist through key extracts, and applying the theoretical framework to a literary
text to further develop students grasp of literary hermeneutics and the interpretation of
texts in terms of philosophical paradigms.

THE UNIVERSITY (UMAT) PREPARATION PROGRAM: Ideal for students who want to be better
UMAT Preparation Program
prepared for the UMAT Test. Boost your CONFIDENCE and develop SKILLS in critical thinking, *Enrol before 29th November 2016
problem solving, logical reasoning understanding people and abstract non-verbal reasoning including and SAVE $20!
interview training and techniques. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other
WHEN: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd January TIME: 9:30 - 1:00pm ; 1:30 - 4:00pm COST: $500 discount offer.