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NSW Maths Syllabus Changes 2026: What Year 10, Year 11 and Year 12 Students Need to Know
The new NSW senior mathematics syllabus commences in 2026 for Years 11 and 12, with the first HSC exams scheduled for 2027.
Getting ready for Opportunity Class and Selective School
A Clearer Path Forward.
For 30 years, we’ve helped students prepare for the tests that can shape their next educational opportunity. Discover what we’ve learnt about effective preparation, common challenges, and how parents can confidently support their child through the journey.
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Know Where Your Child Stands
Know where your child stands before making Selective School choices.
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My Child Reads All the Time — So Why Do They Keep Getting Comprehension Questions Wrong?
A child who reads constantly can still lose marks on comprehension. Usually the problem is not reading ability but reading behaviour — and the fix is learning to point at the evidence.
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The Compounding Effect: A Smarter Way to Prepare for tests
What high-achieving students do differently is not take more in — it is bring more back out. Four habits built on retrieval, spacing and starting small.
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This Is Something Everyone Already Knows
How many trial tests should a child sit, and when should they start? After thirty years the honest answer is that neither question matters as much as what happens after each test.
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Reading in the NSW OC and Selective High School Placement Tests
What the reading paper actually asks for, question type by question type — and the one coaching question that fixes each of the common mistakes.
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Selective High School Test / Opportunity Class Test — How We Can Read Trial Results Calmly
A raw score means nothing without the difficulty behind it. How to read a trial result calmly, and turn it into a review plan instead of an argument about which trial is closest to the real thing.
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More Than Just Materials, The Power of Starting Real Practice Today
Most families collect more practice material than their child ever works through. Starting today with what you already have beats gathering more of it.
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Pre-Uni New College Philosophy
The power of routine — why real growth comes from consistent practice rather than from any single programme, and what that means for how we teach.
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A Rational Look at Test Difficulty
One centre’s test is called too easy, another’s too hard. Most of those judgements come from one child’s experience of one paper — here is a steadier way to look at difficulty.