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Believe us, you need a study playlist in your life! Listening to gentle music has been proven to help with cognitive tasks, it helps your brain function and allows it to process new information faster and more effectively. It does this by; 1. Improving a person’s mood which in turn leads to less distractions, and …

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It’s that time of year when year 10 are getting ready to enter one of the programs available to them. Many high school students are at crossroads as to what pathway they should take: ATAR or IB. The IB (International Baccalaureate Diploma Program) is being increasingly offered as an option in private schools (and even …

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There are so many things you need for high school that it’s hard to keep on top of everything. The thing is, the more care you take to pack your school bag, the better you’ll feel all day. Whatever comes up, you’ll have to tools to deal with it. There is nothing worse than being …

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It’s hard to believe, but it’s just a couple of weeks before the summer holiday is over (even less in some states!). Every year we think six weeks of holidays is too much holiday, but every year it slides by in the blink of  an eye. Cue ‘back to school’ (or in our case ‘back …

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Year 12 students around Australia are preparing to sit their final exams. For many young people this is one of the most stressful parts of school, with their future supposedly coming down to one number. This is an outdated way of finishing school and working out what students do in the next phase of their …

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Max is in his final week at school and I keep forgetting. It doesn’t feel like 13 years of school should end right here. With a baby-boy-man combo and a uniform set on fire. Yet here we are. When I forget to forget, I catch myself wanting to go large with a celebrations to mark …

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