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 …
Year 12
Gulp. Last summer, big changes happened on the mum-front for me. I now know how it feels when your teen moves out of home! Gulp again! And breeeeathe. Yup, my eldest, Max, moved onto campus at a university an hour down the coast. It’s the most surreal thing. To be a parent of an… adult? …
There’s something magical that happens at the end of Year 12. A shimmering light beams down and lights a solid path that heads over the horizon, far into the future. Then an authoritative voice solemnly booms, “Here, person-who-is-really-a-child, here is your path for life. Here is WHAT YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP. …
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 This is an outdated way of finishing school and working out what students do in the next phase of their …
Anyone else almost done with Year 11 exams and just realised what that means? Yep, we are starting year 12! In fact, I’m going to be in year 12 in t-minus-2 weeks and to say I’m unprepared is an understatement. Actually, scratch that…I WAS unprepared before writing this. After researching it, writing it and living …
I wrote an article about different ways to get into uni without an ATAR and I’ve been asked by so many people how to get early entry into university in Australia other than NSW. I covered NSW in the original article because that’s where we live and my son had already done the research. But, …