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08/11/2021

Finally! What a year it has been! So proud of all of our year 12 kids. You have shown resilience, patience, maturity and adaptability. It’s almost as if we need to thank Covid for the hell that has been this year! Those skills are far more important than any capacity to remember a literary technique.
It has been an honour sharing this journey with you all… and as you have heard me say a million times this year… you’ve got this!
These exams are simply a means to an end and in the end there are a million means (pick the technique in that! 😛)
Deep breaths, read the question, watch your timing and remember… you are an incredible human and no test can measure that. Xoxo

18/10/2020

Struggling to find techniques in the reading paper... hang in there!

Quick example of working backwards in the reading paper when you are stuck and can’t identify any.

18/10/2020

Last minute prep! Hang in there and take deep breaths!

Quick lesson on how to adapt to a creative, persuasive or discursive stimuli on the fly!

24/04/2020

Hi all,
The Ponder Realm is making free a 'School at home; Beat the Bug' resource for anyone who thinks their kids will need some help self-regulating, or even for adults working from home. It combines positive psychology, goal-directed motivation and general wellbeing techniques, in an easy to use pack to help them through this uncertain time. PM me or head over to The Ponder Realm to have the pdf emailed to you.

20/04/2020

Another lesson to help pass the time and the jitters.

Quick lesson on how you should be developing a comparative argument in your English analysis. A clear outline of the cause and effect process you need to be ...

30/03/2020

A LESSON A DAY KEEPS THE ANXIETY AWAY 😊
Back to basics here- how to structure an analytical sentence. PM me for resources.

Help yourself through the feeling that you don’t know where that sentence should go! Cause and effect sentence structures for English analysis. Facebook The ...

24/03/2020

Time for everyone to pitch in! So here begins our ‘LESSON A DAY KEEPS THE NERVES AT BAY’ series. Short video lessons on key English skills for the students to work through and use to help them study at home as things get more and more crazy.
Head over to The Ponder Realm on YouTube and subscribe to work through the lessons. feel free to PM any work you complete afterwards as practice if you want someone to check over it.

22/12/2019

Year 12 holiday workshops are on again.

January 10th- essay writing and analysis skills
January 15th- Craft of Writing skills

Limited spaces available. PM for more info.

17/12/2019

Another year of marks in. So very proud of all of our students. Marks aside, learning resilience, how to work hard and self management is half of the battle in year 12 and you all did that whilst smashing the exams.
Congratulations!

09/10/2019

How to answer a question - next video is up.

How to answer and breakdown hsc English questions. Moving beyond simply adding in the words of a question. More resources available at The Ponder Realm and C...

03/10/2019

Next Video in the year 12 series is up.

Brief outline and examples of how you can study for English. Use this in conjunction with the ‘How to answer a question’ lesson to effectively use your study...

25/09/2019

Next one up. Tutorial on now to write a reflection for Paper Two- Craft of Writing.

Outline and examples for writing a reflection for the Craft of Writing section in Paper Two, English HSC. Contact the_ponder_realm or CB Advanced Tutoring fo...