Let's be real for a moment here: Year 12 is intense.
It's your last year at high school, and pressure is mounting. It's not just you who wants you to do well in Year 12, your friends, parents and teachers also want to see you succeed.
Time is short in Year 12.
Time spent at school. Time spent preparing study notes. Time spent preparing for SACs. Time spent playing sport to keep fit. Time spent on your hobbies to stay sane. Time spent eating the right things to power your brain. Time spent getting that crucial sleep so that you can perform optimally each and every day. Time that needs to be divided between all of your subjects so that you can do well in all of them.
Quite possibly Chemistry is your "hardest" subject.
If you're like most Year 12 students, you have high hopes for your ATAR score. You've got a big vision for your future. You have already got a really good idea of what course you want to do at Uni. Or maybe you don't, but you know Science will play a huge role.
You want to smash Year 12 Chemistry to set yourself up for every single opportunity that presents itself.
But... maybe you're easily overwhelmed.
Maybe you sat in your Chemistry classes in Year 11... lost most of the time.
Maybe during Year 11 you focussed on your one and only Year 12 Subject and Chemistry fell by the wayside.
Maybe your Year 11 results weren't a true representation of how much effort you put into trying to understand Chemistry.
Maybe you didn't even take Year 11 Chemistry and are jumping straight into Year 12 blind.
Maybe you know you've been assigned to a Chemistry teacher who you know doesn't suit your learning style.
Or maybe your Chemistry teacher is new and you haven't gotten to know them yet.
Quite possibly Chemistry is your "hardest" subject.
If you're like most Year 12 students, you have high hopes for your ATAR score. You've got a big vision for your future. You have already got a really good idea of what course you want to do at Uni. Or maybe you don't, but you know Science will play a huge role.
You want to smash Year 12 Chemistry to set yourself up for every single opportunity that presents itself.
But... maybe you're easily overwhelmed.
Maybe you sat in your Chemistry classes in Year 11... lost most of the time.
Maybe during Year 11 you focussed on your one and only Year 12 Subject and Chemistry fell by the wayside.
Maybe your Year 11 results weren't a true representation of how much effort you put into trying to understand Chemistry.
Maybe you didn't even take Year 11 Chemistry and are jumping straight into Year 12 blind.
Maybe you know you've been assigned to a Chemistry teacher who you know doesn't suit your learning style.
Or maybe your Chemistry teacher is new and you haven't gotten to know them yet.
We believe that EVERYONE can learn chemistry the simple way.
It doesn't need to be a complicated task.
All you need is to have it broken down into simple chunks.
You get access some amazing learning resources and support as an Academy member.
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Our wish for your Year 12 journey
- To spend as little time as possible learning concepts, so you can maximise the amount of time spent on applying your learning to questions
- To walk into SACs and exams calm, clear and confident
- To know that even if you walk out of class completely confused, you have learning resources that suit your learning style to look at from home, and an expert to call on when you need it.
- To be in control of your learning, and shine in the way that you were meant to.
The truth behind successful Year 12 students
There's a very small percentage of students who find Year 12 a breeze, manage to keep up their sports and extra-curricular activities and seem to do it all on their own without any help and still get AMAZING results. How awesome for them.
For the rest of us (the vast majority of us), we need to reach out, ask for help, and take advantage of the opportunities presented to us.
Who can you ask for help?
Your teacher? You know they're busy and don't want to take up their precious time. Maybe they're not Chemistry trained and you're not sure if their knowledge is enough to help you do as well as you hope. Perhaps your learning style doesn't suit their teaching style. Or maybe you just plain don't like each other (that's ok, by the way! We're not going to like everyone we come across in life).
Your family? They're well-meaning. Your mum or dad want to support you as much as they can, but they simply don't have much (if any!) Chemistry knowledge to help you. Maybe your older brother or sister found Chemistry dead easy and has tried to help you, but it just ended in frustration or even tears.
Your friends? You try to crowdsource the process of answering a tough question but just end up with 5 different answers and feel more confused than when you started. Perhaps you all try to sit down for a study session but get too easily distracted. Maybe none of your good friends are taking Chemistry. Or maybe you're the only student at your school taking Chemistry at all - via distance education.
A tutor? Great idea! But perhaps weekly tutoring for all of Year 12 might be far beyond your budget. Or maybe there are no tutors in your area.
For the rest of us (the vast majority of us), we need to reach out, ask for help, and take advantage of the opportunities presented to us.
Who can you ask for help?
Your teacher? You know they're busy and don't want to take up their precious time. Maybe they're not Chemistry trained and you're not sure if their knowledge is enough to help you do as well as you hope. Perhaps your learning style doesn't suit their teaching style. Or maybe you just plain don't like each other (that's ok, by the way! We're not going to like everyone we come across in life).
Your family? They're well-meaning. Your mum or dad want to support you as much as they can, but they simply don't have much (if any!) Chemistry knowledge to help you. Maybe your older brother or sister found Chemistry dead easy and has tried to help you, but it just ended in frustration or even tears.
Your friends? You try to crowdsource the process of answering a tough question but just end up with 5 different answers and feel more confused than when you started. Perhaps you all try to sit down for a study session but get too easily distracted. Maybe none of your good friends are taking Chemistry. Or maybe you're the only student at your school taking Chemistry at all - via distance education.
A tutor? Great idea! But perhaps weekly tutoring for all of Year 12 might be far beyond your budget. Or maybe there are no tutors in your area.
