After the huge success of the first Cruzin VCE seminar program in April this year the program co-ordinators have expanded and updated the program to cater for the increased demand from students.

This special full day of seminars in the July school holidays has been organised by your local library and employ highly skilled and experienced presenters from Access Education and VCEhelp (yes - yours truly will be a presenter for the study skills sessions).

This is the best value program that will help you blitz your VCE, bar none. At $ 20 (including lunch) this is a fantastic opportunity to get a head start on Unit 4, get quality summary notes covering Unit 4 and the end of year exams as well as refine those crucial VCE study skills to reach your goals.

Here is the program outline:

10.00 -11.00 : The new English exam - what you should be doing at the end of Term 2.

11.15 -12.15 : Choose one of the English Contexts: ‘Encountering Conflict’ OR ‘Whose Reality?’

12.15 - 12.45 : Lunch

12.45 - 2.15 : Biology workshop OR Learning How to Learn and Sac preparation (which will be run by Heath McGregor of VCE Help)**

2.30 - 4.00 : Physical Education workshop OR Note making, Mind mapping and Speed reading (bring a book for speed reading practise!) (also run by Heath McGregor of VCE Help) **

** see below for a detailed outline of the VCE Help sessions **

When: Saturday 12 July
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Where: The Pines Learning & Activity Centre, 1/520 Blackburn Road, East Doncaster
Cost: $20.00 (includes lunch)
Bookings: Essential on 9890 1002 or any library branch. Hurry as there are only limited seats remaining for this program. Enquiries: Ph: 9890 1002 or any library branch

Regarding my session outlines - here is what I will be covering.

1. Learning How to Learn and Sac Preparation:

Students will:

Complete a learning styles survey and identify their own unique learning styles and study preferences.

Identify their preferred study strategies for their own individual learning style to rapidly increase the study effectiveness and recall to learn any subject.

Be challenged about their beliefs on intelligence and their capacity for learning leaving students empowered about their own learning and future.

Learn the top 10 SAC mistakes and how to avoid them.

Identify the 15 SAC preparation skills that students must master to maximise their results.

Use the blueprint for SAC preparation and follow each step to ensure they are fully prepared for every assessment task.

Use the SAC review sheet to monitor their performance to improve their VCE SAC scores.

Session 2. Note-making or note-taking – how to summarise, organise and remember your notes

Students will…

Learn why most student notes are ineffective and will not result in them remembering valuable information.

Master the critical steps of note-making so that notes will be memorable.

Evaluate the 7 best techniques to make quality notes – what are the pros and cons for each type of student and which type of technique is suited to which learning style.

Create a learning map of a topic and show their representation visually to enhance their recall.

Be shown, and practice, a secret technique that they can double their reading speed without a loss of comprehension in under 5 minutes.

Learn 12 other tips to enhance the speed of reading and recall during study efforts.

Shown how to quickly research books and other resources and identify if the content is relevant and useful.

Be able to calculate their reading speeds quickly to gauge their improvements in reading speeds.

Pre-requisite: All students must bring a novel for them to begin reading during this session…preferably an unread novel.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Cheers,

Heath