1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Lock tonto Is with Mount hat College. Morning morning. 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 2: How are we doing? Luke? 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: You're good? Just quickly, Sam Luddy's been soaking up all 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: the credit. Well played on your part and Audrey to 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: one oh one song you were strumming the ukulele and 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: the live performance at the community hall. Did you provide 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: backing vocals in the recording as well? 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 2: Oh? Cheers mate. Oh look, I'm sure I was doing 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: them singing back there somewhere, but when I'm playing the ukulele, 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: it's mainly focusing on that. I'm actually actually a drummer, 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: so sometimes I can drum and sing, but playing the 12 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: uklelean singing is a little bit harder. But no, he 13 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: can have all the credit for that one. 14 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: Many talents on display out in the village. So in 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: cea exam start today. Paint a picture for us. How 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: are the student's feeling? Yeah, that's it. 17 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: I mean, look, it's a pretty exciting and nervous time 18 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: a year for them, isn't it. I mean, our kids 19 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: had their prize giving last week, so that's an emotional time. 20 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: You know. They're finishing up either year twelve or thirteen, 21 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: so they're entering this sort of strange phase of the 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 2: year where they go on exam leave, they've got a 23 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 2: bit more you know, autonomy and what they do with 24 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 2: their time. So look, I think I think most of 25 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: most of my students were going in feeling pretty good. 26 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: I put a lot of effort into getting them familiar 27 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 2: with what the exams look like, how they should tackle them, 28 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: that sort of thing. We also run some sort of 29 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 2: extra help sessions after they finish their timetable classes so 30 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: they can they can come in and see us in 31 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 2: their own time. You know, most of these kids have 32 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 2: their licenses now they're in year twelve and thirteen, so 33 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: they can come and get some extra help if they 34 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: need it. So think, I think for the most part, 35 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 2: you know, if they've been putting the hard yards in there, 36 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 2: they're feeling pretty good about it. 37 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: That time management thing has got to be the biggest struggle. 38 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: I see that Level two maths as the first big one. 39 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,639 Speaker 1: Up this morning, you're hit of mets at Mount hot College. 40 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: Part of you goes, oh, geesh, poor kids, But then 41 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: another part of me thinks, well, hold on, that's not 42 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: necessarily bed because I remember there was nothing better than 43 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: you know, if you were the one who had all 44 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: your big exams out of the way early and then 45 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: you could just cruise at the end of the months 46 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: while the wrist of your mates were continuing to sweat. 47 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, look one hundred percent, and I think you know, 48 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: you take take you take masks and you go, oh, actually, 49 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: you know, most kids will take some sort of level 50 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 2: two mass. I mean, the way it will hear is 51 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 2: there are three there are three papers they can take 52 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 2: in that exam, but most of our students will only 53 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 2: be taking either the statistics paper or the probability paper 54 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: or the calculus paper, so they're actually going in with 55 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: probably only tackling one of those exams. But mate, I 56 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: totally agree. I'd you know, get them out of the way. 57 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: Everyone's in the same boat, like, everybody's doing them at 58 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 2: the same time, So I think that's you know, that's 59 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: one of my tips. Remind yourself of that when you're 60 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: going into the exam. Hey, everyone's had the same amount 61 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: of time to prepare for this as me. Just because 62 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 2: it's first up doesn't really change that. You know. 63 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: What are some other words of reassurance? 64 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think about this every year and I 65 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: try to try and give my students tips and I 66 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: sort of. I break it down into two main things. 67 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 2: You know, you've got you've got your routines on during exams, 68 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 2: and I think they're really important and it just look 69 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: it sounds really cliche, but it's just the standard stuff 70 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: like sleep well, make sure you still do your exercise, 71 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: eating well. You know, it's very easy to fall into 72 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 2: a into a pattern of laziness. I guess when you 73 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: don't have the structure like these kids, I would say 74 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 2: they're lucky that they have have the school structure routine 75 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 2: and when they all of a sudden, they're offer parents 76 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: are at work. So just you know, whether it's a 77 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 2: daily planner, just just make sure you block every hour 78 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: out and go right that study and then reward yourself 79 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: a little bit later with whatever that looks like for you. Yeah, 80 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: and the other thing. Yeah, yeah, in terms of just 81 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: in terms of routines, I think owe use This is 82 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: kind of like ironic in a way, but phone use, 83 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: you know, be very careful of that. Like I didn't 84 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: have that problem when I was a kid, Like your 85 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: phone was pretty useless. But you know, it's a constant 86 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 2: distraction for these kids, so you know, they need to 87 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: think about either turning it off or putting it on silent. 88 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: But on the flip side of that, I would also recommend, 89 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: especially you know you think about aspert and meths and like, 90 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 2: stay connected with your mates too, because you know, we 91 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 2: are in a rural community, so I think keeping those 92 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 2: connections are really important as well. You know, share how 93 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: you're feeling about the exams. You're going to be nervous, 94 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: there's no way around that, but sometimes, you know, sharing 95 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: that feeling makes you feel that little bit better, doesn't it.