How to Make the Leap from Year 10 into Year 11 and Ace Your HSC

Year 11 can be like a slap in the face. Year 10 you can chill out and leave things until the last minute and still do well.

This doesn't work in Year 11... In this video, Rowan from #AOSTV shares 3 practical things you can do to set yourself up to make the leap from Year 10 into Year 11 so you don't get surprised.

Rowan shares:

- How and why you should be setting goals for Year 11
- Why study notes are super important and how to get on top of them
- Write daily to-do lists each day when you come home after school
- Control distractions like your phone

Have more questions about Year 11? Leave them in the comments - we’d love to hear from you!

So take a second and say ‘Hey’ and ask a question ;)

—

—
ABOUT #AOSTV

At Art of Smart we’re on a mission to help you answer the difficult question, “What am I going to do with my life when I finish school, and how do I get there?”

We provide world-class K-12 tutoring and mentoring to help you get options for life after school, career and leadership mentoring to help you develop the skills needed when you finish school, and help you road test your dream careers.

Everything we do is based on over 8 years of research with Australia’s top students, and work with over 10,000 students around Australia.

[Cklone]

I went into Year 11 last year with a mindset of achieving the best marks I could. However I only managed to achieve good results in only a few of my subjects, while the others weren't as good as I wanted. This happened because I had no real plan on how to achieve everything and spread out my study, I just studied randomly. My advice to anyone moving into year 11 is to plan out your study so that you can maximise your study in each area effectively.

Good luck!

[markmarkovic]

Hello Rowan, I am asking the following question on behalf of some people who would like to remain anonymous. Why is your business called 'The Art of Smart'? Is it because of the internal rhyme of 'art' and 'smart'? I represent a group of individuals who love poetry and as enthusiasts of internal rhyme, we would like to know if this choice was intentional.
Kind regards,
11 Damn Fine Poetry Enthusiasts

[wildspiritslev]

TL;DR:
- Set goals for Year 11
-Write consistent study notes daily
-Daily to-do list after school
-Minimise distractions (lock websites and devices for specific times)

[BookswithGrace]

Hi, I’m currently in year 11 in my third week and I’m not really sure how much study notes I should be writing. I write notes from what we did in class but I feel like it’s not enough.

[andrewgibson]

I'm going into year 11 tomorrow lol, so thanks for making this Rowan!

[saphirawebber]

Hi ArtofSmart team! I'm about to enter yr11 and I am super excited, yet conscious of the massive workload increase. How would you recommend doing study notes? I have seen in multiple of your videos that you recommend making study notes one week in advance (something I will definitely do) and I assume I can derive study note information from textbooks and other study books like ATAR Notes and Excel, but how do you suggest I complete the study notes? Add to them every day? Knock out my study notes all at once during a block of time once a week? Hand write or type them?

[Ella-dolv]

Hi I am going into year 11 and was wondering how many hours per day I should be studying?