IMPROVE YOUR ATAR WITH JCU STAR

JCU STAR (School Tuition and Revision) is a dedicated school holiday study program designed to help students finish Year 12 with the ATAR they want.

This 3-day interactive workshop is facilitated by current Head of Subject and Year 12 classroom teachers who are specialists in their subject area, are highly engaging and are committed to supporting students in achieving academic success.

Tailored courses are designed to improve student's confidence and resilience helping better prepare them for external exams by learning methods for maximising marks. The skills they develop in these courses also prepares them for future university level study.

Sessions run during the January, June/July and September school holidays, delivered on the JCU Cairns, Nguma-bada campus, Smithfield and JCU Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus, Douglas.

Daily catering is provided during the allocated break.

Course Content

• Course runs on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1:00pm-5:00pm. Total duration 12 hours.
• Review of Unit 3 topics – integrals, derivatives of non-polynomial functions and logarithms
• Review of Unit 4 topics – the second derivative, sine and cosine rules, probability distributions and confidence interviews
• Graphics calculator tips and tricks
• Simple familiar question techniques
• Complex familiar and unfamiliar question techniques

Outcomes

• Assist students understanding of concepts that are required for the upcoming assessment
• Improved proficiency in using graphics calculators
• Topic indicators, to quickly identify topics within questions
• Techniques to tackle complex questions to improve marks

Upcoming Courses: Maths Methods workshops running twice in the June/July School Holidays - choose one only from the sessions below.

JCU Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus, Douglas

• 27 June - 29 June 2022 (Mon to Wed) - In-person only

• 29 June - 1 July 2022 (Wed to Fri) - In-person only

Cost: Full price is $375 per course.

Early Bird Discount:

• Book before 13 June 2022 to receive $50 off the full course price.
• Tickets revert to full price ($375) from 13 June 2022.
• Limited places available.

For further program information, please visit the JCU STAR website.

For booking enquiries - please contact our Future Students Team via email futurestudents@jcu.edu.au or call 07 4781 6363.

NOTE: We will be keeping a close eye on COVID-19 restrictions and will communicate with registrants in the lead up to the event