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Welcome to the Marquis Education Blog

Welcome to the Marquis Education Blog

Hi Transformers,                                             


At Marquis, we love to focus on solving your learning challenges and needs to achieve real results that translate into the final HSC.


Sometimes practically and other times with wild, imaginative or even highly unexpected ideas. These ideas are born through education when curiosity meets access to information and nurtured through guidance. 


That’s why we have a vested interest in, and commitment to, learning in all forms and offering a truly democratic education. It’s also why we’re starting this Marquis Education Blog: a new destination to share our insights and first-class study tips to help you get ahead. 


Insider Tips from Scholarly Industry Leaders


In our blog, you’ll hear straight from our dream team of Academic Head of Subjects, Educators and subject matter experts who are the brightest minds in education, including seasoned PhD qualified industry experts, NESA accredited teachers, English scholars, HSC Markers and 1st in NSW achievers. Together, we have created leading-edge course programs by developing rich content and building innovative technology to deliver this content seamlessly to our students online and in centre blended classrooms.


“When designing and developing the Marquis HSC English program, I sought to create an intellectually, creatively, spiritually and poetically enlightening course, which was tethered to my own experience of transformation through education. I drew from my extended marginalia on the search for meaning across literature, art, sociology, philosophy, and the various other tentacles of the human experience.”


- Dr Tim Hanna, Head of Content at Marquis


Dr Hanna is one of education’s greatest masterminds, and his knowledge of literature and pedagogy propelled him and his profound teaching style to a status many students would only describe as legendary. He is an inspirational Educator with over 20 years of teaching and content, developing experience, and has guided many students to top state ranking and Band 6 success. In our blog, you’ll get to read his breakdown of HSC texts through his engaging analogies and enlightened perspective. 


Always be Curious


One of our goals is to help more students feel engaged and love learning, encourage their curiosity, let them work together, do something new, create things, and always try again. Through our termly English, Maths & UCAT programs and our school holiday programs, Marquis Book Club and Marquis Maths Olympiad, we strive to help students discover the problems they are passionate about solving. 


Time and time again, our students prove that those of any age can conjure extraordinary solutions. This blog will be a place to hear about our talented young pupils, innovative programs and impassioned Educators. Our blog will also be rich with informative articles and ingenious advice covering English, Maths and UCAT written by our Content Specialists. 


A Vision Forward for 2030


When we think about the job prospects of 2030, creativity, emotional intelligence, and complex problem solving will be paramount. These are all skills we are dynamically imparting our students with, as each lesson is a cross-pollination between the intellectual and experiential. The renaissance of education is in full force at Marquis, where our teachers of tomorrow engage in each pupil’s artistic, imaginative and critical reasoning endeavours.


Our vision is of a new world of learning based on the compelling truth that improving education is the key to the survival of the human race. 


It’s a world of dreams, inspiration, and ambition informed by evidence and experience.


It’s a world where our students become lifelong learners and develop 21st-century skills for a global workplace. 


It’s a world where innovation is the rule, not the exception. 


It’s a world where our programs provide a collaborative culture of academic, social and emotional learning and access to new technology.


It’s a world where our students, their families, Educators and Head of Subjects, are empowered with a shared vision to offer excellence in education for all.


We strongly believe that these three skills are fundamental for our students’ future careers:

That is why our teaching pedagogy and first-principles programs encapsulate and strengthen these cognitive skills in our students. Teaching our students confidence, self-efficacy, and the ability to think critically and empirically from a scientific, data-based scaffolding is exactly the right foundation to build 21st-century citizens of a global society. 


A Truly Democratic Education


We strongly believe in empowering families and students to completely control their education by having access to premium tuition that delivers proven results. Marquis students are empowered to design, select and have access to education programs that will prepare them for a brave new world of AI and robots, where students need to find their unique voice and reach their full potential.


The future is upon us. We encourage our students to work both smart and hard in school and with us to achieve their unique potential and the most outstanding marks they can. Excellent results are the key to great success and are what opens doors to higher learning. 


“Everything depends on the individual human being, regardless of how small a number of like-minded people there is, and everything depends on each person, through action and not mere words, creatively making the meaning of life a reality in his or her own being.” 


– Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and Holocaust survivor



Did you know you can book a consultation with our team to discuss your study goals and learn more about our tailored learning programs that guide students to HSC success in English, Maths and the UCAT. Enquire online here.

25 Aug, 2021
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why. — Bernard Baruch From the Golden ratio, present in all nature, to the Burj Khalifa towering 830m over the Dubai skyline, and from counting change at the cash register, to budgeting out your trip. Mathematics is everywhere. Almost all careers use skills learned in Mathematics on a daily basis. It’s no surprise that almost all students study some level of maths for the HSC, whether it be Standard, Advanced, Extension 1 or Extension 2 Mathematics. As a senior student, you may have many questions about HSC Maths. What level of Maths should I take? Is Extension 2 Mathematics worth it? How do I improve my marks? And most commonly, how do I stop making careless mistakes? At Marquis Education, we understand the HSC Mathematics syllabus and journey in microscopic detail. We, too, had asked those countless questions about HSC Maths. As Educators at Marquis, we believe in supporting students to achieve their best results. So, here are our insider tips on choosing which level of Maths to study at, improving marks, and stop making those careless errors. Choosing your Maths level for the HSC Our quick tips on selecting your Math level: Research and understand all the available Math levels Consider the importance of scaling Mathematics Extension courses are the highest scaling subjects in the entire HSC The first question you may ask yourself is: “What level of Maths should I study?” When making your choice, you should take into account your own Mathematical confidence, interest, abilities, as well as the subject’s scaling. Mathematical Ability Each Mathematics subject requires different levels of Mathematical competency and ability. We have created a flowchart to show a brief overview of the different Math levels that can be chosen in Year 11 and Year 12.
25 Aug, 2021
Hear from our Academic Team, who are HSC experts, 99+ ATAR achievers, NESA accredited teachers and subject matter specialists . Hi Transformers, To be honest, our visionary Educators have not always been top students. We understand the stress and struggles, but we have also learnt so much from our HSC experiences. Not only about English, but about ourselves. Fuelled by our passion for educating, we proudly help students achieve success through accessible and transformative education at Marquis. We know how it feels to go through the HSC, and throughout our 13+ years of teaching and developing effective pedagogical practices, we intimately understand what students need to grow. This is all ingrained in Marquis' approach to transformative learning, evident in our enriching programs, our team of scholarly Educators, and our burgeoning community. We have been asked, time and again, how did we do it? How did we excell in English, manage our time, work efficiently, and succeed? So, these are our top 6 insider tips.
25 Aug, 2021
Hi fellow dreamer, Welcome to Marquis Transformative Education! Our dream is to provide equal access to a genuinely high quality of education. That means collaborating with a dream team of the brightest minds in education, including seasoned PhD qualified industry experts, NESA accredited teachers, English scholars and 1st in NSW achievers. Together, we have created leading-edge course programs by developing rich content and building innovative technology to deliver this content seamlessly to our students in online and blended classrooms. When students experience the atmosphere of creativity, compassion and challenge, they know that Marquis is not like any other tutoring company – we are an integral part of their team, working together towards their BIG dreams and helping them achieve exceptional results throughout their secondary education and the HSC. Our students’ learning, personal progress, and results are as important to us as their happiness, mental health, and engagement in their growth and development. Our personalised and holistic approach to delivering high-quality content in the most conducive and aspirational learning environment is exactly why we are one of the fastest-growing learning communities within Australia. The Purpose of Transformative Education Marquis course programs are designed to help students achieve their personal best. Whatever that means for them. At Marquis, our English and Maths programs are deeply integrated with the key outcomes of the NESA school syllabus, but it may feel challenging at first, as it is one term ahead of most schools. We firmly believe that learning ahead provides a second time learning advantage at school. Essentially, it is meant to be slightly challenging when students learn it with Marquis because it’s their first moment of discovery. By design, we educate ahead of school to help our students build their confidence, work on areas of weakness and have an edge amongst their peers to achieve excellence at school and in their final exams. Marquis, Theory Workbooks are designed to complement the students learning at school and help them gain confidence in their academic skills. Our yearly course programs incorporate all learning outcomes of English and Maths within the National and NSW Curriculum and deliver it in condensed and comprehensive lessons to inspire learning both in class and in your own time. Your assigned Educator will help guide you through rich content and a workbook in each lesson and structure the delivery of content by tailoring it to your personal goals and learning needs. Not everyone learns at the same rate. Therefore, we capture weekly analytics of each pupil through formative assessments , which allows their Educator to address their individual challenges and aptitude and give them an unparalleled advantage to thrive and succeed. Through our bespoke learning scheme, you will learn all topics, modules, and concepts mapped to the NESA syllabus, and your Educator will focus on maximising your results. The accompanying Tutorial and Homework tasks are designed to take your independent investigation and study of texts into greater depth in your own time. We encourage students always to be curious and personally engage with their subject matter to master creative and critical writing skills. Aim Higher and Dream Bigger We want each student to know that it is vital to dream BIG dreams and work hard towards reaching your dreams, even when times are difficult and your efforts seem futile. You can achieve all of your dreams through knowledge and know that you can only gain knowledge through education. Work both smart and hard in school and achieve the greatest marks you can. Excellent results are the key to great success. Remember that success starts with you, and it can start right now. Only YOU have to believe that you can succeed, believe that you can be whatever your heart desires and mind can conceive, and you will have it. Don’t ever let anyone or anything hold you back from doing your absolute finest. Be brave, aim high and most importantly - make your mark! With love, Marquis Team
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