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Refer to the glossary in the ‘Financial and study support’ section on the Study Assist website.The HELP schemeRefer to the Study Assist website to find a definition for each of the following:Commonwealth supported placeHECS-HELPFEE-HELPOS-HELPSA-HELPCreate an infographic or visual representation to show the relationship between the different HELP loans.Use the eligibility tool on the Study Assist website to find out what HELP loan you might be…

For these tasks you will set up a spreadsheet to investigate the difference making small payments more often makes to your super balance. Select one of the tasks. Task 1 You have been working for 10 years and your super balance has been growing, but you’ve decided to take a year off and travel overseas. You won’t be making any super contributions during that time. However, your super will still be growing because of the investments made by…

Use this graphic organiser to record the structure of the story you are reading. Explanation Element Evidence from the story The Introduction captures the characters, setting very briefly.              Introduction The Rising Action is usually where something is starting to go wrong and the audience is becoming aware that there…

Howard Pyle, 1883 When Robin first came to live in Sherwood Forest he was rather sad, for he could not at once forget all he had lost. But he was not long lonely. When it became known that he had gone to live in the Green Wood, other poor men, who had been driven out of their homes by the Normans, joined him. They soon formed a band and were known as the “Merry Men.” Robin was no longer Robin of Huntingdon, but Robin of Sherwood Forest. Very…

Now that you’ve learned how short stories are structured, it’s your turn to write a short story of your own. During these learning experiences you have read through stories that reveal to us the importance of delaying gratification and working together. You have also considered the aesthetic device of extended metaphors and how they assist to convey a message. Your task is to re-write either the Goose that Laid a Golden Egg or Robin Hood into…

Research and review one type of tax in Australia to discover how well it supports the values of Australian democracy. Taxes to choose from: a. income tax b. goods and services tax c. municipal/council rates – paid by property owners via an annual rates notice issued by local government authorities. Write a one-page report that: a. describes the tax type and its structure b. explains the uses and social benefits of the revenue produced by…

Refer to the story: The Meeting of Robin Hood and Little John. How does the following excerpt reinforce the theme of connection and social cohesion, ‘for he could not at once forget all he had lost. But he was not long lonely’? How does the ‘forgetting that he was an earl’ and the merry men wearing hoods, reinforce the message of sticking together? How do the ‘green hoods’ work as a metaphor of social cohesion? Identify the…

An Aesop Fable There was once a Countryman who possessed the most wonderful Goose you can imagine, for every day when he visited the nest, the Goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden egg. The Countryman took the eggs to market and soon began to get rich. But it was not long before he grew impatient with the Goose because she gave him only a single golden egg a day. He was not getting rich fast enough. Then one day, after he had…