After having a tough time getting through the HSC during Covid shutdowns, former Richmond River High and Trinity Catholic College student, Jacqueline Bodill, wanted to make it easier for others. 

So, inspired by some of the good online resources she found, she made it a mission to compile them into one easy to find location - for future HSC students.

It was a labour of love for her and yesterday, she received a NSW Young Volunteer of the Year Award in recognition for her efforts in establishing the HSC Resource Survival Kit.

Now studying at university and working in Sydney, the 22 year old said one of the main reasons she created the Survival Kit was because schools were under-resourced and finding appropriate online content was a minefield.

“During Covid when I was in year 12, schools were in transition to online learning and were under resourced when it came to online learning materials,” she said.

Under supported

“I felt under-supported and under-resourced, while around me was a culture of distributed content.

“Then in 2021, I was moderating an online HSC discussion forum with 40,000 HSC students in it and I would distribute resources and my posts got hundreds of likes.

“There’s a tradition that students who have graduated will create HSC resources for other cohorts, but a problem with distribution – and often the vast majority of students won’t be doing the same extension and resource will be lost online.

“So I decided to approach all the HSC resource creators for content so I could compile it in one place.

“Now, you can find things like a table of equations you use in Maths Essential 1 or an analysis of English HSC subjects – or example essays – all in the one place.” 

Find the resource

You can find it here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PjjbRmvG6GG_TDyqMg1eAXd1rQnj18ID

Yesterday at a ceremony in Sydney, Jacqueline received a certificate for being the young volunteer of the year for Sydney City and the Eastern Suburbs region.

Now, Jacqueline is studying in mechanical engineering and chemistry at UTS as well as working. 

Lismore in her heart

She went to Coraki High School, Richmond River High and Trinity Catholic College, then moved to Sydney in 2019. She returned to Lismore recently to visit friends and see Lismore after the flood.

“My friend said Lismore was better now, but it devastated me,” she said. “The store fronts were shut – and Richmond River High and Trinity too - and my favourite shop Carrington

Bizarre is gone.

“I miss the culture here and Lismore still in my heart.”

2022 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards 

The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards are in their 16th year and have grown to become one of the largest celebrations of volunteering across Australia. 

They are an annual program run by The Centre for Volunteering to recognise the outstanding work of volunteers in every region across NSW. 

Individuals or teams can be nominated in one of eight award categories:

• Young Volunteer of the Year • Employee Volunteer of the Year • Adult Volunteer of the Year • Volunteer Leader of the Year • Senior Volunteer of the Year • NSW Club Volunteer of the Year • Volunteer Team of the Year • Not for Profit Voluntary Governance Award