2013 Treasury Schools Challenge Essay and Presentation Tips
Page updated 14 Mar 2013
Structure of your essay
You might find it helpful to structure your advice in the following way:
- Set out the challenges you are trying to address and the reasons those challenges exist
- Set out a range of possible options to address the challenges
- Analyse the impacts of the various options
- Recommend the option or options that seem to be best, and justify why you have made this recommendation.
Referencing
If an idea you use comes from somewhere else, please reference it. Any referencing system is acceptable, as long as:
- it is clear that the relevant idea is borrowed and not original, and
- a reader would be able to find the original source going by the reference information you provide
Presentations
It is important that you convey your ideas and analysis clearly in the presentation – even the best ideas, if not communicated in a clear way, can be hard to understand and appreciate.
We suggest that finalists run through their presentations at their schools, either in front of a class or in a school assembly, to practice before their presentation at the Treasury.
