The arrival of the HSC Examinations brings a very distinctive biochemistry to the school grounds. The ‘Business End’ of the year has arrived, one that senior students have not only been preparing for over the last 12 months, but for many successive years. The campus shifts into a different gear as movement becomes very measured and orchestrated, examination procedures are attended to in minute detail, signage is set up to inform all of boundaries and requirements, facilities are screened off and a prevailing atmosphere of anxious apprehension takes effect.