Intensive Holiday 8th June - 12th June
- Difficulty: Same level as the actual Selective High School Placement Test
- Aim: Maximise your child’s chance in the Selective School Test
- Time: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm (maximum 8 students)
- Location: Minto/Bellavista/Online
Who Is This Program For?
5 Days Intensive Selective High School Preparation Course is beneficial for students needing support in the following areas:
- Effective Time Utilisation: For students facing challenges in efficiently managing their time during exams.
- Improving Strategic Problem-Solving Abilities: Ideal for those requiring additional practice in formulating and refining strategies for various question types.
- Becoming Familiar with Test Structure: Suitable for students who are not yet fully at ease with the format and question style of the Selective Test.
- Building Test Stamina: Essential for students looking to build the stamina required to maintain concentration throughout the entire test duration.
- Enhancing Problem-Solving Speed and Efficiency: Designed for students aiming to improve their ability to swiftly and effectively tackle various question types within specified time limits.
- Recognising and Strengthening Weak Points: Tailored for students who seek to pinpoint and bolster their areas of weakness in subjects covered by the Selective Test.
- Learning from Errors: Geared towards students who benefit from immediate feedback and are eager to learn promptly from their errors.
Course Details
Parents often find themselves hopping from one tutoring service to another, searching for the one that actually delivers results
Mathematical Thinking
The following concepts are explored in a multiple step problem solving context
- · Number operations and calculations
- · Determining missing numbers and following the order of operations
- · Understanding factors, multiples, and remainders
- · Recognising patterns
- · Measuring temperature, mass, and length
- · Calculating area and volume
- · Solving problems related to time, distance, and speed
- · Analysing rates and percentages
- · Interpreting graphs
- · Studying geometry and shapes
- · Engaging in problem-solving strategies
- · Applying various test-taking techniques
Thinking Skills
- – Spotting flaws in arguments
- – Spatial reasoning
- – Applying test-taking strategies
- – Employing analogical reasoning
- – Utilizing literal/alphabetical reasoning
- – Applying numerical reasoning
Reading
- – Understanding literary texts, including themes, characters, settings, plot elements, and word meanings
- – Comprehending factual texts, focusing on the writer’s purpose, attitude, word meanings, causes, reasons, consequences, arguments, similarities, and differences
- – Grasping poetic texts, including meanings of words, lines, stanzas, imagery, metaphor, simile, symbolism, poetic devices, the poet’s persona, and emotions conveyed
- – Interpreting visual texts, including visual techniques and connections between written and visual elements
- – Applying test-taking techniques to reading comprehension tasks
Thinking Skills
- – Crafting narrative and expository texts
- – Understanding text structure and features
- – Planning and organizing writing
- – Editing for clarity and coherence
- – Mastering mechanics of writing such as punctuation, sentence structure, language usage, literary devices, and spelling
- – Applying test-taking techniques including time management, interpreting prompts, and planning and writing full practice texts.
