Courses for Primary School students
Early learning can be fun for kids when numeracy and literacy building blocks are taught through everyday life activities. It will also set them up for the future for either the OC/Selective test and high school as the fundamental concepts learnt in primary school are vital.
Students from Years K to 6 love this program which builds confidence and skills in all number operations, space and measurement and develops strategies for solving both routine and complicated word problems. The main aim of the coaching lesson is to develop number sense.
Lots of work is done on the basic facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in order to equip students with a natural feel for numbers and how they relate to one another. This is essential for success at high school.
This program covers reading comprehension and written expression of a number of text types such as narratives, information reports and poetry. Creative writing from these groups is displayed on our noticeboard from time to time or included in our newsletter. Students also study grammar, punctuation and spelling, and develop their vocabulary and general knowledge.
Students who are not good readers need to learn how to decode unknown short words and longer words with ease, confidence and speed. As their speed increases they can visualise what they are reading and so comprehend it.