Selective Schools Entrance Exam PREPARATION

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Selective school exams are significantly different from school exams. The questions that appear on the actual Selective school entrance exam assess students on course material studied on one or two years ahead of the standard school curriculum, so if your son or daughter entirely relies upon the knowledge learnt at school, they will be at a significant disadvantage. 

The Exam Consists of...

1. Mathematics - 60 Multiple Choice Questions in 30 minutes 
2. Numerical Reasoning -50 Multiple Choice Questions in 30 minutes 
3. Verbal Reasoning -60 Multiple Choice Questions in 30 minutes 
4. Reading and Comprehension -50 Multiple Choice Questions in 30 minutes
5. Persuasive or creative writing (writing task, 30 minutes)

Our course is designed to provide our students with the knowledge on how to approach a variety of reading materials in an efficient and effective way and how to improve both their comprehension and speed when reading the materials.

•  Develop pre-reading strategies to improve comprehension.

• Develop essential reading skills, such as skimming, scanning, identifying the main ideas of texts or paragraphs, and  comprehending vocabulary from the given context.

Verbal reasoning exam assess the students knowledge that  involves written or verbal explanation that proceeds beyond basic habitual memory skills or simple thought processes.  It involves the capability to analyse information for details; form a possible hypothesis and conclusions; and be able to explain or evaluate the outcomes.

• Number Sense, Concepts & Operations
• Algebraic Thinking
• Data Analysis & Probability
• Measurement
• Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Problem Solving 
• Paterns and Sequances
   

Persuasive writing, or argumentative writing, is an essay focused on an opinion. In this type of essay, the student is attempting to convince the readers that his/her viewpoint is correct. The goal is for the readers to agree with the student's opinion. Our course is focused on building a comprehensive knowledge in

•  Ways to Make a Persuasive Argument 
•  Words, Phrases and Arguments to Use  and
• Persuasive techniques

Creative writing is a type of writing where the purpose is to express something, whether it be feelings, thoughts, or emotions.

Creative writing includes fiction writing, poetry writing, creative nonfiction writing and more.