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Year 5 Fastrain Extended Program

Core Program

The Fastrain Extended program includes the subjects of Writing, English, Mathematics and Thinking Skills/General Ability. A comprehensive course  that develops your child’s potential in all areas of numeracy and literacy. Each lesson contains 30 minutes dedicated to writing skills followed by 90 minutes each of literacy and numeracy. Students develop essential literacy and numeracy skills for greater confidence and success at school. Thousands of students have studied in our programs, and we are proud to assist and support many students to achieve success in the Selective Schools Placement Test private school entry and scholarships.

 

 

Course Goals Course Structure
Course Goals
  • Provide a full range of academic experiences to improve chances of success in the Selective Schools Placement Test
  • Develop advanced literal and inferential comprehensions skills
  • Develop problem solving skills
  • Develop competency and creativity in writing across a range of text types
  • Develop superior spelling skills
  • Develop an advanced vocabulary
  • Develop grammar, usage and punctuation skills
  • Develop advanced knowledge of numbers in thousands and beyond
  • Develop numerical operations
  • Develop understandings of fractions and decimals
  • Develop a range of thinking skills (general ability) concepts
  • Develop concepts of area, time and measurement using formal and informal units
  • Develop concepts of graphing, money, chance and probability
  • Develop concepts of shape, position and temperature
  • Develop exam techniques
Course Structure
  • 4 terms in a year, 10 weeks in a term
  • 3.5 hour lessons per week
  • Small class group based
  • Experienced educators
  • Students attend lessons once a week at their allocated time schedule.

  • On Campus
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    Online learning
    at your own pace

  • North Shore LIVE
    (Zoom Classes)

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