Maths & Reasoning Skills & Science

Core Program

A comprehensive course that develops your child’s potential in the key subject areas of Mathematics, Science and General Ability. Each lesson contains 90 minutes of training in numeracy, science and thinking skills.

Course Goals
  • 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 & informal units
  • Develop concepts of graphing, money, chance and probability
  • Develop concepts of shape, position and temperature
  • Develop basic exam techniques and problem solving skills
  • Develop knowledge of science concepts and the scientific method through theoretical and practical learning and experimentation.
Course Structure
  • 4 terms in a year, 10 weeks in a term
  • 1.5 hour lessons per week, during term
  • Can be combined with Creative Writing (Maths & Science & General Ability + Creative Writing: 2 hour lessons per week)
  • Can be combined with English (English, Maths & Science & General Ability: 3 hour lessons per week)
  • Students attend lessons at their allocated time schedule
  • Small class group based
  • Experienced educators
Course Outline

Term 1
Week 1 — Area & Perimeter, Coding & Decoding, Revision
Week 2 — Exam Hints, Algebra, Revision, PS
Week 3 — Logical conclusion, ratios, fractions and %
Week 4 — Exam Tips, Unit of measurement, PS
Week 5 — Exam Tips, Number, Measurement, time, distance and speed, perimeter & Area
Week 6 — Exam Tips, graphs, Challenging Questions
Week 7 — Lateral thinking, graphs, missing numbers
Week 8 — Work rates, profit & Loss, PS
Week 9 — Percentages, PS, Logic and lateral thinking
Week 10 — Simple Interest, PS, Exam question practice

Term 2
Week 1 — Concept teaching – introduction to science, Algebra 1, PS
Week 2 — Algebra-2, PS, Introduction to Geology
Week 3 — Directed Numbers-1, PS, Intro. to Biology
Week 4 — Directed Numbers-2, PS, Germination of Seeds
Week 5 — Area of triangle, PS, Acidity & Alkalinity
Week 6 — Pythagorean theorem, PS, The water cycle
Week 7 — Area, Logic & Lateral thinking, Sound
Week 8 — Term Test + PS, Concept teaching – Light
Week 9 — Simple equations 1, PS, Science – static electricity, attraction & repulsion
Week 10 — Controlled experiments, simple equations 2, PS, testing ideas & making observations

Term 3
Week 1 — Chemical (Endothermic reactions) Algebra-III, PS
Week 2 — Acids & Alkalis, Algebra-IV, PS
Week 3 — Starches & Fats, L.C.M, PS
Week 4 — Divisibility tests for 6/9/10, sums & differences, Exam questions
Week 5 — Fractions-I, Mixtures, PS, Logic & Lateral
Week 6 — Fractions-II, concept teaching – Magnets, PS
Week 7 — Rate, concept teaching – Magnetic field, PS
Week 8 — Term Test + PS, Concept teaching – Geometry
Week 9 — Ratio, magnetism & technology, PS
Week 10 — Direct proportion, forces & Motion, PS

Term 4
Week 1 — Mass and weight, significant figures, PS
Week 2 — Gravity, introduction to co-ordinates – I, PS
Week 3 — The moon and its phases, introduction to Co-ordinates – II, PS
Week 4 — Astronomy, algebraic expressions-I, PS
Week 5 — Stars & constellations, algebraic expressions-II, PS, logic & lateral thinking
Week 6 — The solar system, linear equations – I, PS
Week 7 — Earth Science, Linear Equation-II, PS
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Volcanoes & Cave formations, geometry, PS
Week 10 — Introduction to geology, square & square root

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