Year 8 Holiday Programs Oct

Learn effective reading and comprehension skills through a variety of tasks which will also improve your writing skills, reading & comprehension skills, grammar skills, vocabulary skills & usage and spelling skills.

Get a headstart in Year 8 Maths by revising key Maths concepts and learning new Maths topics and skills. Our highly popular program ensures maximum skills development.

The study of poetry allows for a concentrated study of all that is important in English literature, and all that students have difficulty with. This course is designed to revise knowledge each student should already possess at his or her level, and then to build on this through a series of linked exercises that foster thinking, reading and writing skills together, providing a confidence in dealing with poetry in all aspects of the English syllabus.

Course Topics

• Thinking About Poetry
• Reading Poetry
• Writing Poetry
• Essay Writing on Poetry
• Unseen Comprehension Tests

The study of Shakespearean Literature is often challenging for high school students. This course is designed to consider a variety of Shakespearean texts to ensure students are comfortable in understanding Shakespeare, the Shakespearean context and to build confidence in skills for exam success.

Course Goals

Among the outcomes:

• Develop confidence to understand Shakespeare and Shakespearean context
• Understand staging of Shakespeare
• Understand language, ideas, symbols and concepts of selected Shakespearean texts

Course Goals

Among the outcomes:

• Develop vocal projection, posture and delivery skills
• Develop knowledge of speech structure
• Develop understandings of the interaction of purpose, audience and language choices in speech writing
• Develop knowledge of correct use of quotations and evidence
• Develop research skills
• Develop key skills in debating
• Develop confidence and social interaction