Holiday Programs

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Why Holiday Classes

During the school term, your child has been taught many important skills. The school holiday period is long enough to relax and have fun but it is also long enough for those important skills to be forgotten if not practised.

To avoid this, we run various school holiday programs to keep your child thinking and learning during the break.

Our Programs

Taught by qualified teachers, our school holiday programs are innovative and provide varied opportunities for students to gain valuable skills. We run programs for kindy, pre-school, primary, secondary & WACE students either as individual tuition or small group classes. The programs are designed to extend students’ skills and knowledge and also takes them back to the “learning mode” after a break. The goal is to energise students and get them ready for the new term.

GATE Selective Schools Test Holiday Programs

An intensive 6-8 hour program run over two days giving students opportunities to explore the concepts of the tests and become familiar with the different types of questions that are likely to come up, as well as practising good test taking techniques putting them in a better position to gain entrance into their preferred school.

By exposing students to the types of questions asked as well as their structure we give our students the best possible chance of achieving high scores needed to gain a place in any of the selective schools.

January Holidays - Selective school (GATE) preparation for students who have completed year 5. Learn More
April Holidays - Quantitative problem solving and abstract reasoning
July Holidays - Test taking techniques and skill development, covering all aspects of the test.
October Holidays – Creative Writing

Beautiful Brain Bootcamp

The Beautiful Brain Boot Camp, is five days of brain-based activities designed to exercise and develop your child’s brain in much the same way as an exercise program develops physical fitness. The bootcamp is specifically designed for children aged 12-14 (School Years 6-8) and run by Eloise Hicks, a highly qualified teacher whose background includes teaching Philosophy to children and Positive Psychology in practice.

Each day, your child will:

• practise mindfulness tools that teach the art of sharp focus as well as techniques for stress management

• explore basic neuroscience and learn the structure of their brain and how it functions

• develop the awareness and language of mindsets oriented towards learning from mistakes

• participate in collaborative problem -solving exercises designed to flex creative muscles

• learn a variety of thinking tools through Philosophy

• have fun working with others to discover that positive emotions are good for brain development

Children’s brains are still developing, and new neural pathways are being laid down all the time. The Beautiful Brain Boot Camp is focused on shaping this development in a deliberate way by providing your child with easy tools and knowledge that will help them take control of their learning.

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Writing Holiday Programmes

Taught by a published writer with limited group sizes, so that each student benefits through high interaction and individual attention. Participants who demonstrate exceptional achievement will be given details of how and where their work may be published. Learn more

Page to Stage Holiday Workshops

Back by popular demand for primary school children aged 7-11, 'From the Page to the Stage' is a program that is designed to captivate and engage students during the April school holidays.

This time, children will be introduced to some fables and creation myths from around the world and will discuss what makes them distinctive. Why, for instance, do fables feature animals? And why do fables have a moral?

Children will then have the opportunity to write some of their own fables and creation myths.

Once committed to the page, students will then take their fables and creation myths to a drama workshop in preparation for the stage. Book Now

NAPLAN Holiday Programs

Our NAPLAN preparation courses are designed to expose students to the types of questions asked in the tests as well as teach them valuable skills to navigate through them. Run in both January and April School holidays the course consist of:

Numeracy
Language Conventions
Reading Comprehension
Narrative & Persuasive Writing

Junior Holiday Programs

Taught by highly qualified teachers this is a fantastic program for younger students in years 2 & 3.

The program runs on two separate days of two and half hours each day and are theme based consisting of:

Numeracy – numbers, fractions, measurement and space.
Literacy – Spelling and Reading Comprehension.
Writing – Structures and purposes for Narrative and Persuasive Writing.

Middle School Holiday Programs

Taught by highly qualified teachers this program is for year 4 & 5 students.

The program is theme based running on two separate days of two and half hours each day and consists of:

Numeracy - Problem Solving
Literacy – Language Conventions and Reading Comprehension.
Writing – Knowledge of text types, structures and purposes, creation of a range of texts with confidence and proficiency.

Upper Primary Holiday Programs

An intensive 6 hour program run over two days giving year 6 students opportunities to explore different learning areas. The concept around this is to enrich their learning.

January Holidays - Selective school (GATE) preparation.
April Holidays - Explore and investigate the world.
July Holidays - Problem solving and Space
October Holidays – Genre & Essay Writing

High School Prep School

A 12 hour program running over three days specifically designed to support students in the transition from primary school to high school. Students will learn to become curious and confident learners, manage stress and anxiety, actually identify mistakes as opportunities for growth and successfully navigate the leap from primary school into high school. Learn More

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