Does the Thinking Skills exam in the NSW OC & Selective Exam trouble you? What do we do when approaching verbal reasoning type questions from the beginning? Is there important information to keep in mind to best answer these types of questions?

Poetry can be annoying to get the full grasp of. From understanding the meaning in comprehension reading exercises to writing your own poems, it is critical to be comfortable with abstract ideas. I share an exercise that we use with our students to help them to begin and understanding the ideas in a poem can be different images in our mind depending on the person. There is no right or wrong way but using this exercise will help your creativity flow. It can be used with students from primary school all the way to students in high school.

The NSW Writing Selective exam has undergone some radical changes. No longer is it a one-dimensional writing task where it is easier to predict the format, instead, it now assesses a broader range of creative writing ability. If you were finding it difficult to adapt to different writing formats or wanted to know how to maximise your marks in the exam, this is the video to watch. You know you need to for the sake of getting into a Selective school, but you don't want to be wasting time on parts of the writing that doesn't yield enough return.

With the NSW Selective exam just around the corner, it is important for both parents to know the tips and reminders needed for their child to succeed. It is the responsibility of parents to ensure the admin related support is sorted out so that students can focus purely on the exam.

Is your child feeling 'ready' for the NSW Selective exam? Are you finding that you are making excuses for why they did not make it into an OC class? Whether it be 6-12 months, 3 months or even 1 week from the exam and your child is still not feeling like they have made the necessary preparations - we will provide actionable advice. Work smart and work hard. Stop making excuses. Take action.

I analyse the cloze passages especially the type seen in the most 'difficult' section of the English comprehension exam of the 2021 Selective School Sample paper. We'll dive deeper into cloze passages (what they are), how they can differ in difficulty level and how to best approach the more difficult style of these questions. This will ultimately help students save time and get better marks.