Established 2008
Knowledge Hub

How we teach. What we teach. Why it works.

Everything in our program is deliberate — from the explicit methods our students are taught, to the fifteen thousand-plus online activities behind our assessment system. This hub opens the classroom door: our method, our curriculum, and plain-English guides to the tests our families are preparing for.

Inside the program

These pages are written for parents deciding whether structured tutoring is right for their child — and for anyone who wants to understand how Opportunity Class and Selective preparation actually works. Nothing here is filler: every framework, strategy and policy described below is drawn directly from what happens in our classes each week.

Our Method

The Stephanie Coaching Method

How we actually teach — explicit, repeatable methods for writing, reading and Thinking Skills, a relentless weekly vocabulary engine, and the English-first philosophy that connects them.

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Assessment

How We Assess Progress

Weekly timed tests, work set above school level, timed writing under real exam conditions, cumulative end-of-term exams and in-person mock trials — the full measurement system.

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Years 3 & 4

Stage 2 Curriculum

The Acceleration year for Years 3 and 4: writing across the major text types, comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, Thinking Skills, and Maths from Term 4.

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Years 5 & 6

Stage 3 Curriculum

The Extension year for Selective preparation: a strong focus on writing across many text types, a poetry unit taught to senior-school depth, precision grammar and Thinking Skills.

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Parent Guide

The OC Test, Explained

What the NSW Opportunity Class placement test is, who sits it, what it assesses — and how preparation should be structured across Years 3 and 4.

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Parent Guide

The Selective Test, Explained

How the Selective High School Placement Test works, what it measures, and what genuinely moves a Year 6 student's score.

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Deep Dive

Thinking Skills, Explained

Every major question type in the OC and Selective Thinking Skills papers — strengthening, weakening, assumptions, propositional logic, fallacies and more — with the approach we teach for each.

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Practical

Programs, Policies & Service Areas

What each program includes, how classes are delivered, where our students join from, and the enrolment, assessment and communication policies we run on.

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Quick Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

The questions we hear most from families — about the tests, the classes, enrolment and fees — answered plainly.

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