Year 5 Summer Holiday Courses
Kickstart Year 5 with confidence — build the skills for NAPLAN in March and lay strong foundations for the 2028 Selective High School Placement Test.
The courses and dates are the same at all our branches, but not every branch opens every course. Please check with your branch which of these courses it runs. Find your branch →
Your 2027 at a glance
From the summer courses to NAPLAN on 10 – 22 March 2027. Next: Selective High School Placement Test — in Year 6 (2028).
- Sat 12 Dec 2026Early Bird ends (5 PM)
- 4 – 22 Jan 2027Summer holiday courses
- 10 – 22 Mar 2027NAPLAN
Summer calendar
Three weeks, 4 – 22 January 2027. Tap a course to see the details.
Week 14 – 8 Jan
EMT8:45 am – 2:45 pmWeek 318 – 22 Jan
Reading8:45 am – 11:50 amThe courses
Each course has its own newsletter with the full fee table.
Year 5 Summer EMT Course
Kickstart the new school year with confidence!
Strengthens English, Mathematics and Thinking Skills while preparing for NAPLAN and the 2028 Selective School Exam.
- Dates
- 4 – 8 Jan 2027 (Mon – Fri)
- Time
- 8:45 am – 2:45 pm
- Where
- Strathfield Head Office
- Fee
- $465 (tuition $400 + materials $65)
- Writing across text types: narrative, persuasive, information reports, poetry, short stories
- Grammar and language conventions
- Thinking Skills: critical thinking and problem solving
- Maths: fractions, area, coordinates and mapping, averages, angles, triangles, 3D shapes, rates
- Preparation for NAPLAN and the future Selective exam
- Sibling discounts do not apply to the Holiday Course.
Writing for NAPLAN
Build confidence and excel in NAPLAN Writing!
An intensive 5-day course for the NAPLAN Writing Test, with expert instruction, guided practice and personalised feedback.
- Dates
- 11 – 15 Jan 2027 (Mon – Fri)
- Time
- 8:45 am – 11:50 am
- Where
- Strathfield Head Office
- Fee
- $410 (tuition $350 + materials $60)
- How the NAPLAN Writing assessment works
- Narrative and Persuasive writing
- Generate ideas and organise thoughts
- A step-by-step writing process
- Sibling discounts do not apply to the Holiday Course.
Thinking Skills for Selective
A head start for the 2028 Selective School Exam!
Strengthens both Critical Thinking and Problem Solving with the strategies needed for the Selective Thinking Skills test.
- Dates
- 11 – 15 Jan 2027 (Mon – Fri)
- Time
- 12:30 pm – 3:35 pm
- Where
- Strathfield Head Office
- Fee
- $410 (tuition $350 + materials $60)
- Evaluate evidence and analyse arguments
- Identify assumptions and detect reasoning errors
- Draw logical conclusions
- Number concepts, tables, graphs and verbal data
- Sibling discounts do not apply to the Holiday Course.
Reading Strategies Course
Advanced reading skills for Selective Exam success!
Develops the comprehension, analytical and reasoning skills for Selective-style reading questions, starting with how the reading test is structured.
- Dates
- 18 – 22 Jan 2027 (Mon – Fri)
- Time
- 8:45 am – 11:50 am
- Where
- Strathfield Head Office
- Fee
- $410 (tuition $350 + materials $60)
- Essential reading strategies
- Fiction comprehension, text comparison, poetry analysis
- Gap match, summary phrases, thematically linked extracts
- Daily cloze for vocabulary
- Sibling discounts do not apply to the Holiday Course.
How to enrol
Already a Pre-Uni New College student
Please do not use the enrolment form. To book a summer course, contact your branch, or Strathfield Head Office on (02) 9746 7000 or [email protected].
Multi-course package offer — limited time
- 2 courses: 15% off the tuition fee of each course
- 3 courses: 20% off the tuition fee of each course
- 4 courses: 25% off the tuition fee of each course
Same branch, full payment by 5 PM Saturday 12 December 2026. Cannot be combined with Early Bird or Scholarship discounts.
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* Early Bird Discount applies to full payments made by 5 PM on Saturday, 12 December 2026.
Scholarship Discount applies to full payments made by 5 PM on Saturday, 12 December 2026.
Class time and location may change depending on enrolment numbers.
Year levels are for the 2027 school year. Test dates: NSW Department of Education; NAPLAN: nap.edu.au. Please check the newsletter for the full fee tables.
