The aim of the Year 4 Writing course is to improve students’ technical and imaginative writing skills. The course has a personalised approach to cater to each student’s specific writing needs, which fosters confidence, competence, and expertise in writing.
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Our program is designed to help young students develop essential writing skills. Through interactive lessons and engaging activities, students will learn to express their ideas clearly and effectively.
Here’s an overview of what we cover:
Learn how to brainstorm and develop ideas for different types of writing.
Make sure the content is aligned with the purpose of the writing, whether it’s to persuade, describe, narrate, or explain.
Support ideas with appropriate evidence, examples, and explanations to strengthen their writing.
Develop the ability to structure paragraphs effectively, focusing on one idea per paragraph.
Use transitional phrases and sentences to create a smooth flow and logical progression in their writing.
Learn how to craft strong introductions and conclusions that frame the content well.
Teach students how to use a variety of sentence types and lengths to create engaging writing.
Ensure they understand and correctly apply key grammar rules, including subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, and pronoun usage.
Address common grammatical mistakes and provide strategies to avoid them.
Encourage the use of a wide and accurate vocabulary suited to the writing’s context and audience.
Promote consistent use of correct spelling to improve the readability and professionalism of their writing.
Teach the proper use of punctuation marks, including commas, periods, question marks, exclamation points, colons, semicolons, and quotation marks.
Highlight the role of punctuation in separating clauses and indicating pauses within sentences.
Address common punctuation errors and provide clear guidelines for correct usage.
Our Writing Course integrates these components to:
Develop students’ abilities to write with clarity, coherence, and creativity.
Ensure that students produce content-rich writing that is well-structured, grammatically correct, and polished.
Prepare students to excel in various writing contexts, from academic assignments to creative writing and professional communication.
• Narrative Writing: Dialogue
• Narrative Writing: Cause and Effect
• Narrative Writing: Scene and Character Description
• Narrative Writing: Setting for Narratives
• Narrative Writing: Setting for Narratives – Practise Writing Paragraphs
• Narrative Writing: Describe Events that involve a variety of characters
• Planning and Writing Narrative texts
• Narrative Writing: Organisation and Structure
• Poem
• Persuasive Texts – Fact and Opinion
What is Cyberschool?
Cyberschool (www.cyberschool.com.au) is an online educational platform that provides tailored learning for Pre-Uni students enrolled in our foundation courses. This platform is a source of supplementary resources, providing students with assistance with homework and in-class tasks. Students enrolled at Pre-Uni New College receive complimentary access to engaging, activity-oriented lessons designed by skilled and experienced teachers.
What is S.O.Q?
Special Online Quiz (SOQ) is an online review quiz strategically designed to motivate students to revisit fundamental concepts covered in earlier modules. SOQ is made available on Cyberschool during weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8 of the term. Please note that SOQ is only available to students enrolled in a foundations course.
Will students see their teachers during online lessons?
Students should be able to see their teacher during the live online session. In addition to ensuring students maintain their cameras during class, teachers also have access to screen-sharing features, enabling students to observe content presented by teachers in real time.
Since classes are online, is it possible to join other online classes outside a student’s scheduled class?
Due to a restricted capacity for each class, it is necessary for students to participate in their assigned session.
How do teachers ensure that kids are focused whilst learning?
Educators utilise various methods to maintain student engagement during online video lessons.This includes incorporating interactive learning exercises which prompts students to tackle questions in real time. It is important to note that parental support is essential when students engage in self-directed learning.
I’m not able to travel to the branch (or live outside NSW), is there an option of remote learning?
We provide remote or online alternatives based on the specific requirements of our students. Our regular foundation courses are conducted through live online sessions using platforms like Zoom, while our Cyber Course is accessible through our Cyberschool platform.
My child is enrolled in WEMT. What is the recommended online learning routine my child should follow?
Throughout the week, students are anticipated to finalise all the questions within the modules. If they feel the need for additional module clarification, they can utilise the Cyberschool video lessons to revisit module concepts and questions.
