Scholarships can be either academic, sport, music or general achievement and are available for primary and secondary independent schools. Academic scholarships to private schools require the completion of an examination. General scholarships for sport and music may also require the completion of an examination and results are then used in conjunction with sport and music skills. An interview is commonly part of the process.
Scholarships awarded may account for a percentage of the tuition fees at private schools. The number of scholarships awarded by a school is determined from year to year. Academic scholarship examinations tests are conducted by schools themselves or for the vast majority of schools by independent testing services such as ACER, Academic Associates (Allwell) or Edutest. Typical scholarship formats are indicated below but it is always best to check with the school.
When to prepare?
Preparation for scholarships to private schools is available from year 2 to 9. Preparation includes common elements of the exam formats and elements that are specific to ACER, Edutest and Academic Associates. Most scholarship exams are conducted during February and March and therefore term three or four is an appropriate time to introduce students to these programs. Some schools now conduct their initial exams at earlier dates, during October and November. In those cases it may be preferred to begin earlier.
Scholarships can be either academic, sport, music or general achievement and are available for primary and secondary independent schools. Academic scholarships to private schools require the completion of an examination. General scholarships for sport and music may also require the completion of an examination and results are then used in conjunction with sport and music skills. An interview is commonly part of the process.
Scholarships awarded may account for a percentage of the tuition fees at private schools. The number of scholarships awarded by a school is determined from year to year. Academic scholarship examinations tests are conducted by schools themselves or for the vast majority of schools by independent testing services such as ACER, Academic Associates (Allwell) or Edutest. Typical scholarship formats are indicated below but it is always best to check with the school.
When to prepare?
Preparation for scholarships to private schools is available from year 2 to 9. Preparation includes common elements of the exam formats and elements that are specific to ACER, Edutest and Academic Associates. Most scholarship exams are conducted during February and March and therefore term three or four is an appropriate time to introduce students to these programs. Some schools now conduct their initial exams at earlier dates, during October and November. In those cases it may be preferred to begin earlier.
Has your son or daughter decided to sit for a scholarship exam at the beginning of the year? Students enjoy the challenge provided by the content of our scholarship courses. As they work through the content to prepare for a scholarship exam our teachers sit with individual students to guide them through challenges, with no more than 6 students per teacher. It may be to talk about their ideas for essays, discussing structure or to demonstrate techniques to make numerical reasoning problems easier to solve.
Course Components
Subjects studied for a scholarship include reading comprehension, mathematics & problem solving, writing, verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, abstract reasoning, and humanities.
Just thought we would send you a quick line to let you know that Cassandra has received a 50% academic scholarship at her school. We are obviously thrilled and happy with the way she managed it all given that there was little preparation. We just wanted to thank you for the time spent helping her to get an understanding of the test process and focussing on the areas where we could get maximum improvement in the time available. Michelle
We would like to express our thanks for all your help with Nicholas and Matthew over the last few months in the preparation for their application for a General Excellence Scholarship at Huntingtower. I'm happy to inform you they were both successful and we are thrilled. Meropi
A huge thank you for the support and guidance you provided Brianna last semester when she was preparing for a scholarship exam. I am so proud and happy to advise she has been offered a year 7-12 scholarship. i was informed she did extremely well. Thank you so much for all your help. Your course and support gave her the confidence to do well. Sue
Scholarships
The Edutest format generally includes Reading Comprehension, Mathematics, Writing, and Numerical and Verbal Reasoning
Reading Comprehension:Multiple choice questions of reading comprehension requiring students to interpret meaning and sentence correction. Duration is 30 minutes.
Mathematics: Multiple choice questions including mathematical process and problem solving. Duration is 30 minutes.
Writing: Any of the following can be required: creative, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, informative. Duration of 15 minutes.
Numerical Reasoning: Multiple choice questions requiring students to reason using numbers. Duration 30 minutes.
Verbal Reasoning: Multiple choice questions requiring students to reason using language. Duration 30 minutes.
The Allwell format generally includes Reading comprehension, Mathematics, Writing and General Abilities.
Humanities Comprehension: Multiple choice questions of reading comprehension requiring students to interpret meaning. Duration is 45 minutes.
Mathematics: Multiple choice questions including mathematical process and problem solving. Duration is 45 minutes.
Writing: Written expression that can be either creative or an opinion piece. Duration of 25 minutes.
General Abilities: Multiple choice questions including numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning. Duration 45 minutes.
The structure of the test changes according to age.
Primary Level
Test 1: Reading and viewing: Multiple choice questions of reading comprehension and interpretation of written and visual content. Duration is 30 minutes.
Test 2: Mathematics: Multiple choice questions including skill and problem solving. Duration is 30 minutes.
Test 3: Writing: Creative and opinion writing. Duration of 20 minutes each.
Secondary Level
The test is used at various levels, most commonly at years six (level 1) and eight (level 2), but also later years. (level 3).
Test 1: Written Expression: Duration 25 minutes
Test 2: Humanities: Multiple choice questions of reading comprehension and interpretation of poems, maps charts, diagrams and illustrations. Duration is 40 minutes.
Test 3: Mathematics: Multiple choice questions including problem solving with worded problems, including some questions involving reasoning. Duration is 30 minutes. Science questions are included in the mathematics component for level 2 and 3.
Test 4: Written Expression: Duration 25 minutes
Intensive program
This program is available at some of our venues and includes enrolment for an intensive module, students attend for five 3 hour sessions, with flexibility, working through all exam subjects.
Workshops
These programs are available from time to time at a range of venues to study areas such as numerical reasoning, mathematics or verbal reasoning. Currently available workshop programs and their venues will appear immediately below.
| Program | Year Level | Venues |
|---|---|---|
| Intensive Scholarship Program | 6 | Epping Balwyn Craigieburn Lalor McKinnon Doncaster Camberwell |
The study materials used are easy to follow, appropriate for age but also offer the necessary challenge. Whilst students gain great confidence from our classes and that benefits their every day schooling, the curriculum that is taught is markedly different from the school curriculum. The questions that are posed to students require a strong understanding of fundamentals to then be able to confidently tackle various tasks. Therefore our curriculum at all levels is written to ascertain a student's conceptual understanding, to teach to the required level and then to apply those concepts to solve problems.
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