Each year private and independent schools offer academic and general scholarships. The process involves sitting a specific exam and often an interview. This can be challenging for students.
Brainworks prepares students from years 3 to 9 for scholarship exams by working through a framework of content that is customised and targeted to their needs. All students are taught one to one using key techniques for their scholarship exam preparation.
Being taught one to one is important to your child because they will;
- become confident about the exam process and their own capabilitiesEach year private and independent schools offer academic and general scholarships. The process involves sitting a specific exam and often an interview. This can be challenging for students.
Brainworks prepares students from years 3 to 9 for scholarship exams by working through a framework of content that is customised and targeted to their needs. All students are taught one to one using key techniques for their scholarship exam preparation.
Being taught one to one is important to your child because they will;
- become confident about the exam process and their own capabilitiesMost scholarship exams are conducted during February and March. Term three or four is an appropriate time for students to commence scholarship preparation programs. Some schools now conduct their initial exams at earlier dates, during October and November. Scholarship preparation for these exams can commence in term 2.
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
Current programs and their venues will appear immediately below.
Intensive program
This program is available at selected venues. The program encompasses three hour sessions, with students working through all exam subjects over a shorter time period.
Workshops
Workshops are available from time to time at a range of venues to study specific subjects such as numerical reasoning, mathematics or verbal reasoning.
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 the 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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