COURSE DESCRIPTION

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The Year 3 Core Course is the foundation upon which your child's  learning is built upon. The teacher guides the students through each  of the following subjects, ensuring they understand the topics and  cover any questions they may have. These subjects include:

• Mathematics 

• English / Reading / Writing

• Thinking Skills

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These subjects form the key learning areas for all primary students and are the main course offered Mr Paul's Tutoring.

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English lessons cover reading comprehension in all forms which include essay writing, vocabulary, and spelling exercises which are given every week.

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Students will be reading and comprehending of a variety of texts:

• Explanation texts

• Information reports

• Narratives

• Poems

• Procedural texts

• Cloze passages

• Letters

• Book reviews

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Writing: Throughout the term, students will be completing writing tasks focusing on all aspects of writing, including:

• Developing sentences

• Grammar and punctuation

• Dialogue

• Understanding topic sentences

• Writing paragraphs

• Writing poetry

• Understanding parts of a speech

• Introduction to persuasive writing

• Introduction to expositions

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Mathematical lessons cover all areas such as multiplication, division, geometry, money, time, problem-solving and numerical problems.

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Topics covered include:

• Numeration

• Multiplication

• Division

• Division with remainders

• Graphs

• Decimals

• Problem Solving

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Thinking Skills lessons give students an in-depth understanding of general IQ-based topics which increase mathematical abilities, language skills, memory, reasoning skills, and information-processing speed.

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Topics covered include:

• Developing vocabulary

• Logical reasoning questions

• Drawing conclusions

• Synonyms and antonyms

• Analogies

• Getting the main idea

• Idioms and proverbs

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We offer the CORE course via face to face or online.