The Year 6 Thinking Skills Booster for the 2026 Selective Test

The Thinking Skills paper is a crucial part of the NSW Selective Test, requiring students to think critically and solve problems on their feet. This 5-day academic booster is designed to give your child a final, powerful surge in their logical reasoning and analytical skills. It’s a strategic sprint to build the confidence and mental agility needed to excel in this challenging section of the exam.

Who is This Booster For?

This intensive program is for the Year 6 student in the final stages of their Selective Test preparation who needs a concentrated push to sharpen their problem-solving abilities. It is ideal for students who need to rapidly improve in:

• Making Sense of Logic: A focused workshop on understanding logical statements, identifying common flaws in arguments, and drawing sound conclusions.
• Verbal Reasoning Skills: Improving the ability to extract key information and meaning from complex or dense passages of text.
• Spatial and Visual Puzzles: An intensive review of how to solve problems involving shapes, patterns, and spatial awareness with greater speed and accuracy.
• Critical Thinking: Sharpening the ability to evaluate arguments, identify hidden assumptions, and pinpoint weaknesses in reasoning.
• Thinking Under Pressure: Strategies for making smart decisions and solving problems effectively when the clock is ticking.
• Tackling New Problems: Building the flexibility to apply learned skills to unfamiliar or novel question types with confidence.

The Accelerated Learning System

Our booster methodology is designed for maximum impact in a compressed timeframe. Every component is optimized for accelerated learning and retention:

• Full 2-Hour Interactive Zoom Sprints: Each day features a two-hour, high-energy, interactive session. These are dynamic workshops focused on active problem-solving, logical puzzles, and rapid skill acquisition.
• Your Dedicated Success Coach: To ensure this boost is personalized, each student is paired with a Success Coach. They provide targeted feedback on problem-solving strategies, track accelerated progress, and ensure your child masters the thinking skills they need most.
• Daily High-Impact Homework: Targeted daily assignments are designed to immediately reinforce the concepts from each session. This provides a crucial feedback loop for the coach to pinpoint and resolve any lingering difficulties overnight.
• 7-Day Support Hotline: Your support network remains active 7 days a week. Contact us with any concerns for an immediate response, ensuring momentum is never lost during this critical booster week.

Exclusive Access to App Enabled Learning (BETA)

Students build the language of reasoning, not by rote, but through interactive play. The app trains the vocabulary that powers Thinking Skills: logical connectives (however, unless), quantifiers (some, all, none), argument terms (premise, assumption, conclusion), and common trap words. By learning, practising, and applying these in real question scenarios, students read stems more precisely, avoid trick wording, and answer faster and more accurately. A strong reasoning vocabulary is essential for Thinking Skills success.

Thinking Skills is often the toughest part of the Selective exam, highly specific, fast, and unforgiving. Our program turns it into a learnable system: students practise hundreds of reasoning and logic items in a fun, repeatable way until patterns and strategies “click.” The result is sharper problem-solving, faster decisions, and real exam confidence. Enrolment includes access to Scholarly’s custom-built Thinking Skills App (BETA) for targeted drills, step-by-step explanations, and progress tracking.