The Last 28 Days
Before Selective Are
the Most Important
What is your child doing with them? The Sprint is 19 days of targeted exam technique training, built from 5 years of past-paper analysis, designed to peak on May 1.
Every family’s situation is different.
The test is the same for everyone.
See if any of these feel familiar. Click to read more.
Two phases. 19 days. Peak on May 1.
Phase 1 builds skill and technique. Phase 2 settles the nervous system. Your child arrives confident, not anxious.
Intensive Learning
- English & Writing: 12pm-1pm daily
- Maths & Thinking Skills: 4pm-5pm daily
- 53 named techniques across every sub-topic
- Past-paper patterns (2021-2025) every session
- Speed reading, free-flow writing, typing drills
- Nervous system & emotional hijacking training
- Full mock Day 9 + personalised report
Exam Conditioning
- English Tue 5-6pm, Maths/TS Thu 5-6pm
- Writing Fri 5-6pm, Trial Test Sat
- Past-paper pattern drills (5 years of data)
- Progressive difficulty settling curve
- Peak then ease: real test feels manageable
- Full trial test under real conditions
- Final settling: “You are ready.”
Interspersed throughout the Sprint. Each deliberately undulating in content weighting, mirroring the unpredictable nature of the real exam. Personalised sub-topic reports after every one.
All 4 Selective components. Every question type.
Two sessions per day in Phase 1. English and Writing in the morning, Maths and Thinking Skills in the afternoon.
Fiction inference, Australian poetry, non-fiction argument analysis, cloze passages, and vocabulary in context. Subvocalisation, Evidence Anchor, Skim-Scan-Deep, and Collocation Check drilled until automatic. Built from 5 years of Selective test patterns.
Narrative and persuasive writing under timed, typed conditions. 9 specific techniques: Idea Cascade, 3-Word Anchor, Power Openings, Echo Ending, 5-20-5 Split, 5-Senses Sweep, Sentence Variety, Register Switch, Zoom Lens. Writing is 25% of the test.
Fractions, ratios, algebra, geometry, data interpretation, multi-step word problems. Cross-Cancellation, Bar Model, Estimation Bracketing, and Clustering. Every question at actual Selective difficulty, built from 2021-2025 test patterns.
Critical reasoning (P-C-E Framework), logical deduction (Grid Elimination), spatial reasoning (Corner Tracking, Fold Line Symmetry), numerical reasoning, and Truth and Lies. All 4 pillars with undulating prioritisation across sessions.
53 named techniques. Here are 6 of them.
Each technique is tied to a specific sub-topic and drilled under timed conditions until automatic.
What 5 years of Selective tests tell us
Every session is informed by pattern analysis of the 2021-2025 Selective Tests.
Reading – Question Frequency
Thinking Skills – Pillar Proportions
The psychological side nobody else trains
The Selective test is a performance event. Your child needs to manage attention, emotions, and energy across 150 minutes.
The test is May 1. Every day counts.
Book a free diagnostic to see where your child stands across all 4 components before the Sprint starts.