Year 5 is the year that separates the writers from the rest.
NAPLAN. Persuasive writing. Multi-paragraph responses. Year 5 demands more from your child's writing than ever before, and most students aren't equipped. We give them the frameworks, vocabulary, and confidence to not just survive Year 5 English, but excel at it.
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One session per week. All classes delivered live via Zoom.
NAPLAN writing proficiency
genre, not narrative
every single week
informative, we teach all 3
📝 "They got Band 5 in NAPLAN reading but Band 3 in writing"
This is the most common pattern we see. Strong readers, weak writers. Your child can comprehend complex texts, but writing is a production skill, not a comprehension skill. It requires structure, planning, vocabulary selection, and revision. These are all teachable skills that most schools assume children will "pick up." They don't. We teach them explicitly.
❌ "They don't know what a persuasive text even looks like"
Year 5 NAPLAN assesses persuasive writing, but many students have barely written one. They don't know how to state a position, provide evidence, use persuasive devices, anticipate counterarguments, or write a compelling conclusion. We teach all of it: OREO structure (Opinion, Reasons, Evidence, Opinion restated), rhetorical questions, emotive language, and logical connectives.
📉 "Their teacher says they need to write more, but more of what?"
"Needs to develop ideas further" is the most common Year 5 writing feedback, and the least helpful. What does "further" mean? We break it down: topic sentences that signal the paragraph's purpose, supporting details that add evidence, and concluding sentences that link back to the main argument. It's a system. We teach the system.
😤 "They're great at maths but English is dragging them down"
Sound familiar? Your child is in the top maths group but struggles to put their ideas on paper. This isn't unusual, analytical and mathematical thinkers often need explicit writing frameworks because they think in structures, not streams. Once they have the framework, writing clicks. We give them the framework.
Students examine Palacio's deliberate rotation of narrative voice across characters. The multi-perspectival structure is studied as a formal and thematic choice, not a stylistic accident, with attention to how shifting perspective constructs empathy as active experience.
Students produce multi-paragraph analytical writing in which claims are arguable, evidence is embedded with syntactic control, and explanations extend to authorial purpose and broader human significance.
Close reading skills are applied with greater independence. Students interrogate Palacio's lexical choices, tonal shifts, and the ideological values encoded in the text's representation of difference and belonging.
Comparative writing is revisited and deepened. Students construct integrated comparisons at the paragraph level across Wonder and a complementary text, weaving both texts into a single sustained argument.
Students construct extended analytical essays in which a thesis is developed across multiple paragraphs with cumulative force. Each paragraph must advance the argument, not restate it.
Students compose a multi-perspective short story in which narrative voice is deployed purposefully. They justify structural decisions in a brief reflective statement, introducing metacognitive awareness of craft.
Students engage with the moral questions raised by Wonder, constructing persuasive arguments about what it means to stand up for others, when silence becomes complicity, and how individuals can change communities.
Discursive writing studied as a mode distinct from persuasive: exploring multiple sides of a question without resolving prematurely into a position. Students learn to sustain intellectual tension across an essay.
Students choose their culminating piece: an analytical essay on Wonder OR an extended multi-voice creative work. Both demand independent planning and execution commensurate with accumulated term-on-term development.
Students complete, revise, and polish their culminating piece. End-of-term portfolio review with before/after comparison demonstrates measurable growth across the term.
Term 4 builds directly on the Term 3 foundation, introducing a new novel study and consolidating skills across analytical and creative modes. Full Term 4 curriculum overview will be shared with families at the start of Term 4.
Weekly Live LMS Class
60 minutes of live instruction every week. Real-time interaction, live writing workshops, and immediate feedback. Not pre-recorded. Not passive. Your child is thinking, writing, and improving every session.
Weekly Homework + Model Responses
One writing task per week with full model responses provided. Students see what excellent writing at their year level looks like, then measure their own work against it.
Expert Writing Feedback
Every piece of writing your child submits receives detailed feedback: not generic comments, but specific coaching on structure, vocabulary, technique, and expression.
Progress Reports & Parent Updates
Mid-term and end-of-term reports with before/after writing samples. You'll see your child's improvement in black and white, not just hear about it.
Success Coach + 7-Day Support
Dedicated Success Coach monitors homework, provides feedback, and communicates directly with parents via Telegram and WhatsApp. Contact us 7 days a week.
Full Recordings Library
Every class is recorded and available for 2 weeks. If your child misses a session or wants to revise, they can re-watch the full lesson at any time.
Readly
Personalised reading comprehension that builds the analytical skills behind great writing
Writely
Guided writing practice with scaffolding, vocabulary prompts, and structured feedback
Vocably
Vocabulary building tied directly to weekly writing topics and reading materials
Mathly
Adaptive maths practice to keep quantitative skills sharp alongside English development
Unlimited personalised practice
With endless, personalised questions and reading materials, these apps provide unlimited practice opportunities.
One connected ecosystem
Every app connects to the Scholarly platform, giving students more ways to grow in Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, and Maths.
In-Class Learning Support
- Instant Q&A help during lessons via Lana and iDoubt
- Unlimited questions with safe, confidential support
- Students never feel stuck or left behind
Interactive Technology
- Real-time lesson transcripts and live polls
- Smart note-taking with auto-save
- Parent dashboard tracking progress in real time
Expert Instruction & Support
- Highly-qualified tutors with stellar academic backgrounds
- 7-day support via multiple platforms
- Detailed progress reports with percentile rankings
- Gamified learning with points and awards
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Semester, Terms 3 + 4
- Weekly 60-minute live LMS class
- Expert writing feedback on every submission
- Weekly homework + model responses
- Success Coach with mid-term check-ins
- Before/after writing portfolio
- Full recordings library
- End-of-semester progress report
- Readly, Writely, Vocably & Mathly apps