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Is there anything more academically beneficial to your child’s learning journey than undivided attention from their tutor? Our sessions are designed to instruct and guide on concepts in a fun and engaging way with lots of different mediums incorporated into their tuition session.
Every child at SKYLAS Academic Programs and Tuition will experience this undivided attention to help inspire their learning with knowledge and skills which they take along to our larger group sessions.
Our focus groups are designed to assist with the assessment of each child’s abilities and guide them gently into navigating a larger group setting with confidence. Each child will develop academically at their own pace and our focus groups allow for facilitators to work on building up each child’s areas for improvement.
It is evident through our practices, that the learning response from children to absorb and retain information is excelled when comprehension is at the basis of the information being presented. Our tutoring sessions are focused on building that strong foundation to ensure all children enter the classroom with the background knowledge they need to be able to participate effectively, without feeling left behind.
Parents are invited to observe through our viewing space, to witness their child’s mind open-up with new ways of thinking, problem solving and articulating the NSW Education Syllabus in Literacy and Numeracy as they prepare for Kindergarten or Homeschooling primary years.
Our Programs include Literacy Development with a Multi-Sensory Approach
Phonological Awareness
Children will develop phonological awareness by identifying and manipulating individual sounds in words. We focus on word, syllables, onset and rime awareness, and basic phonemes and complex phonemic awareness. These 5 combined are key foundational concepts and are supported by extensive research and findings adopted by the new NSW Curriculum.
Reading
Children will have the opportunity for emergent reading skills, such as identifying high frequency words, recognising familiar words in environmental print, and using picture clues to predict and comprehend simple texts. With our evidence-based programs children grasp the reading concept and develop confidence in reading age appropriate text.
Writing
In every session children will engage in emergent writing, using correct NSW foundation formation letters and inventive spelling to convey their ideas and experiences. They will experiment with writing their names and simple words relevant to their abilities.
Comprehension
Story time is an adored session by the children. This allows children to engage in listening and together answer questions related to the story content. Children adopt comprehension skills by retelling stories and making connections to their own experiences.
In our numeracy program we also use a multisensory approach in order for deep understanding to occur. We teach numeracy explicitly in a systematic, evidence supported manner. Using a variety of resources, games, hands-on materials and activities, the lessons provide students with engagement and deep understanding of the foundation skills to numeracy. Our program is heavily based on enhancing students’ number sense (understanding deeply that numbers can be represented in different ways) as this is one of the most important developments in the early years for the acquisition of numeracy skills. It is seen as one of the biggest predictors of mathematical proficiency in primary school. We also use Number Talks in order for students to further learn about number sense and flexibly think about numbers and widen their understanding that there is more than one way of gaining an answer.We believe Parent/Guardian Involvement is key!
We strongly believe that the significance of your involvement in a child’s learning journey has everlasting influences. We actively encourage and invite parents/guardians to actively engage in their child’s learning journey. Our program facilitators will provide regular updates on your child’s progress and we will share ideas for learning experiences at home. Home-work will be optional fun activities as a reflection of what children are learning in their tuition/ group program sessions.
