NAPLAN Preparation Course

NPC

The NAPLAN Preparation Course (NPC) is a course package designed to equip students with the necessary skills to prepare for NAPLAN. Under the NPC package, students will undertake: Mental Math Abacus/Rocket Maths® for Mental Arithmetic Calculations and Supplementary Maths (Enrich) to cover Problem Solving Techniques & Mathematical Reasoning, Reading Heroes® to cover Reading, Comprehension and Language Convention, Super Writers (Accelerated) to cover Creative Writing Skills and Thinking Skills for Verbal - Non-verbal Reasoning and Language Convention

For new Ingenious Academy students:

You can enrol your child into our NPC course, as early as the third term of Year 2

For existing Ingenious Academy students

Current students who are enrolled in either one or more of the following courses (Mental Math Abacus, Rocket Maths®, Reading Heroes®, Thinking Skills and Super Writers) can enrol into NPC. Note that enrolment into the NPC will increase a student's subject load.

Course Package

Mental Math Abacus

For Numeracy 

Mental Math Abacus/Rocket Maths®

is our flagship courses offered at Ingenious Academy. In this program, students will learn arithmetic calculations through Abacus/Rocket Maths® technique and apply the same to real-life situations/problem solving. Graduates of our courses have grown to be confident and creative mathematicians. As part of the course, students will:

  • Learn a variety of mental math techniques through the Abacus/Rocket Maths®
  • Apply these mental math techniques and concepts to real-life questions through the Supplementary Maths component including Problem Solving and Mathematical Reasoning
  • Approach mathematics from a creative, inquisitive and fun way

Reading Heroes®

For Reading and Language Convention

Reading Heroes® is our exciting language course that aims to develop strong and capable readers. In Reading Heroes®, students will cover the key language conventions, ranging from spelling, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary and comprehension. As part of the course, students will:

  • Read a variety of texts ranging from persuasive texts to poetry and letters
  • Expand their vocabulary and understanding with weekly vocabulary exercises
  • Strengthen their confidence in spelling, grammar, punctuation and comprehension skills

Super Writers

For Writing 

The Super Writers Course provides a solid foundation in writing. Students are taught how to write critically through persuasive writing, and creatively through narrative writing. As part of the course, students will:

  • Learn to write persuasive and narrative texts—text types tested in the NAPLAN
  • Practice develop their critical and creative thinking, language and writing in a methodical way
  • Develop confidence & capability in their writing and improve handwriting

Thinking Skills

For Reasoning and Critical Thinking 

Thinking Skills is our unique course designed to develop a student’s critical thinking, problem-solving and reasoning skills. In this course, students will exercise their brains as they are exposed to a variety of questions and scenarios designed to test their critical thinking ability. As part of the Thinking Skills course, students will:

  • Learn skills such as analysing information, thinking critically and reasoning
  • Practice their critical thinking skills across a wide variety of scenarios and examples
  • Develop confidence in solving various problems