Extension Programs for Advanced Learning and
Extra Study Help
Whether you’re a student wanting to push yourself a little harder or someone who’d like to learn new study techniques or write better essays, our extension programs offer extra ways to feel confident and improve your marks.
Find a course that matches your needs today.
Little Learners
This 10 lesson program is designed for children in the last term of their first year of school. The program will prepare children so they have a head start as they proceed to the more formal learning challenges of their second year of school. The academic skills taught include basic reading and comprehension, alphabet, counting, addition and subtraction and number recognition to 100. The program incorporates computer learning in a meaningful, yet fun way. Worksheets and computer drills reinforce concepts, while changing mediums keep the students engaged. In addition to academic skills, the program teaches intellectual skills. These are visual memory, auditory and visual discrimination, auditory sequencing and phonemic awareness. Increasing these abilities will help children not only in their second year of school, but throughout their schooling.
Course Cost: 10 lesson course: $470 inc GST*
Contact your nearest Kip McGrath Education Centre to find out more about this program.
Study Skills
This 10-lesson course equips you with the skills necessary to perform well in exams. This comprehensive program features video clips and student workbooks and focuses on where, when and how to study most effectively, based on your own learning style. Strategies and techniques to remember information, an understanding of goal setting and time management, and the fundamentals of effective note taking will help you achieve your full potential.
Course Cost: $470 including GST*
Lesson Duration: 80 minutes
Contact your nearest Kip McGrath Education Centre to reserve a place
Essay Writing
This popular 10-lesson program is highly recommended for anyone who has to write essays at a senior secondary school level and beyond. Students gain an understanding of the essay writing process from analysing the question through to editing the final draft. Emphasis is placed on planning so that you become a confident essay writer resulting in improved marks.
Course Cost: $470 including GST*
Lesson Duration: 80 minutes
Contact your nearest Kip McGrath Education Centre to reserve a place
English as a Second Language
This 25-lesson program is designed to assist students who do not speak English as their first language to keep pace with their schoolwork and improve social skills. The course extends the students knowledge of both written and spoken English and covers vocabulary, basic grammar, speaking, reading and writing. Computer activities combined with worksheets allow students to progress at their own pace and learning is consolidated with weekly homework.
Lesson cost: $47 including GST*
Lesson Duration: 80 minutes
Contact your nearest Kip McGrath Education Centre for a free assessment or to start the course anytime
Kip Maths Expert
The Kip Maths Expert program is a flexible computer program suitable for students at any level who wish to push themselves harder. It is effective for all secondary levels from basic math proficiency to advanced maths. A free initial assessment ensures entry into the program at the correct level. A combination of computer work and face-to-face teaching allows students to accelerate at their own pace.
Lesson Cost: $47 per lesson including GST*
Lesson Duration: 80 minutes
Contact your nearest Kip McGrath Education Centre for a free assessment or to start the course anytime
Intelligence Development
This popular computer based program is designed to develop problem solving, abstract thinking, evaluation, an increase in verbal and non verbal reasoning and visual and auditory memory. Suitable for students of all ages it is wonderful preparation for exams and can be incorporated into other tuition programs by individual centre teachers.
- The program is designed to allow students to progress at their own pace
- It has a built-in concentration breaker to ensure maximum engagement.
- Progress is tracked automatically.
- A weekly progress report is generated allowing you to keep up with your child’s development.
Potential benefits of the program include an increased ability to:
- engage in abstract and productive thinking.
- adjust to the environment.
- retain new knowledge.
- judge, understand and reason.
- develop practical problem solving skills.
Contact your nearest Kip McGrath Education Centre for a demonstration or to find out how this program can be of benefit *Course costs and course availability may vary from centre to centre.