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Pi Academy Course: Year 3 English Beginner

Age Group: 8 to 9 years

Course Duration: 45 minutes per week

Course summary:

A beginner course in English for prospective 11+ students who want to get a head start in preparing for the exams. The course expands on the national curriculum to increase the student’s understanding of a range of texts including fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays. A solid grounding in grammar, punctuation and spelling is also provided. Students will be able to increase their vocabulary and understanding of word choices within various texts. Both descriptive and objective styles of comprehension are covered. In addition, we offer help and support with creative writing.

Reading and Comprehension:

  • We develop a positive approach to reading, and an understanding of what our students read, discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
  • We develop a habit of using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read
  • In addition to the student’s own reading, we recommend one book per month for the student to read and then discuss in class. We recommend a wide range of literature, including popular twentieth-century books and short stories.
  • In comprehension work, students are encouraged to discuss any words or phrases they find particularly interesting.
  • We teach techniques to answer comprehension questions such as inferring characters’ feelings and their thoughts and motives from their actions. We teach students to justify these inferences with evidence and how to assemble this evidence.
  • Students are taught how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
  • Students are set a homework each week to see how they progress independently. This is then discussed at the start of the lesson.

Writing Skills:

  • All our tutors assign one weekly task of creative writing as a homework. This work is then discussed in class.
  • Writing technique, form and structure, and advice on handwriting also covered in this course. 

Prerequisite:

We assume the student attending this course is well-versed in the fundamentals of English KS1 and is familiar with basic literacy techniques including reading, writing and SPaG.

Course resources:

We provide lecture notes and homework tasks after each lesson. We have also developed a summer reading club so that students may continue their literary education during the summer holidays. If desired, we can also provide a list of recommended reading during term time.

Why this course is important:

To achieve places in London’s top Grammar and Independent schools, students must not only have a good grasp on basic skills in English, but also be able to build on them. As English is a finely-nuanced and complicated language, which takes time to fully understand, we recommend this course to parents wishing to give their children the best chance possible to develop their English skills in time for the run-up to the 11+ exams. By encouraging students to begin to think critically, the pressure that can build up during preparation for the 11+ exams should also be reduced.

What Parents Are Saying?
  • I have been using Pi Academy tutors for my son for the past 6 months. My son has improved a lot. Pi Academy tutors have worked well on his weak areas as a result of which he is now scoring good marks in Mock exams.
    Jane B.
    The Pi Academy tutors are organized and their lessons are well structured. They also provide regular feedback on my child’s progress which keeps me updated on her 11 plus prep.
    Angela. D
  • Tutors are very professional and friendly. All sessions begin at the exact promised time. My daughter really enjoys learning VR and NVR concepts. She always looks forward to Pi Academy sessions.
    Brownie
    Thanks to Pi Academy tutors, my child is no longer afraid of Comprehension and Creative writing questions. Tips and techniques taught by the English tutors have helped him to approach these questions from a fresh perspective and now he really enjoys solving them.
    Halley
  • The entire process of tutoring is really well planned out. They first did an honest assessment of my daughter and then they customized the lessons to work on her weak areas of her which is really a good approach.
    Madhav
    I have been using Pi Academy tutors for my son for the past 6 months. My son has improved a lot. Pi Academy tutors have worked well on his weak areas as a result of which he is now scoring good marks in Mock exams.
    Jane B.
  • I have been using Pi Academy tutors for my son for the past 6 months. My son has improved a lot. Pi Academy tutors have worked well on his weak areas as a result of which he is now scoring good marks in Mock exams.
    Jane B.
  • The Pi Academy tutors are organized and their lessons are well structured. They also provide regular feedback on my child’s progress which keeps me updated on her 11 plus prep.
    Angela. D
  • Tutors are very professional and friendly. All sessions begin at the exact promised time. My daughter really enjoys learning VR and NVR concepts. She always looks forward to Pi Academy sessions.
    Brownie
  • Thanks to Pi Academy tutors, my child is no longer afraid of Comprehension and Creative writing questions. Tips and techniques taught by the English tutors have helped him to approach these questions from a fresh perspective and now he really enjoys solving them.
    Halley
  • The entire process of tutoring is really well planned out. They first did an honest assessment of my daughter and then they customized the lessons to work on her weak areas of her which is really a good approach.
    Madhav
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