Our courses – your questions answered.

Each pack contains

• a pack of materials
• a video
• a quiz

(to learn more about each of these elements, please see subsequent FAQ)

Each pack contains:

• An overview of the course.
• Generic tips on how to write: a diary entry, continue the story, in response to a title,  an informal letter, or in response to a picture (depending on which course you have chosen).
• An extract from a classic text that we will read to help you write your child write their piece.
• Glossary of tricky words from the text.
• Helpful words, phrases and sentences to help your child write their piece.
• A success checklist.
• A story plan.

Yes, buy and sit the course at a time suitable for your child. Do not start the course until you are ready to take the lesson. Once you start it, although you can pause it and go back to it, you cannot stop the course and return to it another day.

The video is approximately 45 minutes long. Helena instructs your child when to pause the video e.g. when she gives them a short exercise or when it is writing time.

The lesson takes about 2 hours from start to finish.

Your child can pause the video and come back to it at any point in the lesson. You cannot stop the video and return to it another day.

Each course takes approximately two hours to complete. You can pause the lesson at any point in the video. Helena instructs you when to pause and come back.

The courses aim to build confidence and independence in writing, but also to improve ability and awareness of what needs to be included in the written piece of an entrance exam. All of this works towards the primary aim of your child achieving a super mark in the final exam.

The lessons are designed for children who are preparing for their 11-plus. They are primarily for children in year 5, however an advanced year 4 child may be able to tackle the tasks.  If your child is in year 6 or 7 and needs extra help with creative writing, the lessons will certainly help.

The quiz is a short quiz of 8-1o questions that tests your child on the new vocabulary that they have learnt during the course.

Your child has time to review their answers once the quiz has been submitted and a mark given. A full explanation is given to each question on completion of the test.