Reading Rock Stars
The Reading Rock Stars Program
Our program is designed to empower children of all abilities to become confident and skilled readers and writers. With our expert instruction and engaging curriculum, your child will develop essential literacy skills in a supportive and inclusive environment. Join us today and watch your child’s confidence and love for learning grow!
School Ready Steady Sessions
- 3 and 4 Year Kinder and Prep
- Language Fundamentals Mastery
Explore the 44 phonemes of English through THRASS, capital and lowercase letter recognition, and handwriting skills for all 26 letters.
- SMART Foundation Approach
Our specialised SMART Spelling Program focuses on refining handwriting while nurturing gross and fine motor development in our unique multi-sensory classrooms.
- Social and Behavioural Skills
Equip your child with essential classroom etiquette and social skills for a confident and successful learning experience.
- Science of Reading Exploration
Delve deep into the ‘Science of Reading’ (SOR) by understanding phonemes, graphemes, digraphs, trigraphs, and quad graphs.
- Phonemic Awareness Techniques
Utilise research-based techniques to teach blending, segmenting, manipulating, and substituting phonemes.
- Phonological Awareness Building
Develop a strong foundation for reading through engaging methods such as alliteration, rhyme, onset, and rime.
- Explicit Reading Instruction
Master decoding, blending, and word reading through our explicitly taught stages.
- High-Frequency Words
Read, write, and spell high-frequency words crucial for early reading proficiency.
- Onsite Reading Program:
Engage in a weekly reading program with take-home readers to encourage regular reading practice.
- Diverse Text Exposure
Explore a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts to expand vocabulary, knowledge, and reading fluency.
- Early Years Numeracy
Engage in a diverse array of numeracy skills, from 1:1 correspondence and patterns to shapes, time, addition, subtraction, doubles, and subitizing using tools like tally marks, dice, pictures, and dominoes. Maths is learning by doing so kids learn captivating numeracy concepts in a multi-sensory play-based setting.
Lesson Duration: 60 mins (3-year-old Kinder) and 90 mins (4-year-old Kinder)
Extended Half-Day Kinder options offered.
Frequency: Weekly sessions for 9 weeks during school terms.
English Classes
- Year 1 to Year 6
- Reading Rock Stars Literacy Program
Enhance your child’s school curriculum with our evidence-based literacy program, spanning from Year 1 to Year 6.
- Comprehensive THRASS Approach
Utilising THRASS (Teaching Handwriting Reading and Spelling Skills) as the primary teaching tool, supplemented by SMART Spelling and Phonemic Speller techniques.
- MASUTA THRASS Technique
Empower students with effective spelling methods and weekly focused spelling patterns for improved language proficiency.
- Advanced Reading Skills:
Foster accuracy in decoding complex multisyllabic words, morphology, spelling, and background knowledge enrichment.
- Reading Comprehension & Writing Emphasis:
Develop strong reading comprehension skills alongside proficient writing abilities.
- NAPLAN & ICAS Preparation
Equip students with in-depth orientation and practice for NAPLAN and ICAS-style questions to ensure confidence and understanding of the test format.
- Grammar, Punctuation, & Sentence Structure
Strengthen foundational language skills through comprehensive lessons in grammar, punctuation, and sentence construction.
- Speaking & Listening Skills
Cultivate expressive abilities through descriptive and technical language, enhancing speaking and listening competencies.
- Engaging Literacy Games
Encourage a love for learning with exciting, hands-on interactive literacy games within the classroom setting.
Lesson Duration:
- 60 mins (Year 1)
- 75 mins (Year 2)
- 90 mins (Year 3 to Year 6)
English and Writing sessions are combined for optimal learning and cannot be booked separately.
Frequency: Weekly sessions for 9 weeks during school terms.