A plan before the first sentence
A stimulus can lead in many directions. Practise choosing a manageable idea and developing it.
Writing diagnostics are coming soon. Explore the course outlines below or contact us to discuss your child’s writing.
Scholarship Writing · Years 5–6Know their writing.
Know their writing.
Build their strengths.
See what your child’s writing is doing well, understand what needs work, and build creative and persuasive skills with a clear learning path.
Online diagnostic submissions are coming soon.
Why focused practice matters
Go beyond “write more”.
Break a demanding writing task into choices a student can understand, practise and review.
Details that do a job
Help the reader understand the character, follow the argument and see why each detail matters.
Feedback with a next step
A score is a starting point. Use the explanation and evidence to choose what to work on.
Your starting pointFirst, understand
First, understand
the writing in front of you.
A useful diagnostic explains the score. Look at the dimensions, read the evidence from the draft, and identify a small number of priorities.
- An overall practice score and dimension-level feedback.
- Examples from the writing to explain the comments.
- Suggested next practice and relevant course content.
- A report to return to through the student account.
What useful feedback looks like · illustration
“The storm came. She ran to the lighthouse. The door was locked.”
A question to explore: Why does she choose the lighthouse, and what does the locked door change?
Connect the events through the character’s purpose. That gives the next sentence something useful to do.
Teaching illustration, not a marked student submission.Your learning pathway
Choose the course that fits the goal.
Open a course for its full lesson outline, learning focus and first three lessons.
Scholarship Creative Writing
Build a story around a character, a purpose and a change. Practise planning, openings, detail, voice and revision.
- Plan a focused story
- Develop characters and tension
- Choose details with a purpose
Contact our team for course fees and enrolment arrangements.
Includes 10 full writing assessments. Assessment packs are separate.
Scholarship Persuasive Writing
Develop a clear position, support it with reasons and examples, and shape your writing for the reader.
- Develop reasons and examples
- Organise a sustained argument
- Consider the reader and objections
Contact our team for course fees and enrolment arrangements.
Includes 10 full writing assessments. Assessment packs are separate.
How the pieces fit together
Understand. Learn. Practise. Revisit.
Keep the feedback connected to what the student does next.
01Start with a diagnostic
Register, complete a writing task and review the score and feedback.
02Choose a learning focus
Use the comments and examples to identify a useful next practice.
03Learn through the course
Read the teaching, try the activities and review the relevant feedback.
04Return to your writing
Apply a technique, revise a draft and reflect on the change.
When the feedback points to language
Work on a specific skill.
These shared courses can support either pathway when sentence control or word choice needs attention.
Sentence & Conventions Bootcamp
Practise sentence boundaries, useful sentence variety, punctuation and careful editing.
- Join ideas clearly
- Use punctuation with purpose
- Build an editing routine
Contact our team for course fees and enrolment arrangements.
Includes 10 full writing assessments. Assessment packs are separate.
Vocabulary Upgrade
Develop precise vocabulary through meaning, context, word families and practice using words in your own writing.
- Choose precise words
- Match language to context
- Use new words independently
Contact our team for course fees and enrolment arrangements.
Includes 10 full writing assessments. Assessment packs are separate.
Questions parents ask
Before you begin.
Do we need a diagnostic before choosing a course?
You can explore courses and their lesson outlines directly. The diagnostic is a starting point when you want feedback to guide that choice.
Does the score predict an exam result?
The report provides an Ace practice assessment of this piece of writing. It is not an official exam mark or a guarantee of a future result.
Is the feedback provided by AI?
Writing feedback uses AI. Read each suggestion against the original task and the student’s intended meaning.
Are course lessons and assessment packs the same product?
No. A course includes its lessons and 10 full writing assessments. A separate five-assessment pack does not include course access.