Year 4 OC Preparation

This course is designed to develop a strong foundation in all three sections of the Opportunity Class Placement Test: Reading Comprehension, Thinking Skills and Mathematical Reasoning. Each subject is covered for 1 hour in class. 

Course objectives

• Introduce question styles used in the OC test
• Develop comprehension skills including 
  
  • Interpretation of the author's intended message 
  • Analysis of text themes and genres
  • Inference of character emotions and motivations
• Develop critical thinking skills including 
  • Critical thinking skills 
  • Verbal reasoning 
  • Spatial reasoning 
• Develop mathematical reasoning skills including 
  • Fundamental maths
  • Geometry
  • Probelm-solving skills