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Our Courses

Our live online English classes (8-10 students/ group) use Google Meet & Classroom to deliver structured weekly lessons (1.5 hours per session for Yrs 5-12;  and 45 mins per session for Yrs 3/4). 

2026 Term 2 Starts from April 25 - July 3

Year3/4

Fiction:Show not tell/ Language device/ Story elements/Novels

Sun. 3:30pm/ ​Thurs. 4pm

Non-Fiction:Text features and Text sturcture/ Run on/ Fragment/ Opinion writing/ Persuasive writing 

Sun. 2:30pm/ Mon. 4pm

Year5/6

Term 1: Descriptive writing

Term 2: Narrative writing

Term 3: Opinion writing 

Term 4:Persuasive writing

Sat. 4:00 pm / Sun. 10:40 am / Sun. 12:50 pm /Mon. 6:45 pm / Tues. 3:30 pm

Year6/7

Term1: Creative writing

Term2: Novel study 

Term3: Essay

Term4: Novel study

Sat.10:45m/ Sun. 4:45pm/Mon.5pm/Wed. 3:30pm/

Wed. 5pm/ Thurs. 5pm

Year7/8

Term1: Creative writing (Myth, Legend and Short stories)

Term2: Novel study 

Term3: Prose and Essay

Term4: Novel study and Film Study

Sat. 9am/ Sat. 2pm/ Sat. 6pm/ Sun.9am/Sun. 7:20pm

Tues.5:20pm/Tues.7:00pm/ Wed.7:00pm/Thurs. 6:35pm

Year9

Term1: Poetry (and PEEL)

Term2: Drama and Film (Shakespeare) 

Term3: Novel Study

Term4: Short Stories

Sat. 4:50pm/ Sun.3:50pm/ Mon.4:50pm/ Mon.6:30pm

Year 10/ 11

Term1: Sonnets (and PETAL paragraph writing)

Term2: Drama and Live Performance (Shakespeare) 

Term3: Novel Study (Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea)

Term4: Short Stories

Sat.6:30pm/ Sun. 7:10pm/ Sat. 3:10pm (new from term 2)

Year 12+

Term1 Aue as recommend by the ministry​

Term2-4 depends on what they are studing for shcool/externals

Sun. 5:30pm

Classroom Snapshots

Year 7/8

What is a good PEEL paragraph?

Year 9/10

Live marking student's homework 

Year 6/7

What is dramatic irony?

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