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ATTENTION PARENTS OF PRIMARY & HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN AUSTRALIA!

Ace NAPLAN & ICAS Exams, Get into Top Selective Schools & Secure a Scholarship!

Expert Selective High
School
, Scholarship, NAPLAN and ICAS Writing Tutoring for primary and high school

Classes are designed and taught by Amber Fox – a teacher with over 25 years experience who has written & reviewed NAPLAN and UNSW ICAS tests, and also taught by Helen Cassar – an assistant principal with over 35 years teaching experience.

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Fun facts about Clever Fox Education

$5 000 000

in scholarships to
private schools across
Australia

90%

of students gain entry to top selective schools across Australia

90%

of students score in the top triangle or top band in NAPLAN Writing, English and Language Conventions

95%

of students earn High Distinctions or Distinctions in ICAS Writing and English

Enrol at any time! All classes are online using Zoom!

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Is your child falling behind in school?

Are they overwhelmed about NAPLAN/ICAS, selective or scholarship exams?

Do you have an academically gifted child and you want to give them every opportunity to succeed?

Why Clever Fox Education Works

Qualified and experienced teachers

Expert, qualified and experienced teachers. Classes are designed and taught by post graduate qualified teachers with over 100 years combined experience who have written & reviewed NAPLAN and UNSW ICAS exams.

Professional, cutting-edge resources

Materials are curated by highly experienced, senior educators, and monitored before implementation by Amber herself, and by her Assistant Principal, Helen Cassar.

Individualised support Class numbers are capped to ensure individual attention.

Ongoing assessment and feedback. We provide immediate and ongoing assessment and feedback to track your child’s performance.

Students are engaged and enjoy their lessons

The combination of expert, empathic and experienced teachers coupled with engaging and high-quality resources means your child will LOVE learning with us.

We wont overwhelm your child with homework

Your child will receive just the right amount of homework to consolidate new skills.

Benefits

Ace NAPLAN & ICAS Exams, Get into Top Selective Schools & Secure a Scholarship.

Text Types We Teach

Clever Fox Education’s handcrafted writing course teaches children to write imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.

Our writing course focuses heavily on persuasive and narrative texts as they are the two most widely-tested text types in primary and high school. We teach children how to transfer the structural and language features of persuasive and narrative texts to compose other less-tested texts such as description, recounts, letters, newspaper articles, diary entries, emails, information reports and advice sheets.

Handcrafted, ExpertWritten Course Material

Our handcrafted course material by Amber Fox and Graham Sims features 100+ page booklets per 10-week term.

Parents also receive a bonus 150+ page Support Booklet, meticulously crafted with expert tips and tricks to enhance children’s writing abilities and to achieve exceptional results in exams.

That’s over 250+ pages of world-class resources to boost your child’s writing!

Term Focus

Week First Hour Second Hour
1 Persuasive Essay Narrative
2 Persuasive Essay Narrative
3 Persuasive Essay Narrative
4 Persuasive Essay Narrative
5 Persuasive Essay Narrative
6 Persuasive Essay Narrative
7 Description/Recount Newspaper Article
8 Diary Entry Advice Sheet
9 Email/Letter Information report
10 Persuasive Essay Narrative

Course Structure

Step 1: Assessment

Prior to joining a class, all new students must complete two mandatory writing assessments. This enables Clever Fox Education to identify each child’s specific strengths and weaknesses in persuasive essay and narrative writing.


Writing is assessed using the NAPLAN marking rubric and comes with an overall score, a score breakdown, text annotations and two pages of detailed written feedback.

Step 2: Detailed and structured lessons with modelled examples

We explicitly teach

1. Text-type structure (imaginative, informative and persuasive texts)
2. How to plan, write and edit texts in the time allowed (20-30 minutes for scholarship/selective high school, 40 minutes for NAPLAN and 30 minutes for ICAS)
3. How to structure paragraphs using the TEEL/PEEL/PETAL method
4. How to elaborate on points and to back each point up with evidence and examples
5. How to include high-scoring vocabulary from the NAPLAN Markers Guide
6. How to effectively use an array of persuasive devices, literary techniques, adjectives, adverbs, as well as accurate punctuation, grammar and spelling


Modelled examples

In every lesson, we provide students with a modelled plan, a modelled exemplary text, recommended high-scoring vocabulary words from the NAPLAN Markers Guide as well as a comprehensive list of figurative language. All of the above allows students to see what high-scoring texts look like.

Step 3: Weekly Competitions

Every week, Amber Fox chooses a ‘Student of the Week’ from her array of classes. The winning student’s exemplary work is emailed to all clients so students can learn from, and be inspired, by one another.

Step 4: Homework

Homework is to complete the persuasive essay started in class.

Step 5: Weekly assessment and feedback

Homework is marked using the NAPLAN marking rubric for persuasive and narrative texts, and a similar rubric for other text types, and comes with an overall score, a score breakdown, text annotations and 2 pages of detailed written feedback.

Online Lesson Times

Amber Fox

  • Tuesdays 4:15pm – 6:15pm
  • Tuesdays 6:15pm – 8:15pm
  • Wednesdays 4:15pm-6:15pm
  • Wednesdays 6:15pm-8:15pm
  • Thursdays 4:15pm – 6:15pm
  • Fridays 4:15pm – 6:15pm
  • Fridays 6:15pm – 8:15pm
  • Saturdays 9:30am – 11:30am

Helen Cassar

Thursdays 5pm – 7pm

Cost per 2-hour session

$110+ GST

Each Term

NSW school terms dates apply (each
term runs for 10 weeks)

Ready to enrol?

Simply download the enrolment form below, fill it out and email it back to info@cleverfoxeducation.com.au

ENROLMENT FORM

Clever Fox Education Enrolment Form.docx

Student Results

February 2024: Congratulations to our Year 6 student, Kevin Z, who was awarded an academic scholarship to Melbourne Grammar School!

March 2024: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a scholarship to Trinity Grammar School!

March 2024: Congratulations to our Year 6 student, Dylan, who was awarded a full scholarship to one of the GPS private schools in Sydney for years 7-12!

April 2024: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who has been awarded not one but TWO scholarships to Arden Anglican School and Northholm Grammar School!

April 2024: Congratulations to our Year 6 student, Lachlan Z, who has been awarded a 50% scholarship to The King's School!

April 2024: Congratulations to our Year 6 student for getting a scholarship to Arden Anglican School!

April 2024: Congratulations to our Year 6 student on being awarded a full scholarship to one of Sydney's prestigious private girls' schools in Sydney's Eastern suburbs!

August 2024: Congratulations to 90% of our students who scored in the Top Triangle or Exceeding band in NAPLAN Writing, English and Language Conventions.

August 2024: Congratulations to our Year 8 student for ranking in the top 10% on his English exam at an elite private school in Sydney!

August 2024: Congratulations to 90% of our students who gained entry to top Selective High Schools across Australia!

December 2024: Congratulations to our Year 7 student, Ameemah, for her exceptional achievements in English, including receiving a trophy for FIRST in English and top marks in NAPLAN and ICAS!

October 2023: Congratulations to our Year 6 student, Isabelle Y, who came 5th in the finals of a national writing competition called Scenario Writing!

September 2023: Congratulations to 90% of Clever Fox students who achieved High Distinctions or Distinctions in ICAS Writing and English!

September 2023: Congratulations to our Year 4 student who was awarded a FULL scholarship for Years 5-12 to a prestigious private girls school in Melbourne - Firbank Grammar - valued at over $250 000!

August 2023: Congratulations to 90% of our students who gained entry to top Selective High Schools across Australia!

July 2023: Congratulations to 90% of our students who scored in the ‘EXCEEDING’ band in NAPLAN Writing, English and Conventions of Language.

May 2023: Congratulations to our Year 8 writing class student, Zain, who scored 100% on his school English assessment task and earned a Faculty Merit!

May 2023: Congratulations to our Year 6 writing class student, Isabelle, who had her narrative text published in Ozkids Magazine!

April 2023: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a scholarship to St Andrews Cathedral School in Sydney!

April 2023: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a scholarship to RouseHill Anglican College in Sydney!

March 2023: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a scholarship to Trinity Grammar School in Sydney!

February 2023: Congratulations to our Year 3 student who was awarded a scholarship to a prestigious private school in Melbourne!

November 2022: Congratulations to 95% of Clever Fox students who achieved High Distinctions or Distinctions in ICAS Writing and English!

September 2022: Congratulations to our Year 5 student, Patrick, who WON a national writing competition called Respect Stories, as judged by award-winning author, Maggie Dent!

September 2022: Congratulations to our Year 5 student who was awarded a SCHOLARSHIP to a prestigious private girls school on Sydney’s north shore!

September 2022: Congratulations to 90% of Clever Fox students who scored in the top triangle or top bands in NAPLAN Writing, Reading, and Language Conventions

August 2022: Congratulations to 95% of our students who gained entry to top selective schools across Australia including: James Ruse Agricultural High School, North Sydney Boys High School, Baulkham Hills High School, Sydney Girls High School, Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus, Hornsby Girls High School, North Sydney Girls High School, Normanhurst Boys High School, Sydney Boys High School, Conservatorium High School, Pittwater House, Melbourne High School and more!

July 2022: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP to a prestigious private boys school in Sydney valued at $180 000!

April 2022: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP to a Pittwater House in Sydney valued at $150 000!

April 2022: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP to a prestigious private school in Sydney valued at $180 000!

April 2022: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP to a prestigious private school in Brisbane valued at $150 000!

April 2022: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a partial ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPto a prestigious private school in Sydney valued at $90 000!

March 2022: Congratulations to our Year 3 student who was awarded a medal in ICAS Writing!

December 2021: Congratulations to our Year 3 student who was awarded a FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP to a prestigious Melbourne private school that will cover her tuition fees for the next 8 years from Year 5 to the HSC valued at $350 000!

Congratulations to 95% of Clever Fox students who scored a High Distinction or a Distinction in the 2021 ICAS writing exam!

Congratulations to our Year 4 student who topped his grade in a writing competition at an exclusive private school!

In 2021, 90% of Clever Fox students receiving writing and/or English tutoring scored in the top triangle or top band in NAPLAN!

In 2021, 90% of Clever Fox students receiving tutoring for the selective high school exam were offered placement into selective high schools in 2022!

Congratulations to our Year 6 Clever Fox students who have successfully gained entry to an array of selective high schools in 2022 including James Ruse, Sydney Boys, North Sydney Boys, Sydney Girls, North Sydney Girls, Baulkham Hills, Chatswood, Normanhurst Boys, Sydney Secondary College, Girraween High School and more! ​

April 2021: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP to Meriden valued at $250 000!

April 2021: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP to a prestigious private girl's school in Sydney's Eastern suburbs valued at $250 000!

March 2021: Congratulations to our Year 4 student who was awarded the one, and only, FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP to a prestigious private girls school which will cover her tuition fees for the next 8 years from Year 5 to the HSC valued at $350 000!

Congratulations to our Year 5 student who won a NATIONAL writing competition!

In 2020, 90% of Clever Fox students receiving tutoring for the selective high school exam were offered placement into selective high schools in 2021! 

Congratulations to our Year 6 students who have successfully gained entry to an array of selective high schools in 2021 including James Ruse, Sydney Boys, North Sydney Boys, Sydney Girls, North Sydney Girls, Baulkham Hills, Chatswood, Normanhurst Boys, Sydney Secondary College, and more! ​

In 2020, Clever Fox Education students have obtained 5 FULL scholarships to prestigious private schools valued at over $1000 000!

April 2020: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who received a FULL SCHOLARSHIP to The Scots College! This scholarship is valued at $200 000!

March 2020: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who received a FULL SCHOLARSHIP to The King's School! This scholarship is valued at $200 000!

 March 2020: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who received a FULL SCHOLARSHIP to Meriden! This scholarship is valued at $200 000!

 March 2020: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who received not ONE but TWO FULL SCHOLARSHIPS to Trinity Grammar and Newington College! Each scholarship is valued at $200 000!

 February 2020: Congratulations to our Year 9 student who WON an Immerse Education Essay Competition and has received a scholarship to a summer school at Cambridge University!  She will be spending two weeks living in colleges of Cambridge University, meeting international friends, and learning from expert tutors.  

November 2019: Congratulations to our Year 8 student who received the academic award in English at an exclusive private school AND received a High Distinction in the ICAS writing exam!

November 2019: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who achieved a Distinction in ICAS Writing, which places her in the top 10% of Australian students!

November 2019: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who achieved a Distinction  in ICAS Writing and ICAS English, which places him in the top 10% of Australian students!

 November 2019: Congratulations to our Year 7 student who scored 18/20 on her English essay and TOPPED her class at an exclusive private school!

November 2019: Congratulations to our Year 7 student who scored 23/25 on her essay and TOPPED her class at a prestigious eastern suburbs private school!

November 2019: Congratulations to our Year 8 student who received 100% on her essay on Shakespeare's play, Much Ado About Nothing!

November 2019: Congratulations to our Year 4 student who received a MEDAL from UNSW for obtaining 100% on her ICAS English exam!

November 2019: Congratulations to our Year 9 student who received 100% on his poetry analysis assessment! 

October 2019: Congratulations to our Year 3 student who after 2 years of tutoring scored in the TOP TRIANGLE for Writing, Reading, Language Conventions and Numeracy in NAPLAN! 

October 2019: Congratulations to our Year 5 student who after 2 years of writing tutoring scored in the TOP TRIANGLE for Writing in NAPLAN! 

October 2019: Congratulations to our Year 3 student who after a few months of tutoring scored in the TOP TRIANGLE for Writing in NAPLAN! 

October 2019: Congratulations to our Year 9 student who after 2 years of tutoring went from scoring below grade average in his Year 7 NAPLAN Writing and Reading to achieving WELL ABOVE GRADE AVERAGE in both domains!

October 2019: Congratulations to our Year 7 student who after 2 years of tutoring went from scoring below grade average in her Year 5 NAPLAN Writing and Reading to achieving in the TOP BANDS in both domains!

October 2019: Congratulations to our Year 5 student who after 6 months of tutoring scored in the TOP TRIANGLE for Reading and the TOP BAND for writing in NAPLAN! 

October 2019: Congratulations to two of our Year 3 students who after a few months of tutoring scored in the TOP BAND for Writing in NAPLAN! 

​October 2019: Congratulations to our Year 7 student who received an A grade on her English assessment!

September 2019: Congratulations to our Year 7 student who received an A grade on her English assessment!

August 2019: Congratulations to our Year 8 student who received an A grade on her English assessment!

July 2019: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who received a scholarship to Trinity Grammar School in 2020!

July 2019: 100% of Clever Fox students receiving tutoring for the selective high school exam 

were offered placement into selective high schools in 2020!

July 2019: Congratulations to our two Year 8 students receiving A grades in English on their school reports!

July 2019: Congratulations to our Year 7 student receiving an A grade in English on his school report!

July 2019: Congratulations to our two Year 6 students receiving A grades in writing on their school reports!

July 2019: Congratulations to our two Year 4 students receiving A grades in English on their school reports!

June 2019: Congratulations to our two Year 6 students accepted into Sydney Grammar School!  

June 2019: Congratulations to our Year 6 student scoring in the top 10% for writing on a Year 7 entrance exam as well as being offered placement into a Gifted and Talented Year 7 class in 2020!

June 2019: Congratulations to our Year 6 student offered placement into a Year 7 Gifted and Talented class in 2020!

June 2019: Congratulations to our Year 6 student offered placement into a Year 7 extension class in 2020!

June 2019: Congratulations to our Year 9 student receiving an A grade on her English assessment!

June 2019: Congratulations to our Year 9 student achieving an A grade on her Semester 1 English report!

May 2019: Congratulations to our Year 8 student coming FIRST in her grade for her speech!

April 2019: Congratulations to our Year 8 student scoring an A grade on her English essay!

January 2019: Congratulations to our year 7 student accepted into an English extension class in 2019!

December 2018: Congratulations to our Year 6 English student who is the Dux of an exclusive Sydney private school! 

December 2018: Congratulations to our Year 5 student who attends an exclusive private boys' school who has received the Academic Award THREE YEARS IN A ROW after 3 years of English and maths tuition!

September 2018: Congratulations to 8 of our students receiving writing, reading comprehension and maths tutoring for scoring in the top triangle (highest level) in NAPLAN 2018!

July 2018: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who scored 261.93 on the selective high school test and has been offered entry to James Ruse Agricultural High School - the TOP selective high school in Australia! 

March 2018: Congratulations to our Year 6 student who was awarded a FULL scholarship to Sydney Grammar School worth $240 000!

Our Year 6 student was awarded a partial scholarship to Santa Sabina College worth close to $100 000!

All mainstream Clever Fox students receiving writing and reading comprehension tuition scored in the top band for NAPLAN and achieved Distinctions or High Distinctions in ICAS. 

All mainstream Clever Fox students receiving maths tuition scored in the top band for NAPLAN and achieved Credits, Distinctions or High Distinctions in ICAS. 

All Clever Fox students with learning difficulties receiving writing, reading comprehension and maths tuition progressed 2.5 times the state average in NAPLAN moving up several bands from Years 3 to 5 and also made great improvement in ICAS.

All Clever Fox students receiving tuition received significantly better school reports and grades in English and maths.

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