Little Learners Programme (Ages 4-7)
Designed for youngsters K – 2, our popular Leeds Little Learners programme continues on through the summer. Students come together and learn to read with confidence using our highly successful phonetic approach. They experience success and develop skills that will give them the edge in the early grades. Benefits gained by our graduates are amazing. Parents have stated that their children do better at school, have higher self-esteem, and are more enthusiastic about reading and learning. Leeds Little Learners is also available on an individual basis.
Literacy and Numeracy
Children, adolescents, and adults are taught reading, reading comprehension, writing, spelling and mathematics using unique proven teaching methodologies. The focus is on building mastery of taught skills.
Summer Session Academic Clinics
Reading, reading comprehension, writing, spelling, and math programmes are available to all grades. Students may attend weekly sessions offered in July or August. The most gain is made when students attend 4 week sessions. Parents can choose from 1, 1.5, or 2 hour sessions.
Study Skills
Students develop organizational and time management skills as well as a variety of other important study skills. The intermediate version helps students make the transition to grade nine. The senior version provides students with more complex skills that will ensure success at the college and/or university level.
Write Away
Students in grade 8-12 improve written communication. In the intermediate version, students focus on paragraph and essay writing, and grammar and spelling. Senior students focus on writing longer, formal essays, constructing bibliographies, researching and recognizing and author’s style and craft.
**NEW** Junior Math Masters (Grades 5-8)
Integers
Order of Operations
Fractions
Multiplication tables
Factoring
Exponents
This leveled programme works on specific skills that are fundamental to high school success. Developed with the input of local high school teachers, this specialty programme helps to better prepare students for the upcoming high school challenges.
Math Masters (Grades 9, 10, 11)
This course is designed for students who are in need of math review before moving into the next grade. Small groups of students work with the instructor on course-specific material in 2 hour sessions daily for two weeks in August. Registration runs from June 1st until July 24th. For these courses to run, a minimum number of students will be required.
Grade 10 Literacy Test Preparation Course
Students in grade 10 must write the OSSLT to receive a high school diploma. Our simulation programme will focus on the four key writing areas and the three main reading areas.
Subject Tutoring
Adults and adolescents receive tutoring in a variety of secondary and post-secondary courses such as physics, calculus, English and history.