ENGLISH PHONICS READING CLASSES

1. What age groups does class cater to?
• 4 to 7 years old (child has to be past his/her birthday for 4-year-old)

2. Can parents accompany their children in class?
• No

3. What are the class durations?
• 1.5 hours, once a week (12 lessons per term)

4. What is your student-teacher ratio?
• We can accommodate minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 students to one teacher.

5. Are the students going to be separated according to their age group?
• We keep our class size small and manageable in order to make it easier for the teacher to teach a mixed age class in a semi-individualised approach.

6. How long will it take for the students to complete the entire course?
• Every student is different and as such, they have their own learning styles. The amount of time required to complete the course solely depends on the student’s readiness and learning capacity.
English Phonics students have three different levels to go through before “graduating”. On average, it takes roughly about 1.5 to 2 years (at least 6 terms of 12 lessons each) to complete the entire programme.

7. What will the students learn in class

a. Fast Track a-z
b. Blending
c. Segmenting
d. Long vowels
e. Digraphs and trigraphs
f. High frequency words
g. Word building
h. Irregular vowels
i. More digraphs and trigraphs
j. Advanced spelling patterns

And most importantly, to learn to read.

8. Is there a requisite for the course?
• The only requirement would be their age, 4-year-old has to be past their birthday in order to join.
• Child needs to know how to write independently without the teacher holding his/her hand.

9. Do you have trial lessons?
• Unfortunately we do not offer any trial classes for our Singapore English Phonics Classes.

10. What are the qualifications of your Phonics teachers?
• Our teachers are trained in EC.

11. Will there be replacement classes if the student is on MC/holiday?
• As per practice, should a student fail to attend lesson due to personal reasons, the lesson shall be forfeited.
•Replacement classes will only be conducted when:
a. The teacher is on MC or on leave
b. Class date falls on PH (term dates will be adjusted accordingly)
c. Class has been placed on term break as per mutual agreement between all parties, i.e. Centre, Edufarm, parents and teachers.
d. Class is cancelled by organising Committee

12. Do you still conduct lessons on school holidays?
• This is dependent on individual class. In most cases, lessons are as per normal during school holidays, unless stated otherwise.

13.  Do you accept payments via CDA Account? What are your payment modes?
• No. We only accept payments via cash, cheque, or bank transfer.

14. What are your withdrawal procedures?
• Parents are required to finish the term they have signed up for and advise Edufarm/teacher that they will no longer be joining. Withdrawals after payment and commencement of class are not advisable as course fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable.