KE Academy

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a wonderful holiday! We are very much looking forward to seeing your child again in the upcoming Term 4. The Castle Hill campus will begin on Monday, 13th October, and will run for 10 weeks, concluding on Sunday, 21st December. Please note that start dates may vary across different campuses; if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the relevant contacts for confirmation.

Class formats are as follows:
- Online Classes: Course materials, introductions, and Zoom meeting codes and passwords will be sent out the day before classes start. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
- In-Person Classes: Students should arrive at school 5 minutes early. They only need to bring water and a folder to organise their learning materials. Please arrive 5 minutes early to pick up your child after class; we recommend going upstairs to collect them for safety and to address any questions with the teachers.

The address for the Castle Hill campus is 42/9 Salisbury Road. For accurate directions, please input '9' into your GPS and then find UNIT 42. If you have chosen courses at other campuses and are unsure of the address, feel free to contact the school for confirmation.

We sincerely appreciate your support and look forward to continuing our collaboration with you and your child in the new term. Wishing you all the best!

KE ACADEMY (Castle Hill)

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a wonderful holiday! We are very much looking forward to seeing your child again in the upcoming Term 3. The Castle Hill campus will commence on Monday, July 21, and will run for 10 weeks, concluding on Sunday, September 28. Please note that start dates may vary across different campuses; if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the relevant contacts for confirmation.

Class formats are as follows:
- **Online Classes**: Course materials, introductions, and Zoom meeting codes and passwords will be sent out the day before classes start. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
- **In-Person Classes**: Students should arrive at school 5 minutes early. They only need to bring water and a folder to organise their learning materials. Please arrive 5 minutes early to pick up your child after class; we recommend going upstairs to collect them.

The address for the Castle Hill campus is 42/9 Salisbury Road. For accurate directions, please input '9' into your GPS and then find UNIT 42. If you have chosen courses at other campuses and are unsure of the address, feel free to contact the school for confirmation.

We sincerely appreciate your support and look forward to continuing our collaboration with you and your child in the new term. Wishing you all the best!

KE ACADEMY (Castle Hill)

Dear Parents and Guardians,

All KE campuses have successfully completed the second term of study. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every student for their hard work and progress, as well as to each parent for their support and cooperation. Your trust and support are the driving force behind our continuous progress!

The third term of 2024 will commence in two weeks, starting from 22nd of July
(Monday). We look forward to continuing our journey with you and welcoming the new learning experience. To provide our students with an even better learning experience, we will continue to enhance our teaching quality and service level, ensuring that every student at KE gains something valuable.

If you have any questions or require more details, please feel free to contact our campus staff at any time. Again, thank you for your support and understanding, and we wish you all a pleasant holiday!

Today, we are opening up Term 3 trial class bookings! Whether you're interested in public speaking, debating, writing, or one-on-one tutoring for senior students (Year 7 or above), now is the best time to experience our professional courses.

Public Speaking Course: Through our public speaking course, you will learn how to confidently express yourself in public. Our coaches not only have extensive practical experience, but they will also provide personalised guidance to help you quickly improve your speaking skills.

Debating Course: We have a team of top-notch debating coaches and cutting-edge course materials. Our current students have won accolades in various competitions. Here, you will learn how to effectively argue your case, think quickly, and master strategies for different debating scenarios.

Writing Course: Our writing course is divided into 7 levels, catering to students of various grades and abilities, with the aim of improving your writing skills and logical thinking. Whether you want to write beautiful essays or structurally sound academic papers, our expert coaches will provide personalised guidance and feedback to take your writing to the next level.

One-on-One Tutoring for Senior Students (Year 7 and above): For senior students, we offer personalised one-on-one tutoring services. Our tutor team comprises seasoned education specialists who will create a customised learning plan to comprehensively improve your academic performance and overall capabilities.

Book a trial class now to experience our high-quality courses and feel the full support of our learning program. If you're interested in our public speaking, debating, writing courses or one-on-one tutoring for high school students, please contact us soon to arrange a trial session. We look forward to having you join us on an exceptional learning journey!

✅ We are COVID Safe!

KE Academy is a registered COVID Safe business and we would like to extend our thanks to you for helping to keep our community safe. The health and wellbeing of our employees, students, and their families remains our top priority, which is why we continue to follow the advice of NSW Government and adjust our operations to safely teaching any classes.

If any student shows any symptoms, (including cough, fever, runny nose, asthma, allergies), please do not enter but contact our customer service or email us at [email protected] instead.

We look forward to continuing to provide your kids with memorable experiences in a COVID-Safe environment.

KE Academy - Mandarin class

KE Academy's Chinese (Mandarin) class has been taught in the top ten primary schools in NSW for more than one semester and received positive feedback from parents.

We combine listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The children learn while playing, and more prominently, we incorporate calligraphy practise, historical background stories, Chinese program understanding and life combination, improve learning enthusiasm, and tap the child's unlimited potential.

Our Chinese class keeps three principles. First is consider every child’s interest in teaching. Second is to master the correct methods in learning. And the third is to entertain the children, while giving a tailored learning experience.

NSW Creative Kids Voucher is accepted for this course. Please feel free to contact us for a trial lesson.

Welcome back to Term 4! Hope you all enjoyed your spring holidays.

We have also organised our holiday classes. In the Coding class, students made a game with Scratch. Children created a game scene with a cat, a mouse, and the bread. With some code logic, the mouse tried to eat the bread, while the cat tried to catch the mouse. They know that computers are not only for watching movies, playing games, or listening to music.

Drama class was another favourite class because of our enthusiastic teacher. Children recreated the story Three Little Pigs.

At last, we had our Creative Writing class. Our teacher did a warm-up with kids at the beginning to let them calm down and concentrate through the day. The teacher has a 10-year teaching experience, which let our creative kids made their interesting stories within a short time frame.

Hope you are ready for Term 4!

ℹ Term 3 2019 Summary (Part 3/3)

✅ STEAM & Coding
In STEAM & Coding, students have looked at science and engineering. They have carried out a series of experiments to do with balloons, such as sticking a skewer through a balloon, and studied the science behind it. In the coding component, students have looked at the fundamentals of coding, including the block programming with scratch. Some advanced students have worked on programming with Python.

✅ Coding & Robotics
In Scratch, students used the skills they have learnt so far to create a functional and competitive maze game in Scratch. They utilised their block programming abilities and creativity to come up with ideas for their game and to create it. In Python, students modelled game features from the mobile game "Autochess" using Python functions. They are also building on their fundamental skills by solving basic programming challenge style question. By modelling these game features, students are applying the skills they learn to actual situations in order to improve their understanding.

ℹ Term 3 2019 Summary (Part 2/3)

✅ GA & Singapore Maths
Students have been learning a mix of common maths, Singapore maths, and GA. Students have learnt about various maths concepts to extend their understanding of maths. They have looked at different ways of problem solving and looking at maths problems with the Singapore Maths method. Students have also completed an array of easy and hard questions to target both their speed when answering questions and their problem-solving ability.

✅ Drama, Public Speaking
Students have been introduced to acting and how to act in drama and public speaking. Students learnt about rhythm and movement, and then worked on confidence with crowds through a series of activities. Students have practiced proper voice projection, working on speaking with appropriate volume and with confidence. Teachers have lead students through proper articulation. They have also made sock puppets to demonstrate voice projection through other characters. Students have also developed their presentation skills through show and tell.

✅ Mandarin
In Mandarin class, students have worked through fundamental words through listening, reading, writing, and speaking. During classes, students worked through learning further basic vocabulary in order to build up an index of Chinese works they could speak and write. They practiced stroke order through repeated writing of the words, and improved their comprehension of the Chinese language.

ℹ Term 3 2019 Learning Summary (Part 1/3)

✅ Ready for Kindy
Students looked at nouns and reviewed the alphabet. They have studies consonants and vowels. Students have also worked on sequencing and reviewed various prepositions. Since then, students have worked through English, maths, and general ability.

✅ Talented Start
Students have learnt a range of lessons in Talented Start, including the alphabet song, counting from one to ten. They have also looked at vowels and consonants, worked their way through familiarising themselves with the letters. Students have also been reading through various stories and studying relevant sight words to expand their vocabulary and understanding.

✅ Reading & Creative Writing
In Reading & Writing, students improved their language skills in the areas of reading comprehension, grammar, and writing. Every week students started with a reading comprehension passage and relevant questions to develop their critical thinking.

🎊 Public Speaking class will be available in our North Rocks Campus! 🎉

We collaborate with North Rocks Public School to run our STEAM and Coding classes. Starting from Term 4 this year, the principal of the Public School has approved us to run our Public Speaking class there.

As promised, KE Academy always focuses on building academic confidence and inspiring a love for learning, for every child. We offer the best teaching materials and learning experience.

Congratulations! We have students representing us to participate the Bebras Australia Computational Thinking Challenge and won an award!

Bebras Challenge is one kind of competition from CSIRO that assesses children's computing logic. It's a great way to learn about computational thinking and problem-solving skills. Our kids from our coding class in North Rocks campus made it to Credit and Merit awards! Congratulations! 🎉

If you would like to get involved, please feel free to check their official website at: https://www.bebras.edu.au/

Of course, please also join our coding class for chances to win the award! https://www.keacademy.com.au/coding/

Challenge Looking for ways to introduce your students to information and communication technology? Bebras is an online competition for students in Grade 3-12! More here.