PRIMARY SCHOOL — K–6

Reading widely. Writing with confidence. Thinking before speaking. 

Maximum Capacity for Any Class

6

No class at Foci holds more than six students. That number is a pedagogical decision, not a scheduling convenience — it is the threshold at which every student in the room can be known, challenged, and heard within a single session.

Cadence of classes

10x

One session per week across the full ten weeks of term. The rhythm is deliberate: consistent enough to build on the previous week, spaced enough for students to read, write, and return with something new to say.

duration of lessons

60 mins

Sixty minutes is the right amount of time for younger students — focused enough to hold attention from start to finish, and full enough to cover real ground. Every minute is used. Nothing is wasted.

WHAT GROUP LESSONS ARE

What This Class Is.

Primary English at Foci is not preparation for tutoring. It is the first layer of a ten-year curriculum — deliberate, cumulative, designed to lead rather than follow. From Year 2, students read widely and write often. They are asked questions that do not have one right answer. They learn that thinking carefully before you speak is not a courtesy; it is a skill.

The curriculum was not designed to match the schools. It was designed to lead them. Four themes run across every year of primary — Family and Friends, Worlds Around Me, Australian Values, Imaginary Worlds — returning each year through more complex texts and harder questions. A student who begins in Year 2 is not repeating content when they arrive at Year 5. They are revisiting ideas they already carry, at greater depth, with sharper tools.

By Year 6, a Foci student is ready for secondary English. Not just literate — ready. Ready to argue a position and defend it. Ready to read a text for what it does, not merely what it says. Ready for the kind of thinking that does not pause at the school gate.

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Curriculum Coverage

Four themes, every year.
For all the worlds a child needs to enter



  • Stage 1  ·  Years 1–2

    Phonics and grammar

    Stage 2  ·  Years 3–4

    Reading and parts of speech

    Stage 3  ·  Years 5–6

    Sentence construction and opinion

    • Recipe for Relationships 

    • Cycles and Cities 

    • The Rhythm of Australia

    • Deep Sea to Deep Space

    • Circles of Storytelling

    • Wild Australia

    • Many Voices, One Country

    • Myths, Magic, Machines

    • Found Families

    • Environmental Stewardship

    • Gold, Grit & The Fair Go

    • Realms and Riddles

    • Lineage and Legacy

    • Truth vs Trends

    • The Great Debate

    • The Other Side

    • Rites of Passage

    • Global Citizens

    • Issues of Identity

    • The Art of the Twist

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Pricing

Group classes, billed per term.

Quarterly enrolment is the standard arrangement. Families who commit to the full academic year hold their place across all four terms.

$600 per term (10 weeks)

K-2

Years 3-6

$750 per term (10 weeks)

Private tuition with a Principal educator is available by enquiry. Rates are not published.

Proven results you can trust

What I really appreciate is that the learning goes beyond just exam prep, he helps them develop their critical thinking, expression, and understanding of the texts in a way that sticks. You can tell he genuinely cares about his students’ progress.The environment is structured but supportive, and both my kids actually enjoy going (which says a lot!). 


Lilian Hammoudi

I attended Foci Education for three years and graduated in the year 2022. It has exceeded all my expectations. The tutors, David and Emma, go above and beyond for their students. This centre provided more than academic assistance, supporting us even emotionally during exam periods

— Rachel Dinh, Former Student

Being a student here has been valuable for me, because not only have I been able to improve in English and achieve a Band 6 for my HSC, I was taught the values I needed to carry into the real world. 

— Joy Guo, Former Student

Every class begins a conversation that lasts years.


Primary classes run each term in groups of up to six. A student who starts in Year 2 is not the same student by Year 5 — the reading gets harder, the writing demands more, and the thinking compounds. If you are considering primary English tuition in Burwood, enquire and we will discuss the right year to begin.