St Mary's Anglican Girls' School scholarship Test Preparation (scholarship exams)

St Mary's Anglican Girls' School’s scholarship test is hard. If your child has an upcoming scholarship test at St Mary's Anglican Girls' School 75 Elliott Road
Karrinyup WA 6018, http://www.stmarys.wa.edu.au or plan to sit one in the near future, it’s important that you prepare now with practice test questions and papers so that your child is prepared and confident to do their best.

The last thing you want is for your child to panic on the day when they face questions that they’ve never seen before.

The scholarship test itself is written by Academic Assessment Services (AAS) as part of their scholarship exams.

Because of the huge financial incentives involved (usually in the 1,000s of dollars saved) and the number of test questions (students usually need to answer every questions in 60 seconds or less) - it is a seriously competitive test that makes children anxious and parents worried.

So when should you start test preparation?

It depends on your child’s current level. We have prepared students from 1 to 12+ months before the exam.

It is not uncommon for many students to prepare more than 12 months ahead of the exam. It is a test after all and one that is high stakes.

The scholarship exam is the hardest hurdle to pass and preparing will mean that your child will be less stressed on the day from seeing a whole bunch of questions they’ve never seen before.

So what should your child be studying to prepare for the test and what is the test format?

The test varies and some schools set their own test. The information below about test preparation is provided for general information at the Year 7 entry level and your test may differ. It’s important to confirm that actual components of the test with your school.

But as a guide, in general, scholarship tests by Academic Assessment Services (AAS) for Year 7 entry are in the following format:

Here's test preparation designed for your child's success

To help your child prepare for their test, Exam Success has test preparation materials and resources designed for your child’s success.

Check out our teaching test bank with 600 practice questions in Academic Assessment Services (AAS) style and format, similar to the REAL test where your child can:

• Practice with 600 test questions!
• Learn from experts for each question - our experts answer the question in our expert solutions video in just 1 minute and then explain to your child how they can answer the question. This is crucial in helping your child learn how to better do problem-solving (the skill that is tested in the exam!).

Here’s an example of a maths solutions video from our Teaching Test Bank.

Here’s an example of a reading solutions video from our Teaching Test Bank.

Test preparation doesn’t need to be all consuming or stressful to be effective. It just needs to be done regularly and give your child the tips and tricks they need to be able to answer questions quickly and correctly!

Our expert solutions video are what really helps our students get those extra marks to ace that St Mary's Anglican Girls' School’s scholarship test!

You can find more details about Exam Success’ teaching test bank here (for selected Entry Levels):

Want to know if your child’s writing is competitive or not?

To help your child with the written expression / writing test, Exam Success has a writing club and individual writing corrections where you child gets a 370+ word report on your child’s weakness and a determination using our 52-point Expert Writing Insights to find out whether their writing piece is competitive or not.

This means your child has information to help improve their test game, before the real test!

Here’s an example of an essay that’s considered competitive for a scholarship test and here’s a written expression piece that’s not considered competitive for the exam.

You can find more details about how to join Exam Success’ writing club here:

Want more information or preparation?

Check out our range of online test preparation comprehensive courses and if you want more information about the scholarships offered at St Mary's Anglican Girls' School please see the below information - remember to check the school website http://www.stmarys.wa.edu.au for the most up to date information.

School Test Information

St Mary's Anglican Girls' School is pleased to announce the scholarship testing programme for entry in 2020.

As Western Australia’s Independent Girls’ Schools of Distinction, St Mary's Anglican Girls’ School, Methodist Ladies’ College, Penrhos College, Perth College, St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls and Presbyterian Ladies’ College, have collaborated to refine processes for all 2020 applicants.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please complete the application process by clicking on the relevant link below. Deadline for completion is on Friday 22 March 2019. The scholarship examination will be held on Saturday 6 April 2019.

It is important for parents to understand that scholarship applicants will be limited to two school preferences and students will sit the examination at the school, which is their nominated first preference. This is critical to the programme’s overall success: that is, to increase the likelihood of being offered a place at St Mary's Anglican Girls' School, parents must list us as their first preference school and daughters will sit the examination on our campus.

Kindly note that for boarding or overseas families located 400km or more away, alternative arrangements may be organised. If you wish for this to occur, please register using the remote scholarship application link (Scholarship applications Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 2019 - sitting the exam in a remote location).

SELECTION PROCESS

Once the scholarship testing is complete, no contact by cooperative schools will be entered into with applicants prior to 10.00 am on Monday 6 May 2019.

Prospective scholarship recipients invited to interview will be contacted by the school to arrange an appointment which will be conducted on Monday 13 till Friday 24 May 2019.

Offers will only be made to students by the school which was nominated as their first or second preference.

Scholarship recipients must respond in writing to the Principal by no later than noon Friday 14 June 2019. No response by that time will indicate a non-acceptance of the offer. If a family wishes to decline a scholarship, contact with their second preference school is to be no earlier than when the commencement of second round offers may begin, which is Monday 17 June 2019.

If a family contacts St Mary's Anglican Girls' School or any other school outside the specified timeframe, this will be considered a breach of protocol and consequences, such as the offer being rescinded, may result.

Should you have any queries about the scholarship application process please contactour Office Supervisor, Gaye Giglia on 08 9341 9111 or email ggiglia@stmarys.wa.edu.au

If you do decide to select two preference schools, a separate application must be made to both the first and second preference schools. Students MUST sit the examination at the school of their first choice. Results will be forwarded ONLY to schools to which a paid application has been made.

For subsequent application to a second school, you should re-enter the system using Option 1 - Previously registered.

St Mary's Anglican Girls' School is pleased to offer the following scholarships in 2020

Academic Scholarships Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11

Boarding Scholarships Years 7, 8 and 10

Music Scholarships Years 7 and 8

Marlene Carter Old Girls’ Association Scholarship – Year 8*

Annual Giving Scholarship - Years 7,8,9, and 10**

Ethel Beaton Old Girls’ Association Scholarship – Year 11*

• Open only to daughters and granddaughters of financial Life Members of the Old Girls’ Association

** Open to students who wish to enter Years 7,8,9 and 10 at St Mary's, whose family can demonstrate their financial circumstances prevent their daughter from attending the School.

Please note:Medical conditions and taking medications during the examination

Not all staff at the test venue/s are trained in first aid or the administration of life-saving medication such as Epipens, Anapens, asthma inhalers or diabetes devices, so parents must disclose information about medical conditions and medication to the School and Academic Assessment Services well before the examination. Parents may be required to wait near the test venue/s during the examination to administer medication if necessary.

Please detail any food allergies in the dietary and medical issues question in the online application.

Apple or smart watches/phones are not permitted in the examination room.

UNPAID applicants will not be allowed to sit the examination.

Closing date/time is based on Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).

Click on the link of your choice for more information

Scholarship applications are currently closed.

Other links you may find useful are:

ggiglia@stmarys.wa.edu.au - mailto:ggiglia@stmarys.wa.edu.au.