The Mission

SelectiveWriting.Com is a website offering students writing resources to do well in NAPLAN, ICAS, Selective School and Scholarship writing tasks with professional marking to take students to a competitive level.

Online resources

We offer a lot of valuable online resources and sample works to help students write better. In addition, we also offer professional marking for a fee. Writing tutoring is also offered in Sydney for those who are interested. This is a valuable resource for students who already attend tutoring classes but parents seek better quality writing support.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the service free? No, there is a membership fee. Mathemafix students get free access. While all students get access to resources, parents mark the work for their own kids. However, professional marking is offered for a fee if parents are interested.

Do users have to register to access? Yes, the resources are not static. The training modules require a personal account for each student. Work is done online. Writing work is marked online and report is accessible online.

What kind of mark for writing is a good mark? Writing is a difficult area where marks can be subjective. However, markers use a marking rubric with many criteria for marking. A mark around 80% is very good as it is impossible to achieve all the marking criteria. As year 3, 5 and 7 all marked using the SAME set of criteria. A mark of 60% at year 3 level is considered very strong. At year 5, a mark of 80% is really strong. This raw mark is often scaled in tests such as selective test so 80% raw mark is probably worth near 100% in selective writing score and a high distinction in ICAS writing.

A marker with experience about selective writing and scholarship writing can offer an idea about how high a score is likely to put a student at. Any score around 80% in raw mark is worth top 5%-1% in a competition such as scholarship test for a top private school.

What type of payment is required for professional marking service? PayPal. Parents deposit a credit into the account (enough to be used to pay for professional marking requests). This credit must be used up as there will be no refund.

Do you offer writing class or 1-on-1 tutoring for writing? Yes, only in Sydney, please make inquiry.

Contact

Please use this contact form or email selectiveschoolwriting@gmail.com or send SMS to 0491747509 (only SMS text, no calls)