The Reading Fox is for Years 10–12 students in English EAL/D, Standard, Advanced or Extension who are already capable and want to go further. These are students who can write a solid essay but want to write one that stands out. Students who do well but know there's a gap between where they are and where they could be.
If your child is aiming for Band 6, a state ranking, or simply wants the kind of expert-led teaching that most classrooms can't offer, this is the room they should be in.
Programmes are shaped around the student’s year, English course, modules and school-prescribed texts. Choose a year level to see how our classes are organised.
Year 10 — School-Aligned English
Classes follow the sequence, assessment demands and texts taught at the student’s school. See school-specific Year 10 groups below, or enquire if your school is not yet listed.
Year 9 is not a standard programme offering. It appears only as an exceptional school-specific intake where noted below.
Year 11 — English EAL/D, Standard, Advanced and Extension
Preliminary courses are taught by English course, with attention to modules and prescribed texts. Extension is offered as a dedicated class pathway.
Browse HSC courses and prescribed texts | School-specific classes
Year 12 — English EAL/D, Standard, Advanced and Extension
HSC classes are organised by course and module, including school-prescribed pairings for Textual Conversations and Extension electives.
Browse HSC courses and prescribed texts | School-specific classes
Open a course to see modules and the prescribed options we teach to. Pairings for Textual Conversations are kept together exactly as prescribed.
School-specific class currently offered
Year 11 — Scots College
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
This module centres on student composition. The 2027–2030 revised prescriptions do not list a separate prescribed-text corpus for Writing / The Craft of Writing.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
This module centres on student composition. The 2027–2030 revised prescriptions do not list a separate prescribed-text corpus for Writing / The Craft of Writing.
School-specific class currently offered
Year 11 — Newington College
Year 12 — Scots College
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Bush Studies by Barbara Baynton (Prose fiction)
with
Inside My Mother by Ali Cobby Eckermann (Poetry)
The Complete Poems by William Blake (Poetry)
with
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Prose fiction)
The Complete Poems by John Keats (Poetry)
with
Bright Star by Jane Campion (Film)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Drama)
with
The Complete Poems by Emily Dickinson (Poetry)
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (Drama)
with
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (Nonfiction)
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (Prose fiction)
with
The Hours by Stephen Daldry (Film)
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
This module centres on student composition. The 2027–2030 revised prescriptions do not list a separate prescribed-text corpus for Writing / The Craft of Writing.
Extension 1 and Extension 2 are dedicated classes, not modules inside Standard or Advanced.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Where a poetry or short-story collection is prescribed, the complete NESA-listed selections apply.
Students examine one of the following authors through the areas of critical enquiry set by NESA.
Each listing represents a separate class following the sequence, assessment demands and texts taught by that school.
Strong English begins with a close understanding of the text and the confidence to develop a considered interpretation of it. Rather than being given a reading to reproduce, students are encouraged to question the text, explore its possibilities and arrive at ideas they can genuinely explain and defend.
A significant difference between competent and accomplished writing lies in how effectively a student shapes their argument around the demands of the particular question. Through explicit teaching and detailed feedback, students learn to refine their interpretation, select evidence with purpose and construct a sustained response without losing a voice of their own.
Students who rely on memorised responses can struggle as soon as the question changes. We help students build a deeper understanding of their texts, their ideas, and the way strong arguments are constructed.
The students who improve the most aren't always the ones who find English easy. They're often the ones who learn to think carefully, revise honestly, and use feedback well.
Every student arrives with different strengths, texts, goals, and gaps. We work closely with the student in front of us, helping them understand what they need to improve and how to get there.
Strong ideas only earn marks when they're expressed with clarity and control. We teach students how to shape a focused argument, use evidence with purpose, and respond precisely to the question.
We're currently welcoming families to our waitlist ahead of our inaugural Term 4 cohort. Here's what to expect:
Fill out the form and we'll be in touch as spots open up.
We'll talk about your child: where they're at, what they're working on, and what they want to achieve.
Your child sits in on a class so we can see how they work and they can see how we teach. No commitment.
We match your child to the right group based on their year, their texts, and their goals.
Every teacher at The Reading Fox is personally selected and trained by Fifi, and held to the same standard she sets in her own classroom.
Enquire for Term 4
