School learning support & tutoring

Optimal preparation begins one year before the examination. In grade 5, it is important that the pupils delve into essay writing in German and consolidate their basic knowledge in mathematics.

This is followed by preparatory courses 1 and 2, in which they are taught the specific tasks of the Gymnasium. Finally, the intensive course during the sports holidays serves as exam training.

Preparation for the entrance examination In our courses covers the entire programme. A second preparation is not recommended. Those who wish to invest more in addition to the required homework can delve deeper into the school material so that he/she gets the best possible preliminary grade, or repeat the material covered with the help of the course materials or suitable materials. Learners can also book individual lessons to deepen individual gaps in the material.

Our exam preparation covers entrance exams for long-term and short-term secondary schools, HMS, FMS, IMS, and BMS.

What if it is foreseeable that a student will not pass the entrance exam?

Our students are assessed in a personal interview and an evaluation of their current level. If it turns out that the student is not ready for a preparatory course for high school, he or she can be guided toward their goal with the help of individual lessons. Alternative educational paths can also be explored.

Adicum Tutors believes it is important to create a positive learning environment so that every student feels supported. If a student's performance nevertheless declines, we contact the parents and work together to find a way to help the student regain confidence and motivation.  

It is important to Adicum Private School to create a good learning environment so that every student feels supported. Should there be a drop in performance, the parents will be contacted and together we will find a way for the student to regain courage and motivation.

Adicum builds the courses in a practical way. Through constant monitoring, the student's learning progress becomes visible. If this learning progress does not show to the desired extent, contact is made with the parents and a joint way to overcome these difficulties is sought. Our goal is to provide the best possible preparation for the entrance examination. Nevertheless, other aspects play a central role in the examination itself, such as form on the day, luck, disruptions during the examination, which cannot be influenced by Adicum, so that we cannot give a success guarantee.

In order to find a suitable Gymnasium, I recommend collecting information about different schools. The Gymnasium also offer information evenings and possibly a visit day around November 2023. You can find information about this on the homepage https://www.zh.ch/de/bildung.html and at the respective schools.

You can register your daughter/son online via the website of the relevant school a at https://www.zh.ch/de/bildung.html. For the Gymnasium, HMS, FMS and BMS, the registration deadline is between mid-November 2023 and the beginning of February 2024. For the IMS, whose examination takes place in the autumn of the last school year, the registration deadline is the end of September of the examination year.

If your son/daughter is ill on the day of the exam, sign out at the secretary's office of the school where he/she is writing the exam and submit a doctor's certificate afterwards. The learner will then be invited to a re-examination, which usually takes place a few weeks later. An examination that has been written is deemed to have been written; poor health cannot be claimed retrospectively.

If your son/daughter attends a state school, the grades from the first half of the 6th grade or the 2nd or 3rd grade of secondary school count for half. In the 6th grade, these are the subjects mathematics and German, and in secondary school, mathematics, German, French, English, science and technology. The other half is the average grade from the entrance exam. This is made up of half the math exam and half the two German exams (language exam and essay), with both being weighted equally. The exam is considered passed if a grade of 4.75 is achieved.

If your daughter/son attends a state school, only the exam grades count: half of the mathematics exam and half of the two German exams (language exam and essay). The average of these two exams must be 4.5 in order to pass the exam.

There is no oral exam.

In general, tutoring is good when it is good for the learner - which means something different for everyone. It is important that the chemistry between learner and teacher is right and that the latter speaks a language that the learner understands. Our teachers are trained for this and Adicum focuses on finding the right teacher for the learner.

If tutoring is good, it can achieve a great deal. First and foremost, good tutoring ensures that problems someone has with the school material are solved. When dealing with the material, one feels more confident, when writing an exam, one feels better, when receiving the school report, one is more joyful. Good tutoring always leads to good grades.

Learning counselling serves as a comprehensive analysis of the school situation. In case of a drop in performance, personal or family crises, frequent changes of teachers, unstable performance and lack of motivation or concentration, it is advisable to consider the school situation as a whole with the relationship environment. Often, just becoming aware of the situation has a calming effect.