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Revision

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:58 pm
by Suesole
Hi All

Can anyone tell me how much revision we should be doing per night now ? We have the Bucks exam in a month and are doing approx 2 papers per night ! (As set by our tutors) but already we are finding marks slipping towards the end of this week we started at 92% and are now at 42% and not even able to finish the 2nd paper :(

We are pulling are hair out....

hellpppp!!!!!!!!! We feel this is too much.

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:23 pm
by Guest55
I think this is too much - you don't want them to lose confidence by getting lower scores.

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:55 pm
by Catherine
Hi Suesole,

Do you mean two 50mn papers per night? It also seems excessive to me. I would say that one paper a night is a lot, but two?

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:17 pm
by patricia
Dear Sue

Absolutely too much!

My students are on 1 test a week plus their vocab cards.

What tests are being used?

Patricia

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:39 am
by Mike
Hi

If students are completing two papers per day of the 80 questions 50 minute type I don´t think that there are enough papers in the whole 11+ publishing market to be able to do this without repeating a paper.

For Bucks there are only a small number of publishers who write 80 questions, 21 question type, 50 minute papers.

Regards

Mike

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:24 am
by Suesole
Hi Patricia

We are using a Slough tutor and the papers are given to us in a booklet. We started the week with a couple of 20 questions refreshers and towards the end of the week were doing 2 80 question papers, familiarisation and then proper tests. My son has gone to classes this morning so I will post later what his homework is for this week...

Thanks for all your comments. My son is very upset at the moment and doesn't want to do anything....The most frustrating thing is he can do it but has no incentive. (yes we have tried bribary and threats!).

Sue.

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:00 am
by Catherine
My reaction to this is, use the tutor in your own way. Use what you find useful, but don't feel that you have to follow the instructions to the letter.
Just my opinion....

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:42 am
by cordi
I agree with above. Use the tutor in your own way,you're paying, take from it what you like.We are also using that particular tutor group,dd likes the tests though and is happy to do them but all that homework over the summer holidays we didn't bother overly much about and she had probably done about half of it by the time we went back.I wasn't ruining everyones holidays for her homework.Its funny,but the nearer we come to the tests the more relaxed I'm getting about it!

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:51 am
by Sally-Anne
Good for you and your daughter cordi!

I agree 100% with all the posters who feel that Suesole's son is being far too much homework.

Do post back on this week's "boot camp regime" Sue, and we will try to help you decide what is reasonable and what is just downright madness!

Sally-Anne

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:23 pm
by Suesole
Homework for this week....

Finish 2 papers we didn't do last week
Maths bk6 s c urran - 4 pages.
S Daughtrey graded test papers 1 - whole book
secondary selection portfolio athey educational -all 6 papers.

Can any of you recommend what we should do rather than what we have been advised to do !

Thanks everyone this post has been a great help.

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