Really despondent
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:29 pm
Hi all
My dd is due to sit the Nonsuch and Wally girls tests later this month. She has been tutored for a year now and is more than capable, however, I am at my wits end. She is rushing through practice papers and making silly mistakes. One of her "classics" is where she has to identify two answers out of the possibles but misreads the question and only circles one.
She sat a mock before the summer hols and got 85%NVB and 90%VB, however the test she sat were familiar questions so I can't really use this as a guide mark.
I have tried to explain that this is her one and only shot, if she does not get an offer from her chosen grammar's the only school that she will be offered is the one school that she does not want.
Should I now back off and let her take things at her own pace or should I turn things up a notch? I don't want to be over pushy but I realise that at 10 years old she really doesn't realise how important the next couple of weeks are.
Many thanks for reading!
My dd is due to sit the Nonsuch and Wally girls tests later this month. She has been tutored for a year now and is more than capable, however, I am at my wits end. She is rushing through practice papers and making silly mistakes. One of her "classics" is where she has to identify two answers out of the possibles but misreads the question and only circles one.
She sat a mock before the summer hols and got 85%NVB and 90%VB, however the test she sat were familiar questions so I can't really use this as a guide mark.
I have tried to explain that this is her one and only shot, if she does not get an offer from her chosen grammar's the only school that she will be offered is the one school that she does not want.
Should I now back off and let her take things at her own pace or should I turn things up a notch? I don't want to be over pushy but I realise that at 10 years old she really doesn't realise how important the next couple of weeks are.
Many thanks for reading!