Some advice from all you experienced 11 plus parents please
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Some advice from all you experienced 11 plus parents please
I'm just working out a rough idea of what we need to do by when. DD1 will be taking the test in September 2014 ........ so far and yet so close.
A tutor round here told me that we should be aiming, amongst other things, to have covered the Bond Assessment papers age 10-11 in VR, NVR and Maths.
This has got me thinking as DD1 is just 8, and will start year 4 in September 2012. Working backwards this means I need to do the 10-11 papers in year 5 (as the test is at the start of year 6), the 9-10 papers in year 4, and the year 8-9 papers now?
Does this sound feasible? And is it the right advice? DD1 is young for the year, so if she does the 9-10 papers in year 4, she will be under 9 for the majority of that school year.
A tutor round here told me that we should be aiming, amongst other things, to have covered the Bond Assessment papers age 10-11 in VR, NVR and Maths.
This has got me thinking as DD1 is just 8, and will start year 4 in September 2012. Working backwards this means I need to do the 10-11 papers in year 5 (as the test is at the start of year 6), the 9-10 papers in year 4, and the year 8-9 papers now?
Does this sound feasible? And is it the right advice? DD1 is young for the year, so if she does the 9-10 papers in year 4, she will be under 9 for the majority of that school year.
Re: Some advice from all you experienced 11 plus parents ple
at this stage I would just concentrate on vocab, NVR skills like spot the difference , jigsaws etc. and making sure mental arithmetic and tables are super dooperly good.
Bond is not particularly relevant for Kent, esp for the VR
Bond is not particularly relevant for Kent, esp for the VR
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What do you think is a better fit for Kent than the Bond assessment papers, in the way of practice materials? Subject by subject if necessary please!
I am looking ahead, not for right now, and I think from where we live and the year group we are in we are going to have to be thinking of TOGS type scores in order not to have a heart attack on 1 March.
I am looking ahead, not for right now, and I think from where we live and the year group we are in we are going to have to be thinking of TOGS type scores in order not to have a heart attack on 1 March.
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Oops, just read the sticky about best materials for Kent. Still interested in the answer to my Bond question above though.
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Yoyo, eek. My tutor has used Bond a lot during the last year.
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Oooh Mystery. Posts like yours are one of the reasons we decided not to Tutor DS for the 11+. The thought of working backwards and which paper to do when sends shivers down my spine.
However, I have done this with a previous child so I am not anti-tutoring/practising - just this time i guess trying to go a bit more with the flow and my sons natural ability.
Or maybe after 4 kids I just dont have the energy to nag them anymore
Good luck with your timetabling
However, I have done this with a previous child so I am not anti-tutoring/practising - just this time i guess trying to go a bit more with the flow and my sons natural ability.
Or maybe after 4 kids I just dont have the energy to nag them anymore
Good luck with your timetabling
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It's not sending shivers down my spine instead it's making me feel a bit spineless and that I am unlikely to get my DD1 to do anything much at all. She'll probably be enthusiastic for the first two or three papers and then it will become a nag and a drag; or she'll suddenly go very stupid and be unable to do anything without tiddlywinks or a numberline!!!
But I'm going to try because school is striking me as potentially a bit hit and miss over the next few years.
But I'm going to try because school is striking me as potentially a bit hit and miss over the next few years.
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Don't do it!!!
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Don't do what?
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