Slater25 wrote:
My dd is in year 5 and we are doing 11 + prep. We are working through cgp 10 min tests and nearly finished 9-10 and also schofield and sims mental arithmetic book 4. She seems to be coping with this but then I went on an purchased a bond book aged 9-10 and it has just demolarised her as it was a level of maths she had never done before but yet was 9-10. Why is this? Should I be worried she can’t do this level of maths.
I then went and purchased the letters practice papers get ready which are the level before the real test papers but she only scored 50%. Has anyone else encountered this 5 months before or am I flogging a dead horse
I'm currently doing the same.
I did the same for my older son who is currently in year 7 at one of the Grammar schools.
We didn't use Bonds. We used CGP.
However, at the moment I am using 10-11 CGP books. I would encourage that you start using these and make sure you go over the incorrect answers and the ones they guessed.
Be honest with yourself because they will be a level of maths that the school would not have covered yet or not at that level.
Be patient as there is still time to go. Also it isn't the end of the world if they don't get in.
This is my 4th child and only two wanted to take the 11plus. The first two have all done extremely well at other schools.
All the best.