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Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:30 pm
by scarlett
fatbananas wrote:
Yes, I'm now a Kentish lass
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Welcome to Kent! You're now officially one of the most beautiful, intelligent and charming ladies in the country
shall reply to your pm in a mo....stand by!
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:01 pm
by fatbananas
scarlett wrote:fatbananas wrote:
Yes, I'm now a Kentish lass
...
Welcome to Kent! You're now officially one of the most beautiful, intelligent and charming ladies in the country
At last! I knew it was just a matter of time.
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:17 am
by mystery
Welcome to the garden!
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:33 am
by Essex2Kent
Well our son starts yr 5 this week..... so its time for Sunday lessons with Dad... BUT what books??? If the test is changing, and we all believe it is.... and Judd are going ahead with their own test... what are we supposed to do??
My DD books she used are well used and annotated so I have today re bought the brilliant "How To Do 11+" Bond ones and suppose will go with those for now...
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:54 pm
by mystery
We are supposed to do nothing!
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:29 am
by DaddyOh
Hi E2K
I'd go ahead with the Math's (anything that's in KS2) there isn't a test I've heard of that doesn't have a large Math's component. For English I'd recommend concentrating on extending DC's vocabulary, that helps in VR if they go that way and also in comprehension and cloze if they go that way.
Everything else is still up for grabs so I'd wait until the announcement in a few months (if KCC ever get their act together) before starting anything more specific.
I always think a good grounding in Math's and English is never wasted whatever school your DC goes on to so it's worth doing whatever happens with the test anyway!
Good luck
DaddyOh
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:57 am
by Essex2Kent
DaddyOh wrote:Hi E2K
I'd go ahead with the Math's (anything that's in KS2) there isn't a test I've heard of that doesn't have a large Math's component. For English I'd recommend concentrating on extending DC's vocabulary, that helps in VR if they go that way and also in comprehension and cloze if they go that way.
Everything else is still up for grabs so I'd wait until the announcement in a few months (if KCC ever get their act together) before starting anything more specific.
I always think a good grounding in Math's and English is never wasted whatever school your DC goes on to so it's worth doing whatever happens with the test anyway!
Good luck
DaddyOh
Many thanks. We have been doing some extra English anyway as the school has been using Schofield Englaish MA type books but thats great advice.
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:07 pm
by mystery
Crikey - MA level already?
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:45 am
by CoffeeCup
marking my place in the Sep 2014 takers thread
Re: Kent test September 2014 takers
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:01 pm
by kentmum2011
DS is sticking with the Bond books we had from DD for now, plus as much reading as possible.
He's doing CAT tests this week, which should highlight any areas for focus, then we'll gut stuck in a bit more once we know what the format is.
We'll be DIYing again but luckily for me his levels at the end of last year were very good and he's keen to learn and practice (for now!) so shouldn't be too stressful a year.