Late Tuition advice for Forest and Bancroft
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:15 pm
Hi all,
First post so be gentle...
I know we've left it very late but we've decided to try for the Forest and Bancroft entrance exams. My DS has been tutored on VR and NVR for the local grammar but unfortunately not Maths and English which will be the exams for Forest/Bancroft. He is a bright boy, top groups in his class and started Y5 at level 5b for both maths and English. I have a number of questions which I hope someone can help with:
- Is there enough time to get him upto speed? Exams are on 11th and 18th Jan so approx 6 weeks.
- What would be the best approach? We are looking for a tutor and will try to cram in as many sessions as possible from now until the exam.
- What maths and English books would be suitable?
- What past papers would be suitable?
- I would appreciate it if someone could recommend a good tutor.
Thank you in advance!
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First post so be gentle...
I know we've left it very late but we've decided to try for the Forest and Bancroft entrance exams. My DS has been tutored on VR and NVR for the local grammar but unfortunately not Maths and English which will be the exams for Forest/Bancroft. He is a bright boy, top groups in his class and started Y5 at level 5b for both maths and English. I have a number of questions which I hope someone can help with:
- Is there enough time to get him upto speed? Exams are on 11th and 18th Jan so approx 6 weeks.
- What would be the best approach? We are looking for a tutor and will try to cram in as many sessions as possible from now until the exam.
- What maths and English books would be suitable?
- What past papers would be suitable?
- I would appreciate it if someone could recommend a good tutor.
Thank you in advance!
We try to keep the forum as safe as possible - we don't allow tutors to be openly recommended, because it attracts posts with fake recommendations ('dodgy' advertising solely designed to solicit business on the internet).
It is also not unknown for unscrupulous competitors to 'plant' posts seeking to denigrate the opposition!
Genuine recommendations from forum members by PM only (private message) are permitted - but be aware of the possibility that someone who appears to be a 'helpful parent' offering advice may not be all they seem! There could be an ulterior motive.
Always treat recommendations from unknown persons with great caution.
However, we have many long standing members (check carefully the date of joining and number of posts) who make a very valuable contribution to the forum. If you receive a private recommendation from one of them, it could be worth considering.
Please let us know if you think anyone is abusing the system by soliciting for business or 'spamming'.
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