Essex - CSSE - exam tips
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Essex - CSSE - exam tips
Hi All,
My son is appearing for 2018 Sep CSSE exams. I understand that it would be English and Maths exams on 22 Sep 2018. I would like to understand more on the syllabus of these tests so that I can help my son to prepare in the right track. I heard of GL and CEM, but can some experts in the forum explain better on these?
I have fair understanding of marking schemes. 50% on English and Maths will put him into weighted score of roughly 300. roughly 10 additional % would add 20 to the overall score like 60% would be 320. so 100% would be say 400.
My son is appearing for 2018 Sep CSSE exams. I understand that it would be English and Maths exams on 22 Sep 2018. I would like to understand more on the syllabus of these tests so that I can help my son to prepare in the right track. I heard of GL and CEM, but can some experts in the forum explain better on these?
I have fair understanding of marking schemes. 50% on English and Maths will put him into weighted score of roughly 300. roughly 10 additional % would add 20 to the overall score like 60% would be 320. so 100% would be say 400.
Re: Essex - CSSE - exam tips
The CSSE itself does it pretty well here:bala1000 wrote:Hi All,
My son is appearing for 2018 Sep CSSE exams. I understand that it would be English and Maths exams on 22 Sep 2018. I would like to understand more on the syllabus of these tests so that I can help my son to prepare in the right track. I heard of GL and CEM, but can some experts in the forum explain better on these?
I have fair understanding of marking schemes. 50% on English and Maths will put him into weighted score of roughly 300. roughly 10 additional % would add 20 to the overall score like 60% would be 320. so 100% would be say 400.
http://csse.org.uk/
http://www.csse.org.uk/?view=mycomp
Perhaps a good place to start is with this ('useful' characteristics of a grammar school candidate - from one of the documents on the website):
curiosity, enjoyment of learning and problem solving
perseverance and completion of challenging tasks
understanding of all concepts taught at primary school
enjoyment of a wide range of literature and/or non-fiction text
creativity in sustained writing
ability to make connections between various areas of knowledge
good memory
imagination and original ideas
ability to work at pace and assimilate information quickly
appreciation of numerical conventions
ability to apply mathematical concepts
You don't have to go beyond the content in the National Curriculum for the appropriate stage, it's the child's ability to use what they have been taught which is important.
CSSE exam papers are written in-house, not bought in from a commercial supplier.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.Groucho Marx
Re: Essex - CSSE - exam tips
Thanks so much Toadmum for your response on a Sunday morning.