Favourite material
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Favourite material
Hi
What have been your favourite and most accurate material? I've heard bond books aren't great.
Any suggestions?
What have been your favourite and most accurate material? I've heard bond books aren't great.
Any suggestions?
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Re: Favourite material
My favourite books ever and not just for 11+ are Schofield and Sims maths, excellent for problem solving and good value for money. For VR I liked IPS and got mostly Bond for NVR but did not use them a lot as mine did not need much practice as it sort of came natural to them.
I was not very impressed with CGP 11+ materials to be honest. (but love their revision guides for GCSE).
In general I would stay well clear of anything labelled CEM as in my opinion it is a marketing thing. CEM examboard is clear that they do not publish revision materials unlike GL used to to do.
In general I think the best strategy is to practice widely, don't stick to one publisher.
I was not very impressed with CGP 11+ materials to be honest. (but love their revision guides for GCSE).
In general I would stay well clear of anything labelled CEM as in my opinion it is a marketing thing. CEM examboard is clear that they do not publish revision materials unlike GL used to to do.
In general I think the best strategy is to practice widely, don't stick to one publisher.
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Absolutely correct. I would also suggest DCs to read, read and read widely. Vocab is hard to master as it is. Harder if you have to memorise from a list. Reading also helps comprehension a lot.MerlinFromCamelot wrote:In general I think the best strategy is to practice widely, don't stick to one publisher.
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I like Bond online . Dc was able to practise particular areas such as word problems
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Ditto the above - and my DS also liked the Letts CEM papers in run up to test as the audio track seemed close to the 'real thing' (based on a mock test he did in June).
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I think Bond Maths is good enough - with English I think you are better going with practice papers (GL,Bond) and read widely ...Also First past the post comprehension is great