How bright is your CRGS son?
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How bright is your CRGS son?
If anyone feels they can be honest and brave enough I would love to know just how bright the boys who got into CRGS are and how much tutoring was really needed. I'm only asking to see if their is any point applying if it will be too compettive or if my son will be one of the strongest candidates. The only info I have on my son is his IQ number so if anyone would be willing to state their kids IQ (if known) then it may give me an insight into how bright you really need to be. Or as I mentioned, how much tutoring they needed to do.
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Mine's thick as sh*te
Not really, I don't have a CRGS boy.. but is the 'only info' you have about your son's ability really his IQ? I have no idea of my children's IQ! And I'm not sure how helpful such info would be anyway, my experience of IQ tests being mainly limited to facebook quizzes (which never seem to recognise my genius). Can you not ask his school how they think he'd do?
Not really, I don't have a CRGS boy.. but is the 'only info' you have about your son's ability really his IQ? I have no idea of my children's IQ! And I'm not sure how helpful such info would be anyway, my experience of IQ tests being mainly limited to facebook quizzes (which never seem to recognise my genius). Can you not ask his school how they think he'd do?
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Not sure that IQ itself is much help - except that any presumably anything you need to teach them will be picked more quickly!
Best bet would be to get hold of past papers from CSSE & see how he gets on with them without any coaching. You can see from other threads what marks other boys were scoring on the papers to get a place st CRGS. Remember that it does vary from year to year & apparently children drop average of 10% points in the 'real thing'.
If he gets over 90% then would suggest you dont need to do too much. English - need to make sure has grasp of basic punctuation - especially speech & needs a wide 'traditoinal' vocab (probably covered at a good prep anyway)
Maths - would imagine will be fine. Just check OK with problem solving as some preps aren't so strong on this.
VR - very much a matter of technique. Some children take to it naturally but if he is bright shouldn't take too much to explain the techniques needed for different types of questions that he doesn't 'get' immediately.
Really important that he can use multiple choice answer paper for VR & has technique to answer as many questions as possible.
Weighting system means VR twice as important as maths or english.
Hope this helps a bit
Best bet would be to get hold of past papers from CSSE & see how he gets on with them without any coaching. You can see from other threads what marks other boys were scoring on the papers to get a place st CRGS. Remember that it does vary from year to year & apparently children drop average of 10% points in the 'real thing'.
If he gets over 90% then would suggest you dont need to do too much. English - need to make sure has grasp of basic punctuation - especially speech & needs a wide 'traditoinal' vocab (probably covered at a good prep anyway)
Maths - would imagine will be fine. Just check OK with problem solving as some preps aren't so strong on this.
VR - very much a matter of technique. Some children take to it naturally but if he is bright shouldn't take too much to explain the techniques needed for different types of questions that he doesn't 'get' immediately.
Really important that he can use multiple choice answer paper for VR & has technique to answer as many questions as possible.
Weighting system means VR twice as important as maths or english.
Hope this helps a bit
Don't know if this is any help, but probably need to be level 5 in KS2 Sats in all subjects. Although, there will be lots of kids with level 5's who don't get in. What I'm trying to say is that if your child is potentially a level 4 in English and Maths, it is probably less likely that they would get into grammar. I realise that you will want to make a decision before you know your child's ks2 sats results, but your school should give you an indication of how they expect him to do. Also, your school may test every year in KS2, and these results may also be indicative, if your child is reaching level 4 or 5 before reaching year 6.
Teachers at my school said that 11+ maths is about Sats level 5. I think the 11+ English is significantly harder than Sats level 5. Verbal reasoning is not taught at all in state primaries in my experience and this is critical for grammar school entry. Like others said, get some books. Your child needs to be getting above 85% regularly in the verbal reasoning to be in with a chance. It's also true that some kids may drop about 10 % on the day, (both mine did). Good luck.
Teachers at my school said that 11+ maths is about Sats level 5. I think the 11+ English is significantly harder than Sats level 5. Verbal reasoning is not taught at all in state primaries in my experience and this is critical for grammar school entry. Like others said, get some books. Your child needs to be getting above 85% regularly in the verbal reasoning to be in with a chance. It's also true that some kids may drop about 10 % on the day, (both mine did). Good luck.