Tag: 11 plus books
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Paperback books or digital books – which is better for your child’s learning?
Your decision to choose a digital or paperback version of a teaching and learning book depends on: Why you should love digital versions With printing-enabled ebooks – all 11plushappy guides have printing ability – you can print out one essay at a time, multiple times. You and your child can write all over it and…
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Are you half-term happy? Holidays are fantastic 11plus learning gifts!
A huge motivational entrance test hello and a very short burst of happiness to remind you the half-term is gifting you time to plan and weave in happy hours of intentional eleven-plus learning. Your child can make huge progress during these long days, as well as having a fun break. Please find two to three…
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Reason 5 of “5 reasons NOT to wait until Year 5 to start preparing your child for 11plus entrance tests”
Hello again. (Welcome, if this is your first time visiting). Leading on from Reason 4, today we come to the second big benefit, superboost 2, of starting with easier, younger material. (If you missed the last post, Reason 4, I’d encourage you to click back and read that first.) Do you remember in Reason 3…
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Reason 2 of “5 Reasons NOT to wait until Year 5 to start preparing your child for 11plus exams”
Yesterday, we admitted the important truth that starting to prepare in Year 5 could be simply expecting too much for some children, given the amount of material to be covered versus the amount of time available. Today’s reason, Reason 2, is actually an extra one I realised while writing the reason 2 I was going…
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Five reasons NOT to wait until Year 5 to start preparing your child for 11plus entrance tests
Dear parent/carer, A plea from a tutor’s heart. The message is simple – if you can, start teaching and preparing your child for the 11plus in Year 4. Whether that’s at home, with a tutor, or both, it is undoubtedly an easier – and possibly more successful – process than if you wait until Year…
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One week of summer holiday 11+ learning left!
This is it, superhero – one week left. You have a gift of time to dedicate to your child’s grammar school preparation. Keep going, keep going! Are you continuing to find gaps in your child’s knowledge and skills? Are you continuing to focus on each one as you discover it, and explore all possible ways…
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Do the keyword dance: How to use (and not use) keywords to answer multiple choice comprehension questions
PLEASE READ THIS – YOUR CHILD’S 11 PLUS SUCCESS MAY DEPEND ON IT. Forgive the capitals and the warning, but I’m writing this immediately after a teaching session, in which my very capable student learned a hack and then did something unexpected that your child must not do! To set the context, I’m including the…
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What should I do with my 11 plus child during the summer holidays before the test?
(Part 3 of a 4-blog mini-series.) It’s getting serious now, right? A week remains until the summer holidays. After this, a long stretch of time lies between your child and their 11 plus exam in September, or the months that follow shortly after. You, or your child at least, are going to have a lot…
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11 plus maths: Tried the quick double and half trick for long multiplication?
Here’s a tip fresh from a lesson with a student this morning. Can you see what’s going on in the example in the box? It doesn’t replace long multiplication. However, there are times that numbers look a bit yucky, but with this simple trick, they become numbers our brains love. Above, we changed 225 and…
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The most important 11 plus maths tip ever? It could be T.T.E.Z.
It’s debatable, but it’s definitely unavoidable: your child needs to know their times tables – now! Don’t despair, turn the tables on those tables and have some fun. One way to do this is to declare your house a T.T.E.Z. For 30 days, do no other learning at home apart from learning the tables. Print and…