Tag: 11 plus practice papers
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VVV: Very Varied Vocabulary Episode 2: 7 Tips to Help Your Child Grow and Embed a Gargantuan 11Plus Vocabulary! (Preview from the coming podcast season)
Hello! We’re back with Podcast Preview 2, in a season dedicated to the 11plus superhero skill of vocabulary. In our last podcast, we learned why it was vital your child develops a sparkling repertoire of words as they approach the 11plus. Today, I’d like to share 7 ways to kickstart and augment your child’s 11plus…
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VVV: Very Varied Vocabulary: A Superhero of the 11 Plus. (Preview from the coming podcast season)
Hello! Good to speak to you again. Did you know you’ll soon be able to enjoy 11plushappy as a podcast? (Season 1 is curiously called season 2 – you’ll have to listen to find out why) Season 2 will be dedicated to one of the major superheroes of happy 11plus learning – vocabulary. Over 10…
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Eleven Plus Parents – You CAN do this!
Well, another week means another opportunity to help your child as they prepare for their 11plus. How is it going? Two very simple messages today. One is up there in the title. You CAN do this. Thousands of children do pass each year, these schools do exist, they do accept children, and you have an…
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Eleven plus Non-fiction Models offer a fast track to your child’s writing success.
Why models? It’s all very well people telling you to write a great persuasive letter or recount or description, but what does that really mean? How much do you write? How do you start? How do you end? What techniques and structure should you include? Children need to know what success looks like, so they…
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Eleven plus Non-fiction Models offer a fast track to your child’s writing success.
Why models? It’s all very well people telling you to write a great persuasive letter or recount or description, but what does that really mean? How much do you write? How do you start? How do you end? What techniques and structure should you include? Children need to know what success looks like, so they…
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New for You! 15 top-level non-fiction models to help your child be the best writer in the exam room
A year in the writing, informed by hundreds of hours of teaching, and already helping people win success in dozens of 11plus entrance exams, please may I introduce an absolute must-have for your book-shelf or digital library in 2025: In digital: In paperback from Amazon:
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Celebrate what they don’t know…
One highly effective and relaxing teaching and learning method you should use with your child is to high five them when a test shows they don’t know something. Let me explain. They sit a Maths paper and it shows they don’t know co-ordinates, or have forgotten how to do long division, or they come across…
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11-a-side 11-plus-a-side: will your child be on the winning team in this year’s exams?
As we gather and grow excited for Sunday’s shot at history, are you also growing excited for your child’s equivalent Euro finals – their upcoming 11plus exam? If so, make a note of this book – it’s the single-most important creative writing book you will read. It will show you every must-write final exam-winning feature…
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This book really improves your child’s 11plus creative writing
If you’re spending time helping your child’s eleven-plus creative writing reach the grade for secondary school entrance exams, make sure you make progress – i.e. something changes about the writing itself or the understanding of the techniques and ideas – in every session. This book helps you do just that. I wrote it for parents…