Tag: 11plus entrance test
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What are you looking for in English as an 11 plus parent?
Good evening. A very quick one to help you get to the point. I can talk a lot, but what’s the point if I don’t know who I’m talking to? Blogs are strange; I would never talk and talk to someone I met. I love to listen. I gain a better understanding and I grow…
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7 Happy Ways You Should Be Using Time NOW To Pass The Eleven Plus
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Part 2 of seriously un-serious* ways to help your child remember serious words
You know your child, you know what they like. The single rule might be: “Many ways for different brains.” Here is a happy handful of word-learning games. Feel free to use these as springboards to get into the activity of designing or improvising games with your child as co-inventor. 1. Does your child sing? Have…
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Superinfluence Part 2 continued: What’s in the 11+ test?
Yesterday’s blog hopefully sent you off on a hunt for dates of application for the grammar schools you are interested in. Today, we deal with the holy grail of knowing what is in the test. That would make all the difference, right? If we could see how it was laid out, what the question types…
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Superinfluence Part 2: Deciding what and how starts with where
Okay, decision time. This level of superinfluence happens either before, or in the early stages of, helping your child be superhero prepared and happy. Your child can’t do this because they don’t know the choices. They can’t see over the fence of the next hour without your help. That’s how children are; totally immersed in…
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SUPERINFLUENCE: “I am the single most important factor in my child’s 11+ success.”
I know you could have told yourself that, but here’s what that one truth means. Your child:- 1. Loves you. 2. Believes you. 3. Needs you. 4. Learns from you. 5. Learns everything about how to be, learn and think from you. Your son or daughter at primary school age looks up to you –…
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Your 11+ Dream is Real
I know how impossible it can feel and have learned how possible it is. I’ve lived on both sides. When we were sent the email from our local borough of Merton confirming our son had won his place, we exploded. We cried, hugged, laughed, then headed straight out for his celebration meal. My wife and…
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Please make sure your child’s Christmas is 11plushappy!
A huge motivational entrance test hello and a very short burst of happiness to remind you that holidays are the best learning present you can ask for – a gift of time to plan and weave in a few happy hours of intentional eleven-plus learning. Your child can make huge progress during these long days,…
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Educate or educare?
Good morning, Saturday. Time to smile and think about today’s learning.If we remember that the latin root ‘educare’ means to lead out, to draw out the intelligence that is inside, rather than cram in, stuff full, it’s easy to see that praising your child is so important, so effective – and so correct. When they achieve…