Tag: sutton test
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Sutton Test 11 Plus Creative Writing Exam Approaching?
Harvest time is approaching. Hopefully, your young minds are ready and ripe for exam success. We know the Sutton grammars use a multiple choice format for stage 1. Usually, this means a lot of people are focusing rightly on this first stage. But don’t forget that your child has to dazzle all over again in…
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What are you teaching your child today?
Seriously. Let me know. Have you planned it? It’s the most important question to know the answer to make sure they make progress each day. It might be five minutes on a times table, silent letter spellings, or something longer like a piece of creative writing. you need to know to make it happen. Repeat…
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7 happy ways time can help your child pass the 11+
Originally, I spoke about ‘using’ time. However, life and learning have moved on. Thanks to books like Oliver Burkeman’s incredible 4000 Weeks, I’m rethinking my relationship with time. Rather than seeing it as a resource to use and consume, it’s perhaps wiser to see it as an ally. Together, you and time can make a…
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Who what where when why how: Does 11plus learning ever change?
6 questions every child is taught in KS2. 5WH (5 whats, 1 how). 6 questions we probably ask ourselves a lot right now. 6 questions that perhaps we can use as guides when planning 11+ learning. Think of this as a thought exercise that might bring calm and clarity amid the chaos. I don’t know…
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11 Plus ‘Sutton Test’ Stage 2 Creative Writing Bundle NOW AVAILABLE!
Hi 11plus families! Now Stage 1 is complete, keep your learning burning! Here is a 3-set bundle at a crazy, crazy happy price, covering only targeted creative writing and the must-haves your child needs to write in the Stage 2 Creative Writing task. Put £23 off the normal price straight in your pocket and please,…
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Sutton Test Stage 2 Creative Writing Must-Writes
Congratulations on making it through Stage 1 of the Sutton Test. Please don’t take your foot off the pedal and wait for the results before revising for Stage 2. You can’t get this week back again. You have to assume your child has passed if you are to get the most out of the two…
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4 Weeks to the Sutton test – make sure you and your child re-read or read the 11 Plus English Masterclass Ebook Bundle
Fill this vital month with moments of high learning: Search out and fill gaps in your child’s knowledge; Have your child sit lots of timed tests to bring them into the zone; Revise and be confident of the multiple choice tricks all comprehension tests play, Plan for success in Stage 1 and prepare for the…
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What is happening to the eleven plus exam? How to name and get rid of your worries about the 11+ . (The write way to worry!)
A conversation with a close friend, who is worrying about their daughter’s 11 plus in these difficult times, has prompted this post. In truth, we don’t know exactly what is going to happen. We can predict, though, that something will happen. Either the tests will be rearranged, postponed, or a new system will be temporarily…
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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…