Tag: tuition
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Know when to take a break – when 11 plus learning gets too much…
I know – we have to keep up daily learning with our children, especially over the summer holidays, if we are to reach our goal of running out of things our child doesn’t know by the time the exam comes round. In fact, you may never actually need the kind of break I’m talking about.…
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How can you help your 11 plus child in the summer holidays? Try this 15hr weekly plan.
(Part 4 of a 4-blog mini-series.) Actually, it looks as if it will be a five-blog mini-series; there’s a lot of info to help you. All to the good. The last time we spoke, we looked generally at morning and afternoon patterns of learning. What follows is a zoomed-in look at a day from an…
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What does a successful 11 Plus routine look like?
(Part 2 of a 4-blog mini-series) In the first post in this series, we began examining why routine and time are such vital tools in giving your child the best chance of 11-plus success. I promised to show you one such routine, so here we are. The table below shows you what my son and…
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Bank holidays are fantastic 11plus leaning moments!
Time is one of the most powerful learning tools when it comes to the 11plus. Spaced learning, learning over time, helps your child layer their learning, building up to a full understanding and a full skill set in time for the test later in the year. There is no substitute for starting early and grabbing…
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Turning problems into pictures: Draw out word problems
I’m just about to tutor, but wanted to share with you and your child a step I’ll be covering with my student today: Make word problems easier to understand by drawing them out. I covered in my last post why starting at the end of a word problem is sometimes more effective than reading from…
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Are you thinking about the 11plus? Think multiple choice! Here’s why…
Half term has been full of teaching and tuition, which I absolutely love, and here’s the one urgent lesson that’s come out of every lesson, from Y3to Y5, and from every chat with parents after each lesson: Multiple choice. Multiple choice. Multiple Choice. To put it another way – Q: Which of the following is…
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Brand new 11plus material for your child!
How is your 11 plus learning going during the Christmas holidays? I hope profoundly that you and your child are making time between the celebrations. Time is perhaps the number one resource in preparing for 11 plus success…and with that in mind, I’ve used my Christmas break to work, prepare and finish 4 brand new…