Key Stage Journey

School Name Exam Date Website Henrietta Barnet Girls G 01-Sep-21 Wednesday Website Latymer C 03-Sep-21 Friday Website Buckinghamshire C 09-Sep-21 Thursday Website Ilford County B 11-Sep-21 Saturday Website Woodford County G 11-Sep-21 Saturday Website Chelmsford

SPAG (Spelling Punctuation and Grammar) plays a key role in the 11+ exam and for developing a strong foundation. These books help us to learn the proper rules of punctuation, these could be an eye opener for some adults as well ! Disclosure: some of the links in this post are amazon affiliate links and We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I link these and their products because of their quality. You will not pay anymore by going through these links. Punctuation Rules and Practice: No. 1 (English S.) Paperback – 1 April 1995 https://amzn.to/3rYCSDG New 11+ GL 10-Minute Tests: English Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar - Ages 9-10 (with Onl Ed): unbeatable eleven plus preparation from the exam experts (CGP Functional Skills)   https://amzn.to/31aoMDy 11+ GL 10-Minute Tests: English Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar - Ages 10-11 (with Online Ed): perfect preparation for the eleven plus (CGP 11+ GL)  https://amzn.to/3rcQhHo

By now you would have noticed that during the 11+ preparation, kids would have written lot of  notes/ tips / creative writing exercises on loose sheets or on notebooks, soon this would overrun and would be very hard to manage, search and revisit. we got this Rocket Book as a gift, and I was initially reluctant to use it as I dint see a proper use case for it. During lockdown when I had to take hundreds of print outs a week I felt embarrassed to waste lot of paper and resources. First I though I could ask my kids to directly write it on the computer, later I realized that it could back fire as they might loose the writing speed / handwriting during the exam, also writing directly on the computer could strain their eyes and causes lot of distraction. So I decided to give this Rocket Book a try. I was blown away to see how it woks and kids were super excited as well. since then we have been using this every time.  You can but this on amazon https://amzn.to/2OVaCnj Disclosure: some of the

  The books  recommend  here are tried and tested by many parents and personal recommendation only. I am not a tutor or have any connection to these authors, but honestly recommending these just because it really helped us in our 11+ journey.  I have mentioned mixture of exam pattern books as I strongly believe we should worry less on the format of the questions at this stage, as the focus  having strong foundations and building the ability to handle any type of questions for this age. We have seen some schools changing the pattern last minute or introducing new subject that was not there in the past as a way to filter out excessive tutoring.  Disclosure : some of the links in this post are amazon affiliate links and We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I link these and their products because of their quality. You will not pay anymore by going through these links. For building vocabulary refer this post here   Target Your Maths Year 4 Paperback – 3 Nov. 2

The Books recommend here are tried and tested by many parents and personal recommendation only. Some books are one year higher specifically to push them little further.  Disclosure : some of the links in this post are affiliate links and We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I link these companies and their products because of their quality. You will not pay anymore by going through these links. For the Vocabulary please refer this  post   Algebra Word problems : Peter Robson https://amzn.to/3vqPCoK Harder / Challenging books (For HBS Round 2 / Independent Schools ) NT 11+ Practice Papers: CEM Pack 1 https://amzn.to/3gvono4 NT 11+ Practice Papers: CEM Pack 2 https://amzn.to/38qKSph (this one is a hidden gem, accidently found this and quite happy about the purchase) Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension, Year 5: Engaging Stories and Activities to Develop Comprehension Skills https://amzn.to/3qDCB7N RSL 11 Plus Books: 11+ Comprehension - Practice En

  The books recommend  here are tried and tested by many parents and personal recommendation only. I am not a tutor or have any connection to these authors, honestly recommending these just because it really helped us in our 11+ journey. Disclosure : some of the links in this post are amazon affiliate links.  I link these and their products because of their quality.  This is usually a good starting point for a parent who are thinking to start the journey early(year4 or late year 3).  you can basically pick few words and try to enact it in your daily life. they can remember and relate it easily when its in pictorial format. 11+ Vocabulary Cartoons    Buy on Amazon 11+ Vocabulary Cartoons 2  Buy on Amazon Flash Cards   Buy on Amazon A very good collection of high frequency words and handy to be used during school runs or short tips, you can divide it in 4/5 batches and pick it up to revise any time, as smaller batches will not be overwhelming for the kids as well. we always have one b

After you are done selecting your primary school for your kid, we suddenly wake up few years before a big milestone or when hearing the buzz words "Grammar Schools", "Catchment" , "11+" , "Mock test" Some of the parents would have a clear road map based on the past experience or from friends and family who had gone through the similar experience, luckily I was one such parent who was fortunate to be around friends who went thought this journey few years before my turn and they were vey kind enough to share some key insights involved in this whole 11+ journey. The day I came to know about this 11+ the very first question I asked the parents was  "when did you start the preparation? " Although this differs from a child to child I found a pattern that works with majority of the kids and parents. Remember, this is a journey and it is always a good idea to start light and slowly increase the speed and complexity. So, when is it? Year 3 Year