Tuesday, May 19, 2015

CEM and GL Examinations

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Around the time your child will be completing last minute revision the Notting Hill Carnival will be taking place. Many books and articles ...
Friday, May 01, 2015

11+ and Dyslexia

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On a recent 11+ course we had the privilege of working with a child who had been diagnosed with dyslexia. The report from the Educational P...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Fairies, Witches and Non Verbal Reasoning

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When children become involved in endless computer games and watch, by choice, mindless Youtube videos, then we may feel that they being ins...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Wise Parents

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State funded schools from 2014 have to offer a curriculum which is balanced and broadly based.  Schools also have the responsibility of try...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Latin Versus Long Multiplication

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We were chatting about children being encouraged to learn Latin in one of our local schools. I am sure we can all remember our Latin teache...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

When do parents need to focus?

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“It’s time to do your homework, dear.” “Just a minute. I just have to finish this.” “You know you have to complete your homework. ...
Monday, April 20, 2015

Anxious Parents

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Gesell, in 1940, wrote about the first five years of a child’s life. He used an example of a little girl with congenital cataracts and a...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Holiday Courses

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We taught a variety of courses over the recent Easter break in a number of locations. Some of the parents told us that their children ha...
Monday, April 07, 2014

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"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Eleven Plus Challenges

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There is a theory, but I am not sure how much it applies to the eleven plus, that there are Tool Makers and Tool Users. An Eleven Plus ...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

Eleven Plus Appeals

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I tried to find a link to `Scaling of Teachers’ Marks and Estimates’ by McIntosh, Walker and McKay. Amazon, of course, had one. In fact Ama...
Sunday, June 09, 2013

The Eleven Plus and Engineering

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The Stanford Scientific Aptitude Test was first published in 1929 and was constructed by Dr Zyve to bring out aptitudes essential for succe...
Saturday, June 08, 2013

DNA and the Eleven Plus

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Will scientists ever find the gene within our DNA which will determine eleven plus success? Imagine if your child could have a simple blood...
Friday, June 07, 2013

The Eleven Plus Logic of a Big Mac.

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You are trying to help your eleven plus child to think logically. You suddenly remember all your work in the sixth form when you were study...
Thursday, June 06, 2013

Is the Eleven Plus a Sound Investment?

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I have a book, published in 1929, which outlines `The Case for Nursery Schools’. A person called E. Chataway bought the book in 1942. What ...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Beyoncé and the Eleven Plus

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If one member of the family passes the eleven plus is it likely that others will follow suit? If we look at the Bach family we can see prod...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Can learning Python help with the Eleven Plus?

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Would working through exercises from the programming language `Python’ help some of our eleven plus children and their parents? Some eleven...
Monday, June 03, 2013

The Eleven Plus and Eggy Bread

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Why are there recipes for Eggy Bread or French Toast in cookbooks for girls and boys? We know that after parties, Christmas and any time th...
Sunday, June 02, 2013

Breakfast and the Eleven Plus

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We must surmise that many parents of eleven plus children ensure that their offspring eat nourishing food on the day of the examination.  T...
Saturday, June 01, 2013

Eleven Plus Changes

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I sometimes feel that it is a pity that eleven plus children are not encouraged to learn a language. Would there be a huge outcry? I wonder...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Meryl Streep and the Eleven Plus

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Could tapping into skills associated with Social Intelligence help with preparing your child for the eleven plus examinations? On the day o...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Classifying Eleven Plus Questions

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How much can we rely on the observations and thoughts of family, friends, neighbours and the school community? If children can be broadly c...

Classifying Eleven Plus Questions

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How much can we rely on the observations and thoughts of family, friends, neighbours and the school community? If children can be broadly c...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Vocabulary and the Eleven Plus

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Vocabulary plays a large part in parts of the eleven plus examination. A wide vocabulary is considered to be one of the signs of ability....

PLMA and the Eleven Plus

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Every parent knows the rich meaning behind the letters `PLMA’. This could be your child texting you asking for some space. The letters coul...

Time and the Eleven Plus

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When is the best time of day for your eleven plus child to study? After school? Before school? In the morning? In the evening? Some of the ...