With normality grounded to a halt during lockdown here are some funny books to provide some laughs for year 4s and up.
Academic selection scrapped for 2021 by five Northern Ireland grammars: reports
Five Catholic grammar schools in Northern Ireland have said they will not use transfer tests to select pupils for 2021.
Tutor view – Becky Corden, West Kent Tutor
Children have taken to online tutoring like ducks to water, says Becky Corden of West Kent Tutor.
Covid-19 and the 11-plus
With schools not yet fully reopened following the Covid-19 pandemic, there is uncertainty surrounding the 11-plus exams due to take place this autumn. This is what we know so far.
Continue ReadingReview: CGP 11+ Maths Practice Question Cards
This is a box of 95 maths practice question cards for the CEM test covering verbal, non-verbal and numerical reasoning.
Continue ReadingNews review: No update on Kent and Bucks, call for teachers not to decide grammar school places
Bucks looking for way to hold 11-plus tests
Fears have been raised that several Bucks children could miss out on grammar school places because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Bucks Free Press reports (4 May 2020).
Good at maths but not a reader
My son is bright – he’s doing very well at maths but he hates reading. Do you have any advice?
Continue ReadingNews review: Among elite, independent and grammar schools more usual, reports BBC
Among the elite, the comprehensive school is a minority background, where independent and grammar schools are more usual, according a new study by The Sutton Trust and Social Mobility Commission.
Year 3 reading challenge
Set your child in year 3 the task of trying to read a book from each of the following sections.
“Don’t tutor”
The message coming from grammar schools and independent school heads at the moment is don’t tutor for the 11+ but clearly if you don’t tutor, you stand little chance of success.
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