11+ English

Date: 27th - 31st May

Time: 9:15am - 1:15pm

Location: Draycott Avenue, South Kensington, SW3 3AP

Content:

Heading into the final term of the year, an opportunity to evaluate current levels of attainment and skills, identify strengths and needs and drive forward.

Each day begins with confidence and mindset work, a focused activity that strengthens as the week goes on.  This short daily starter establishes a positive and powerful foundation ready to introduce the academic sessions, the threads of which are weaved throughout all teaching and learning each day.  A ‘can do’ attitude to embrace challenge and create the most progress without limit.  The intention is to instil skills to help manage the examination process and beyond.  

The English classes are focused on Comprehension skills working in granular detail through the text, deep analysis and annotation skills, a variety of question types and structuring answers with precision (PETEE).   Meticulous in making a clear point, choosing appropriate evidence, naming the technique and explaining the effect.

Writing skills are linked to the comprehension work so that children understand the relationship – often thought of as separate skills.  We identify and use the literary devices in descriptive writing, delivering a method that meets the examiner’s mark scheme.   Following the examinations, many students have received letters from next schools commending their writing.

Personal response writing task typical of Westminster, St Paul’s and second round/interview tasks.

Vocabulary – developing a rich bank of words and using them in context.  

Maths sessions target a specific area of the 11+ curriculum each day.  Topics such as number, fractions, decimals, percentages, sequences, ratio, place value, calculations, solving problems, patterns, explaining methods and reasoning, data handling, measure, shape and space.  Exam techniques.

Every day ends working metacognitively to audit learning, goals and effort. 

All material is original and cannot be purchased.  Papers will not be repeated in any other courses.  Delivered by qualified and experienced teachers with outstanding track records in entrance examination preparation and achieving school places.  Expert feedback provided, schools advice and steps forward available if required.