How to expand your vocabulary
How to expand vocabulary – Enhanced vocabulary always help us to write more effectively and understand the text with proper context. Learn the ways to expand your vocabulary.
How To Score Well in 11 Plus Examination For Grammar Schools
Scoring well in your 11+ examinations is essential if you aspire to be in one of the top grammar schools. Some students opt for a safer route and start prepping for their exams even before their year 4 in school.
How to prepare for Math Section in 11 PLUS
Till date, the 11 PLUS exam (Grammar School Entrance Test) is a paper pencil tests for students wanting to secure the coveted year 7 seats in various grammar schools or independent schools of the country.
Online learning for 11 Plus preparation
In the current scenario, when the entire world is under lockdown and is advised to self-quarantine due to COVID-19 outbreak, there is no better option than utilising the available time effectively, especially for the ones who are preparing for 11 Plus exams this year.
9 months for 11 Plus 2020
9 months are enough for you to fetch good marks in your 11 Plus exam. First of all decide which school you want an admission.
Reading Comprehension and types of questions
Reading Comprehension is an integral part of English and also an important component of 11 Plus exams. Louise, faculty at Champs Learning explains the different types of question on this area.
Manage Exam.. Manage Stress
GCSEs exams and also SATs are just couple of days away. And stress or anxiety to many students is a common phenomenon. Some are capable of handling exam fear and exam stress in their own way. Some fall prey to effects of exam stress and perform not so well in the same.
Time and Work Concept
Most of the competitive exams like 11 plus have seen the trend of testing students’ ability to apply concepts to real problems. This is very evident from the question with situation from daily life. One of such categories of questions is on time and work concept.
How to build good vocabulary - few tips
Vocabulary is an integral part of most of 11 Plus exams, and sometimes it is a nightmare for most students who are giving these exams. It can be in the form of comprehension, cloze passage, fill in the blanks etc. The main problem with learning vocabulary is our ability to retain all the meanings of words, and to also use them as per the requirement.
11 Plus preparation tips for beginners
New academic year started and aspirants for 11 Plus exams who started their academic year 5 in the school started or preparing to start their preparation towards their desired school exam in the next year.
Last minute tips for 11 Plus Exam
The countdown for 11 Plus exam for 2018 has begun. The performance on the D-Day will decide whether an aspirant will or will not make it to any of the desired grammar or independent schools. With the clock ticking by, all aspirants and their parents are getting extreme..
Grammar Schools - who will make it?
With BBC’s current episode on the subject, it has re-framed the same big question to every parent and possibly every aspirant’s mind. Who will make it? As we witness, every child is different and possesses different skills. So when the entrance exams for the grammar sch...
What if your child did not pass 11 plus exams!!!
The 11 plus results for 2018 entry into year 7 are coming out and the whole social media platforms and phones have been working without pause. Every mom and dad wants to know who has done better? Who is getting admission where? What’s the cut off ? Will my child secure...
One month strategy for 11 plus exam
The most frequently asked question by students at this point of time is "What should be done in terms of preparation for the next four weeks to pass 11 plus exam for the desired grammar school?" We need a strategy/plan that needs to...
11 plus - classroom or eLearning?
There has been always a debate about the effectiveness of classroom and eLearning. We can not say which one is more effective across all age groups. But certainly few strong parameters influence the effectiveness at some age groups.
Parents role in 11 Plus exam preparation
11 Plus exams….a transition of an aspirant from stress free primary education to a competitive world. Most of the students at that age don’t even understand the importance or aftereffects of 11 plus exams for Grammar Schools or Independent schools. (In some cases paren...
Preparing your child for education
Sarah turned 3. Her parents started preparing for her education. Enrolling Sarah to school, buying those little bags, pencils, scented erasers, lunch boxes with cartoons, uniforms made exciting parts of the venture. Her innocent queries about...
Difficult child
Mrs. Roberts, 63, lives alone and spends her day doing her daily chores and meeting her friends. She loves to spend time in her backyard tending her kitchen garden. Except for the season when her plum and pear trees keep her busy distributing...
2nd Stage for Grammar School
The 2nd stage exam for some of the Grammar Schools like Tiffin consists of three papers. 1. Mathematics 2. English Reading 3. English Writing After screening through the first stage of Maths and English with some questions on VR which no...
Making an intelligent child
Which parents don’t want their children to be intelligent? Or who does not like to be called intelligent? The answers are obvious! It is an unwritten law that intelligence is the strength in the competitive world where the law is ‘survival of the fittest’! Animals survi...
Creative Writing for 11 Plus
Most grammar schools choose a paper on Creative Writing for their selection criteria for the 11 Plus. Does that mean that these schools are looking for the next William Shakespeare? Absolutely not. The main purpose of the creative writing pa...
11 Plus exams - overview
For those parents who would like their children to prepare for 11 Plus exams for secondary school entrance, it is often hard to know what to use for exam preparation, what to study and when and how much to study? It is often...
11 Plus - Reading Comprehension techniques
Mrs. Roberts, 63, lives alone and spends her day doing her daily chores and meeting her friends. She loves to spend time in her backyard tending her kitchen garden. Except for the season when her plum and pear trees keep her busy distributing and fru
