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Nigel Pearce, author of our French for Common Entrance series, explains the importance of organisation when teaching French for Common Entrance.

French for Common Entrance was written in order to marshal a whole collection of resources amassed over the years and turn them into something that would favour the teaching of French in a certain way.  The current new edition is essentially a complete rewrite of the original set of books - which has taken a couple of years to do - and so I thought it might be useful to offer a few words on how best to use the materials.

Each of our four Summer Challenge blogs looked at a different subject: Maths, English, Non-Verbal Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning. 

Here we’ve bought together all the tips and suggestions for revising each topic, and taken out the questions, giving you an easy-to-use guide to the basics, needed before attempting any 11+ exam question. We hope you find it a useful resource to use when helping your child with their revision.

In this final summer blog we look at how connections work in Verbal Reasoning questions and how you can refine your child’s abilities by helping them to make some creative connections of their own.

Most of us put off starting a new task and then reward ourselves for beginning or completing it to stimulate us into action. Your child is likely to be similarly reluctant to begin the task of 11+ revision, especially if they haven’t encountered subjects like non-verbal reasoning before. So, why not take a leaf out of your own book and plan some treats for your child to make their summer schedule a little more enjoyable? 

Finding the revision techniques that work best for your child is an important part of this first stage of revision. We talked about how short periods of exercise can help children to focus more effectively in the Maths blog last week. In this week’s blog we look at how talking and visualising can help some children to retain important facts, then explain how some basic English knowledge can make all the difference to your child’s exam success.