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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.

Victoria Burrill is an English Key Stage 2 textbook author and lover of words and stories, she has been teaching for the last 10 years and has prepared countless children for 11+, pre-test and 13+ examinations. In this post she shares some ideas for children after those key examinations.

It’s over! The exams are finished.  The anxiety is abating.  Now what?  It’s a long hard slog towards the 13+.  Schoolwork, homework, revision… Life after 13+ can feel like being cast adrift, for both teachers, parents and students alike.  So how can you best use this time, keep your exhausted students (and teachers) engaged and add something to their education that perhaps other moments in their school career may not allow?