7+ and 11+ Courses for Children - Knowledge Seekers

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7+ Autumn Half Term Intensive

The course covers all subjects and takes place on 25th-29th October, 2021, 9am-3pm. Cost: ?650. The 7+ intensive course is aimed at children in year 2 taking 7+ exams from November-January. This is my favourite course as the children love it so much even through it is a 7+ revision course! We cover key topics in English comprehension, writing, maths, verbal and non verbal reasoning, with games, paired and group working and competitions throughout the week to break up the lessons, and they do some sample tests on Friday which we give you and their one to one tutors feedback on so that you can focus in on areas for improvement in the final weeks before the assessments. Everything tends to come together in the October half term and final half term before Christmas for our year 2 students, as they have been diligently learning all the foundations in the run up to this point in time.

7+ Mock Exam Morning

Sunday 7th November, 2021 runs from approx 9am-1pm. Cost: ?150. This is an opportunity for your child to understand what it feels like to sit all tests in a morning as they will do on an actual assessment morning. This can be an invaluable experience as it can raise/bring to light things such as nerves, concentration, ability to refocus, all sorts of exam technique points that whilst addressed earlier during one to one tuition, often only become "real" for a student when they experience an assessment morning. I have seen students benefit by getting their nerves out of the way and feel more prepared for what to expect, learn for example that if they get stuck on a question that doesn't mean they need to go to the toilet 5 times during that paper (!), the importance of not missing out any pages in their test, showing their working etc. We write feedback for you on their results so that you and their tutor can hone in on these things before the actual assessments.

7+ Christmas Creative Writing Workshop

The 7+ Christmas Creative Writing Workshop runs from 20th-21st December, 2021, 9am-3pm. Cost: ?250. Similar to the Summer 7+ Creative Writing, this course is aimed at helping children who will be sitting the 7+, but for children who are working more at NC levels and are going into year 3 it is also a very good fit, as 7+ students are working far ahead of NC levels for their age. We look at sentence structure, adding detail and description with adjectives, adverbs, fun and exciting verbs, openers and the 5 senses, as well as similes. We work on story mountains/volcanoes and how to write a 3-5 paragraph story with a clear progression and resolution.

11+ Autumn Half Term Creative Writing

This workshop runs from 23rd-24th October, 2021, 9am-3.30pm. Cost: ?250. This 2 day half term Creative Writing course for years 4-6 follows a similar format to the Summer one mentioned at the top, with a focus on 11+ writing styles.

11+ Mock Exam Morning

Sunday 30th October, 2020 from approx 9am-1.35pm. Cost: ?150. This is an opportunity for your child to experience what it feels like to sit a full assessment morning before their independent school exams in January. They will sit a full English and maths test, and slightly abbreviated verbal and non verbal in order to make the day not too gruelling! For many students this is an invaluable experience as it gives them a less intimidating yet real opportunity to show themselves that they can complete these exams back to back and often that it isn't as scary as it might seem! They often report that it allowed them to get their nerves out of the way, and they could see how quickly they were going to need to work and also find out where they still needed to improve. We write feedback for you on their results so that you and their tutor can hone in on final areas for improvement before the January assessments.