anyone with kids in p6? exam help plz!!

Ex-Spendaholic

bluegem wrote: »

Hi,I have a daughter in p6 and was wandering when Grammer schools have their open evenings.
Jx

The actual open evenings for children to take a look at the school happen in January/March. You get to show your child lots of schools which they may or may not have a chance of getting into.

However grammars are holding parents evenings right now to inform parents of the process for admission, AQE tests etc. Check the websites of any schools you are interested in as the info should be there. I know Wellington College are having theirs next week or the week after.

happymummy24-7

we attended the open evening at the school our daughter wants to sit the exam in (glenlola college bangor as they do it in a smaller classroom setting instead of everyone in a hall) to get the AQE info and application form-that was last wednesday and the principal advised us to apply asap as the spaces are limited and people had already been applying from the opening date 2 days previous!!! So we sent off the form by recorded delivery the next morning........and havent heard anything :eek: our friends who applied for Regent got the acceptance letter and photo pass within a couple of days and they were number 170 ish! I want to get our letter NOW,i cant imagne what its going to be like waiting for the actual exam results and school acceptance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So actaully what i wanted to say is dont wait.....apply for the exam asap even though the cut off date is september you might end up in a school not even 3rd on your list! (im sure you have already done so and im just panicking about them getting mine in on the 5th day or even worse....have royal mail lost it,i must get the recorded delivery slip out and try to check!)

Ex-Spendaholic

I'm sure most of you already read the AQE Results thread on here but for anyone who doesn't I thought I'd mention that they have finally published the papers which our kids sat last November (although parts are blanked out due to copyright).

The classroom setup for taking the test is so much better if you can get that for your child. I applied the day the applications opened last year (hand delivered to the AQE office at BRA). At the time people who had posted in their forms which obviously arrived later were getting their letters before me which was a panic but don't worry it will come. I don't know of anyone who didn't get the test centre of their choice last year.

Willyk

Belfast Telegraph Papers here:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/papers

happymummy24-7

we got the letter thismorning confirming our dd got into Glenlola to sit the exam.......panic over lol
Im now waiting and watching the other AQE exam thread with my fingers crossed for all the lovely families going through the stress of results day tomorrow

facingthefuture

Hi there,
please can you tell me what percentage you need to get to achieve an A with the GL test?

Ex-Spendaholic

For anyone interested the Grosvenor P6 Parents Info session is at 4pm tomorrow (31 May).

ladyb1rd

I am a parent of a child who has just got into her 1st choice grammar school after coming through a year of blood sweat and tears (many tears). My child would not have been the strongest in the class but had her heart set on a particular school (which happened to be a grammar) so we decided to go for it.

I did most of the 'tutoring' focussing on maths as that is my strongest subject, but I did get a tutor to assist her with english only.

Like many of you on here, her main problem was making silly mistakes, not reading the question etc. Although personally I think she was just tired of the whole process.

I did (on many occasions) try to talk her out of it as we do have a perfectly good secondary school as an alternative, but she was adamant that she wanted to continue.

My advise for those parents with children taking the exams this year is to focus on the basics first. Times tables, mental addition and subtraction (eg number bonds 10, 20) are key. I would do regular speed tests on times table and mental addition. When a child is strong in these areas, then working on the different processes eg fractions, percentages, averages etc become much easier.

Vocabulary is the biggest advice I could give to you regarding english. Its always a lottery as to what piece of text they will get on the day and sometimes its luck whether or not your child has actually come across a word or not.
With comprehension get the child to underline the parts of the question that are the main focus, then underline the answer in the text.
Similies and opposites always come up and if you search the internet you will find lists of these.

Good luck...

portrushdad999

Hi all dont envy you having to go through this as we have just come through the other side. It was a long haul with tears, tantrums and all sorts and that was just me!!

Thankfully son got first choice Dalriada and we did not use private tutor but I spent a lot of time on it with him approx 6-8 hours per week.

There are a couple of things that worked for us

Firstly we used pmp papers we had 24 of them son attempted papers 1-6 in order and we discussed mistakes and errors, scores were recorded. Then after paper 6 we we went back to paper 1 then paper 7 then paper 2 then paper 8 then paper 3 and so on. We compared scores to ensure same mistakes were not being repeated. This worked quite well.

Secondly because I found myself repeating the same things over and over I wrote them down and formed a set of rules to stop myself saying them same things again and again. Son kept copy in pocket which he looked at before school tests and there was one on fridge, bedroom wall and beside TV and computer. Here are our ten rules for tests hope it helps and good luck to everyone.

Test Rules



1. Read instructions carefully

2. Read questions carefully

3. Note special requirements in each question (e.g. underline, circle, tick etc.)

4. Look for grammar in questions it will give you clues (e.g. tick box is one answer is required, tick correct boxes is more than one answer)

5. Write down facts that you know about the question (e.g. 60 minutes= 1 hour, 1000ml= 1litre, 1000 metre= 1km and so on and on)

6. Write down mathematical formulae you know (e.g. area of square= length x breadth, area of triangle= ½ length x breadth, 180 degrees in a triangle and so on and on)

7. Show all-working out. Do not attempt questions in your head even the simplest ones.

8. Answer all questions. Be careful not to miss any pages.

9. Remember for English the answer is always in the text and use the question to form your response.

10.When finished check all your answers and spelling. Maths questions should be verified by inserting the answer you get into the question.