Transfer Test AQE 2015-2016 *NEW THREAD*

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LouB84 wrote: »

Hi everyone just been reading through some of the comments on here. My son sat his 1St paper yesterday like many others. I'm really panicking because he doesn't always get the papers finished on time. If he gets approximately 65% in each paper does anyone know roughly what mark he would get overall please??
I've no idea how this all works :-(

Hi

I have put a reply to the scoring elsewhere - thing my brain is frazzled with all the tutoring - LOL! You mentioned the fact that your child struggles with time - my first child did AQE last year & also had this problem (now with second child problem is the opposite is too fast!). I would suggest that when your child is doing practice tests at home you should give the verbal time warnings that they do in the real thing ie "15 minutes gone, you have 45 minutes left, 30 minutes gone - you have 30 minutes left, 45 minutes gone - you have 15 minutes left", then "you have five minutes left". In addition to this with my daughter I would say "15 minutes gone, you should be at least on question 16/17, "30 minutes gone - you should be at least on question 34" etc. This really helped. Also you could investigate if your child is pondering too long on difficult questions & perhaps suggest folding down corner of that page to check it later.

Sorry I'm long-winded but hope this may help - I know it is very stressful.

Flashfriend

Rainbowmac wrote: »

All
This for grammar school its it the end of the world if they don't go to grammar goodness sake there's more to life
Yes we all try these transfer tests but life goes on im not at all optimistic of a good score to secure a place just have a feeling but I'm
Not getting worked up it is what it is xx

Totally agree with you. I honestly don't think my DD is suited to a grammar school education regardless of test scores! I have gone over perimeter hundreds of times and she is still getting it wrong :mad:

Rainbowmac

Flashfriend I'm similar my ds will get it eventually when it's explained and as we all
Know the transfer test is an ability assessment and if children do numerous practice papers they are conditioned to know what will come up in a test is that a true assessment of ability because I have saw children who have come up with the " luck " or good score on the day but should not be in grammar are hanging on by a thread and who are not even happy at school anymore .

Why am I allowing my ds to do it then someone is bound to ask and my answer is my ds wants too - he wants to learn - schools don't push to learn the extra that is needed for tt so I have taught him as best as I can to give him the chance to try for grammar .
Between now and results day I will be strongky thinking about secondary route as priority unless my ds manages to pull off a great score and he has good arguments to back up to me why he would like to go to grammar school himself


Rant over lolol

Flashfriend

My DD is the same as she wants to do well herself and I'm trying to support her. After these tests are over I will definitely be swaying her towards an 'all ability' school where I think she would thrive. The only thing I want is a score of about 90 which would do wonders for her confidence regardless of school she ends up at.

BOBS

Flashfriend wrote: »

Totally agree with you. I honestly don't think my DD is suited to a grammar school education regardless of test scores! I have gone over perimeter hundreds of times and she is still getting it wrong :mad:

remember loosing it with DD few years ago over perimeter!! - ended up going outside with pavement chalking and drawing large shapes and making her walk round and add as she went - she got them right after that!! - I did feel a tad guilty later but then realised it had made it click.

Rainbowmac

Flashfriend wrote: »

My DD is the same as she wants to do well herself and I'm trying to support her. After these tests are over I will definitely be swaying her towards an 'all ability' school where I think she would thrive. The only thing I want is a score of about 90 which would do wonders for her confidence regardless of school she ends up at.

I'm the same I'd love him to get above the 90
Mark

BOBS

Hows everyone doing this week - DS did November 2013 AQE for practice tests this week and results are plummeting.
17 days and counting

Top_secret

It's GL GL GL here this week just cannot wait for this whole process to be over

Rainbowmac

We have gl this weekend Also
Maths gl ok 71% silly mistakes in ok

First English paper 57
Another eng 75
Another English 62

Hates reading did I mention that the 57 paper he guessed the whole way through

The 75 one he liked those stories so read them

The 67 read a bit guessed a bit


Does anyone know what he needs to be getting on the English part to do well

My hopes of an A are vanishing he could scrape on with a b1


Help someone

MiaMam

Hi BOBS, DD did November 2013 papers this week too. Papers 2 and 3 - 78% and 75% which is lower than she had been scoring. She's been sitting consistently in mid 80s since Sept.
Perhaps these are particularly difficult papers or else DD has taken her foot off the pedal slightly as there's a bit of a break before the next one?
Either way, I'm trying not to worry about it! X