We used 10 minute tests to help speed up time. Compared to the real tests they were quite generous with time so it boosted confidence which was the absolute key, then once doing easily in time stopped the clock and showed her she was regularly doing them in half the time, she was no longer concentrating on time or what was difficult, just getting on with it.
For concentration try fast games of monopoly, scrabble etc.
Does your son also have a type of question that is like a wall they can’t cross? For my daughter it was spatial. We decided she just didn’t get them and for those types of questions make a guess and move on quickly and that way had time for ones she was more likely to get right.
Good luck, I know it is tougher now more than ever before, daughter did her tests over 8 years ago now and due to start Y2 at Uni. The grammar school she attended used to have a qualifying score that has now gone up by about ten points and there have been less than 10 admitted off the wait list for 2024 entry whereas in past years it has been about 25 by this time of year. The VAT on private school fees policy is pushing out those who may have got places in the past but don’t as there are those who would have in the past gone private.
For concentration try fast games of monopoly, scrabble etc.
Does your son also have a type of question that is like a wall they can’t cross? For my daughter it was spatial. We decided she just didn’t get them and for those types of questions make a guess and move on quickly and that way had time for ones she was more likely to get right.
Good luck, I know it is tougher now more than ever before, daughter did her tests over 8 years ago now and due to start Y2 at Uni. The grammar school she attended used to have a qualifying score that has now gone up by about ten points and there have been less than 10 admitted off the wait list for 2024 entry whereas in past years it has been about 25 by this time of year. The VAT on private school fees policy is pushing out those who may have got places in the past but don’t as there are those who would have in the past gone private.
Statistics: Posted by PettswoodFiona — Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:24 pm