EXTRA Classes
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CEM Summer School 2020
This class significantly improved pupils' CEM scores by up to 23% points in 2019.
This takes place in the conference rooms at the Imperial Hotel Torquay http://www.theimperialtorquay.co.uk/location/directions
Holiday class over three mornings. Choose one option and then attend all 3 mornings.
Option 1: 17th- 19th August 9.00am - 12.15pm 2020
Option 2: 17th- 19th August 1.30pm - 4.45pm 2020
Option 3: 25th- 27th August 9.00am - 12.15pm 2020
Option 4: 25th- 27th August 1.30pm - 4.45pm 2020
This is a great opportunity to study ALL THINGS CEM in the run up to the 11+ in September.
Each pupil will be issued with 3 booklets per day, one from each class, covering all topics we have taught and offering further exercises. Answers provided!
Classes will be taught by Davina, Jane and Liisa over the 3 mornings. Each morning will contain 3 classes (NVR, Maths and English VR) with a short break between each one for pupils to have juice, biscuits and a toilet break then go to the next class. (All in same building.)
Davina: NVR and problem solving in the CEM
Liisa: Maths in the CEM.
Jane: English and VR in the CEM
To improve basic skills, build confidence and learn how tackle CEM papers with speed and confidence
- Verbal Reasoning techniques to suit you (Vocabulary with Meaning, Spelling, Cloze, Logical Reasoning)
- Non Verbal Reasoning Techniques (Similarities, Sequences, Analogies, Codes, Transformations, Matrices, Nets)
- Maths skills needed for each section-type in the CEM
- Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Tackling each CEM section at speed
- Techniques for maximum marks
£170.00 includes all resources and juice/brain boosting snack between each session. There is a £30 deposit (unrefundable) to pay on booking + £140 due in late June.
There will be some homework after each session.
Booklets to work on for rest of holiday.
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CEM Maths Master Class
60 minutes per day over 5 days ONLINE
6th - 10th APRIL 2020
Holiday class over 5 mornings (you need to attend all 5).
Small group: 6 max
Teacher: Jacqui Allen (Maths Specialist, Totnes)
To improve basic skills, build confidence and learn how to tackle more complex mathematical problems in small groups
- Speedy basic maths techniques (linked to word problems)
- Fractions, decimals and percentages
- Mean, median, mode
- Probability
- Perimeter, area and volume
- Shapes and angles
Plus any other areas of concern - let me know at time of booking.
£105 includes all resources and half time juice/brain boosting snack.
YOU MUST KNOW YOUR TIMES TABLES UP TO 12 FOR FULL BENEFIT OF THIS COURSE
Timed test to do at home beforehand and homework after each session. Maths work book to use at home for rest of holiday.
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CEM English Master Class ONLINE
60 minutes per day over 5 days
Holiday Class over 5 mornings (you need to attend all 5 ONLINE).
"We have been so impressed with the english master class this holiday. Fantastic materials and she absloutely loved going each day." Easter 2018
Small group: 6 max
Teacher: Claire (English specialist)
- How to approach comprehensions
- Comprehension: deciding on the optimum answer
- Shuffled Sentences
- Missing Words (Cloze exercises)
- Missing Sentences
- Vocabulary (Synonyms and Antonyms)
- How to gain maximum marks in 11+ Engish sections
Plus any other areas of concern - let me know at time of booking.
£105 includes all resources and half time juice/brain boosting snack.
IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO HAVE A COPY OF THE OXFORD STUDENT’S THESAURUS.
English multiple choice exam beforehand and work after each session. Work suggestions for weeks up to the 11+.
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NVR Master Class
Easter 2020 dates Bookable in Parent Zone
Holiday Class over 2 mornings (you need to attend both).
Small group; 8 pupils maximum.
Teacher: Davina (NVR specialist in Chelston, Torquay)
Skills to help you tackle the NVR sections in the CEM paper with speed and confidence.
- How to recognise SPANSS (It's technical but easy once you know how!)
- Similarities, sequences, analogies, codes, rotations, reflections, nets
- How to work at speed
- Techniques for maximum marks in the CEM
£75 includes all resources and a half time juice/brain boosting snack.
Timed test to do beforehand and homework after session one.
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Master Classes in NVR, Maths and English will run in the holidays. After a couple of mocks you will know which areas need extra work.
CEM Summer School. MAX 45 pupils (Each in a fully socially-distanced class of 15). Start times will be staggered.
August 2020
Log into Parent Zone to book.
Cost: £170.
"
Just a quick email to let you know that [my daughter] really enjoyed summer school. She wasn't too thrilled with the idea when I signed her up but now she tells me it's the best thing I could have done! She thought the teachers were fantastic and the revision really useful. We have noticed that she is so much more confident and less nervous about the test."
A Mum, Sept 2018
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Everything was so well organised: spacious class rooms, range of topics to cover, professional tutors who spotted right away my child's specific needs and helped her improve her exam results."
A mum Sept 2018
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Summer School with JP Tuition was the most beneficial learning experience for my daughter on her way to 11+ exam."
A mum Sept 2018
Please log in to Parent Zone to book. If you are not registered with us then follow the link at 'Register now' and we'll email log in details.