This might sound daft, but is year 8 of common entrance always a constant stream of past papers and not much else. Ds is bored rigid and being a typical 'preteen' about things like revision. This is all new to me as he's an only child and on a bursary, so no previous experience of this exam or the preparation for it. School seem to be having a fairly high turnover of staff as well due to illness and maternity leave and staff leaving which has also proved unsettling as the really good teachers were replaced by ones who seem to rely heavily on printed worksheets.
Are there any tips for lifting the boredom and helping ds out of the doldrums? He's also preparing for whats termed as a 'non academic' scholarship (so the creative subjects) but school seem to be flinging all their efforts at those who may achieve academic scholarships.
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Year 8 and Common Entrance boredom
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inthename · 26/11/2014 01:46
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