Daughter going to local grammar school, can anyone tell me about the curriculum?

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JustRichmal the OP is a new parent to grammar school so it may be helpful to her to get the normal parental version of what's required for a child to settle happily into Y7, rather than an extreme take on the thing. Her DD is far more likely to succeed at a grammar without a parent piling on pressure under the guise of merely providing materials for an eager to learn/ achieve child. Nothing needs to be done in the holidays except for possibly the holidays immediately preceding public exams and most certainly not in the holidays prior to the transition to secondary school.

Are you in the UK?

I don't think anyone has a magic formula for the best way to bring up a child, so if you don't want your child to do work over the summer holidays then don't. I don't think being told I am not following the crowd will be enough to to persuade me I am wrong.

Incidentally OP all kids 'lose momentum' over the long summer holidays but it doesn't take any time at all to get it back.

JustRichmal it's not normal for parents to issue extra schoolwork in the holidays and it's just that sort of approach to schooling which can trigger all sorts of problems for the child. I assume that your DD is at a grammar school too but all I can say is that you must be in a tiny minority and I very much doubt that your approach will guarantee or even aid achievement - very possibly the opposite, at least ultimately.

She's 11. You could just let her run outside and play...

Talk to her about being organised. I thought dd was an organised child I was extremely mistaken and it took until Christmas for dd to get her act together

Grammar school/seminary??? Surely you know what is taught??? Why have you agreed to this if you do not know what it is all about? Plan ahead for what? My DDs just turned up to their schools. Apart from uniform, no planning needed.

Surely it is up to each parent how best to raise their children and it is they who know their children best. I just asked dd, and she says it gets a bit boring just doing nothing and she quite likes doing maths as well.
For lots of children, learning is something they like doing.

Any half-way decent grammar school headteacher would tell you to lay off over the summer and let your DD enjoy herself doing whatever it is she likes doing. She absolutely doesn't need to do a thing. Never heard of this kind of prep and I'm quite a seasoned grammar school parent.

If you do wish to teach your dd over summer, get her to write out a timetable with you of what days you will do some work and what days she will have purely as holiday. This is so she can see she will be having days just free and it will not be all work. I am planning doing 20 days of work 4 hours with dd, who will be going into year 9. This is less than half of the holidays. Dd would rather do this than not as she is now at an age when she wants to achieve. Also, from experience, some of those 20 days dd will not feel like working on the day and you simply have to let those days go or all the other days when she would have wanted to work will become a chore she has to do. I expect she will do 15 to 18 days in the end.
For resources, you could try KS3 revision books and workbooks.
Your local library for factual books.
On line: Khan Academy, Hegartymaths
You Tube: Crash Course (Beyond KS3, but fun to watch)
BBC bitesize.
Websites: UKMT, nrich
Going into year 7, I think it does not really matters what she learns, so long as she enjoys it. Dd likes maths and so this is what she will mainly be doing.
You could also try doing Dance Mat Typing on the BBC website, as this is a skill which will come in useful.
It is also important to get a good balance of doing fun things on the free days. If it is a choice between getting housework done or taking her den building in the park, the park has to win.

I would concentrate on the practical things like practising the route to school (using a bus or train etc.), tying ties (if necessary), ensure she knows how school timetables work (although every school seems to print them off in a different format). Encourage reading and keep up with times tables and have fun.

Life skills are more important than the academic stuff so work on organisation, team work, confidence, ability to find books in the library, do independent homework and use public transport safley

The best preparation you can give her to make sure she reads regularly.

has she had her induction days yet? They will tell her what she is expected to do.

I agree with soup, theses no need to do formal school work over the holidays. Do fun stuff and let her relax. There's plenty of time for academia in the future. If you want to,do learning stuff, go to museums or take up a new hobby. I know it can be a bit scary starting grammar school, and you want her prepared, but the best way is to her relaxed, not stressed about work.

I think I would get her to do still like reading different books and reviewing them and other more general "learning" things.

Personally I don't see there being any benefit in working on what she will be working on in September, there will be plenty of different educational things you can do that won't result in boredom/false appearance of advancement in September.

Your school should have a curriculum document on their website - this would be a good starting place.