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SPGS first round… what actual device are they using for the test?! Laptop? iPad?

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ScreenPrinting · 14/11/2023 16:47

Hi, my daughter is due to sit the SPGS first round on-screen assessment next week but the school hasn’t said what device this will be on. She’s not at all accustomed to using the mouse on a laptop, she’s zippy as anything on an iPad but if it’s a laptop that will slow her down… if we know what it’s usually done on I can borrow a laptop and get her to have a play around on it for a couple of hours!!

if your daughter sat this test in the last couple of years could you let me know what it was done on?

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user149799568 · 16/11/2023 13:01

PreplexJ · 15/11/2023 23:22

Last year saw a few NLCS prep kids in the same session, they all hit the keyboard with crazy speed, well prepared.

Somehow I doubt that it was NLCS that did this particular prepping.

PreplexJ · 15/11/2023 23:22

Last year saw a few NLCS prep kids in the same session, they all hit the keyboard with crazy speed, well prepared.

travelblueturtle24 · 15/11/2023 23:12

They use normal computer and keyboard+mouse - it is a short exam in the first round. Based on last year, they seem to call by school - so all kids from the same primary will be together
Don't try to read too much into their call schedule - it is done to make sure that kids are together with other kids they know. Their process is very well managed to make sure kids are at ease.

Jonny234 · 15/11/2023 12:52

What day did you get? Apparently the tests run all week.

Do you think they select the dates on first names or surnames or at random?

I'd like to change the day we've been allocated due to a clash but the email says u can't

SamPoodle123 · 14/11/2023 19:36

Have you tried asking them? When I asked a school what they use, I was told.

Foxesandsquirrels · 14/11/2023 19:13

I suggest you get her used to it as all the on screen assesments are on a normal computer with keyboard and mouse etc

PreplexJ · 14/11/2023 17:46

Not ipad, it is a desktop or laptop with a physical mouse and keyboard.

For some VR section test physical keyboard is important.