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Let's help each other through the eleven plus nightmare!

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2009 · 03/09/2009 11:49

Thought I would start a new thread for all of us whose year 6 dc are taking 11+ or selective entrance tests this term ( and who don't want to soend hours with the obsessives on the elevenplusforum )

My DS started Y6 yesterday and told me that many of his classmates are already talking non-stop about the exams and it made him nervous already

He will face a full battery of grammar and independent school tests starting from Sept through until Jan. I have bulk ordered the Gin and Tonics from Tescos already

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2009 · 03/09/2009 14:05

I'm a bit at year 4!
They did talk a bit about it in Y5 but I guess it's front of mind now. Quite tricky to keep DS feeling calm, as I rapidly turn into a nervous wreck myself...

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CatherineofMumbles · 03/09/2009 13:20

Lucky you not getting the non-stop talk till year 6 Ds is in year 5 and his mates have already been at it thru Year 4 , despite our desperate attempts to tell him to forget it till MUCH nearer the time...
Very best Of luck!