SW London Grammar and Private year 7 entry 2024

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Not sure if this thread has been started but if not, I would like to share experiences, tips and generally talk about schools and their pros and cons and processes to ease the anxiety and pain for us parents :)

Following on from this, does anyone have any insight in to what to expect from a Maths interview at KGS? How rigorous is the testing - is it a discussion or watching them work on some maths questions? Will there be some general chat too?

Similar question here about KGS interview but an English one. Anyone have children who have had one of those? Assume they maybe get a passage to read and talk about and then some general questions about hobbies and interests etc? Be great to know roughly what to expect.

May I ask, how did other DC find the Emanuel maths exam? DD finished Maths very early which is worrying me. I am wondering if she misunderstood some questions and leapt to a quick answer when she should’ve spent longer. Nothing I can do now of course though!

I wish I could answer but getting any level of detail out of DS about the exam has so far proved impossible. I know that he got a jam doughnut in one break.

@minipie according to DS everyone finished early! I was having exactly the same worries, so your message is actually quite comforting...

Medium to easy

@minipie DS finished early too. He said the paper was pretty true to the sample papers on the website (maybe one or two of the qs were more difficult).

Ok thank you that is reassuring.

Yes DD was quite pleased by the snacks!!

Hi ! My son said there was nothing tricky and that he thinks he did well , Finger crossed …🤞🏻

dd finished early and she finds maths challenging. I too wasn't sure if this was a good or bad sign!

A few of her friends found verbal hard.

Have emanuel had their reserve date yet?

I know of some who were ill on Fri taking Emanuel this Thursday, but also know of a couple of kids taking it in January (longer term medical reasons)

League table of 11+ exam snacks needed I think. DS reports doughnut at Emanuel was great. Didn’t appreciate the penguin bar at Hampton though … they need to up their game 😂

Chocolate chip cookies seem to be a common theme at the girls’ schools.

SCHS had memorable brownies and mini sausages but that was at the open day (I may have tried a few…)

@travelturtle Haha - agreed. DS is being provided lunch during one of his upcoming exams, he is quite excited as the tempura prawns at the open day were quite something (we may have had one or twenty…)

box of jellybeans at LEH plus kitkat took 1st place for DD. KGS with kitkat + yoyo close second.

Does anyone know how many they approx interview at KGS?

About 400 i think …

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Hahaha. The way DD has gorged on cookies / croissants / pain au chocolate etc at open days, the schools must think I never feed her... 😂

LOL. My dd was totally like this during the exams, interviews etc. She loved all the treats that were given and acted like we do not feed her at home. But I guess it is because we usually do not have those things at home (we buy them as treats, but don't have them stored at home).

Has anyone had an email from Radnor House today?

Keep hitting refresh on my email like a lab rat hoping for a pellet.

@SkaterGrrrrl I think you’re a month early - pretty sure they said they’d email 5th January 🙂

Yes it’s 5 Jan I’m afraid for Radnor

@SkaterGrrrrl its 5th January! Great simile though 🤣

Oh no! 😳