How to prepare for the maths part of the 7+ Assessments with less than 3 months to go.

I would hope that you’ve been dipping into the year 2/year 3 curriculum with your child and revising concepts from the year 2/3 curriculum consistently and frequently over these last few months. I don’t believe you can rush the maths curriculum for the 7+ Assessments so this is very important. The last three months should be all about completing test papers to the level expected of your child in their 7+ assessments. This does differ from school to school and the 7+ Assessments provided for free online are very inaccurate and old (from over 15 years ago!) They also do not reflect the level of difficulty of the 7+ Assessments.  

The last 3 months should also be about learning new concepts from the year 3/4 maths curriculum. They certainly shouldn’t be spent learning year 2 mathematical concepts such as telling the time or calculating halves and quarters. If this is the case, it’s okay just keep going. Don’t let this dishearten you. Now that you know what is expected of your child in their 7+ Assessments, you can put a clear and structured plan in place to truly support them to cover a well rounded, broad and vast curriculum to give them the highest chances for success in their 7+ Assessments. 

Your child needs to be at mastery (greater depth) in all of the year 2 curriculum. This is my minimum baseline. If my students are not at greater depth in the Year 2 curriculum, when they begin their 3 month intensive programme of study, we go all in to support them to get there. The next step needs to be to cover the Year 3 curriculum (all of it!). Now, you might be saying - hey, this is far too much. Yes it is! Don’t think of it in this way. See it as a challenge. One that you are willing to go all in on. There is not half hearting this. And if you do, we have no interest in working with you. 

Your child deserves to go into any 7+Assessment equipped with the knowledge and understanding to be able to answer any question asked of them. 

Problem solving needs to be strong. Reasoning needs to be strong. Your child needs to know all of their times tables (not just the 2x, 5x and 10x tables) and I really don’t care if the schools have told you that this is ‘all’ your child needs to know. Ignore this. How can your child find fraction of quantity, for example 1/4 of a number or 3/4 of a number, if they don’t know their 3 and 4x tables? And let me be crystal clear with you. Preparing for the maths 7+ curriculum takes at least 2 years of Assessment preparation so if you haven’t done so, get started now. Stop making excuses and go all in to ensure that your child is in the best position possible to happily and comfortably sit any 7+ Assessment and have the highest chances for success. 

If you are truly serious about supporting your child to be wildly successful in all of their 7+ Assessments,  join our 3 month Intensive programme and let’s all be committed and dedicated in supporting your child to have tremendous success in all of their 7+ Assessments.