The main issue with children not wanting to fail.

How would your 3 year old handle it if they went into an assessment at the likes of Westminster or Haberdashers or NLCS and they were given a question that perhaps was impossible for them to answer? How would your 3 year old handle it if they were asked a question that was pitched at a high level and they were unable to answer it? What if questions are phrased in a difficult way or in a way that you child simply doesn’t understand? What would your child do in those circumstances? 

These questions are asked purposely in 4+ assessments. Everything is done with purpose and everything is done with intention. 

These top, elite schools are looking for how children will deal with difficult situations. They are not looking for children who will get everything right and who have memorised a bunch of stuff. Not at all. They are looking for how children will demonstrate skills such as resilience, perseverance, problem solving and maturity. 

So, currently how would your child handle a difficult question? A difficult situation? A difficult problem to solve? 

Will your child say ‘I don’t know?’

Will your child just run off? 

Or will your child pause and think. Will your child ask themselves how they could figure it out? How they could try their best and simply have a go? That is what they are looking for.

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