Is your child ready for his/her 4+ assessments?
/We are already having enquiries for 2029 entry - which is fabulous. It shows that my hard work is paying off. It shows that my message is spreading. It shows that parents all over the country are taking this 4+ assessment process seriously.
Some of you have children who are preparing for 2027 entry. How do you feel? My hope is that you are feeling calm and relaxed. My hope is that you have been doing everything in your power to support your child to prepare for their 4+ assessments in these last 12-18 months that you’ve had.
Many of you have jumped on Consultations with us in these last few weeks and have asked us this question.
Is my child ready for his/her 4+ assessment/s?
Obviously we cannot answer that question fully and comprehensively for you - not without meeting your child and seeing what they can do in each of the 7 areas of learning that these 4+ assessments will be assessing!
If you seriously want that one question answered for you then book your Sample Lesson and Sample Week today or book onto my Ultimate Curriculum Acceleration Programme.
I’m going to provide you with 7 questions to answer truthfully. Obviously these are not tailored to a specific school. If you want questions tailored to a specific school, join my programmes above.
If your answer to any of these questions is no then you have more work to do.
Communication and Language
Can your child answer up to Level 4 questions confidently?
Questions like…
Why?
How do you know?
What might that mean?
What will happen next?
Personal Social Emotional Development
Is your child happy to be left in a new and unfamiliar setting?
Basically will your child go into the 4+ assessment with joy, confidence and happiness?
Physical Development
Is your child strong physically (gross and fine) ?
Literacy (this will be different for each individual school - it’s up to you to know what these differences are and prepare your child accordingly) This question is the bare minimum expectation.
Does your child know all of their phase 2 and phase 3 single sounds?
Maths (this will be different for each individual school - it’s up to you to know what these differences are and prepare your child accordingly) This question is the bare minimum expectation.
Can your child identify and write numbers to 10?
Understanding of the world
Does your child have a hunger for learning about the world around them?
And will they be able to demonstrate this in their 4+ assessment? Do they even know how they would demonstrate this and what the expectation of them would be?
Art and Design
Can your child follow simple instructions to draw whatever he/she is asked to draw with precision and accuracy?
If you answered a confident yes to all of the above - congrats! You still have work to do however!
If you answered no, please don’t worry - you still have time to take massive action to support your child to be in with the best possible chances for success.
