Y5 11+ Week Commencing 11th May (week 6 of 6)
Welcome back,
We hope you had a great weekend. Our next block is now live and available for booking. This is an 8-week block, taking us up to the end of the academic year. Full details are below. BOOK HERE
As we move into the final nine weeks of term, both you and your children may start to feel the pressure. We are now working through the 10–11 books, and it’s normal for children to find the work more challenging and not always achieve the same scores as before.
This is a good time to step things up and consider our focus sessions. Our Verbal Reasoning sessions are very popular and often fully booked, so I’d recommend securing places early to avoid disappointment. Early booking also helps with staffing and allows us to increase capacity where possible.
We’ll share details of our current sessions below, and will be in touch soon about summer holiday one-to-one sessions on Wednesdays. Early booking for these would also be greatly appreciated to support planning.
If you’re unsure which sessions would be best, please do get in touch—we’re happy to help.
👉A REMINDER OF THE FOLLOWING
Holiday Provision
Throughout the holidays, we will continue to offer workshops (each covering different content), mock tests, and 1:1 lessons. These will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, with booking links shared in the coming weeks.
Resources & Homework
If you have already placed a book order, your resources should have been distributed. If not, ordering details can be found in the Homework section.
If you are still waiting to receive materials, please get in touch. A small amount of stock is still available for those who have not yet ordered.
Important Reminders
Parking
Please do not park on site, as the parking spaces belong to other organisations using the venue. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
Attendance
Classes run Monday to Saturday. If your child is unable to attend a session, please notify us as early as possible. Where space allows, we will do our best to offer an alternative session within the same week.
We are open on Bank Holiday Monday as usual. If you cannot attend, please contact Chris as soon as possible and we will try to accommodate you where we can however most of our other sessions are now full. Please note that this may not always be possible. Do not attend an alternative session without prior arrangement.
As a reminder, we are now entering the final term with just 11 weeks of regular teaching remaining. We recommend gradually increasing home study to around 20–30 minutes per day, ideally split into 10–20 minute sessions.
If you are not already attending additional sessions, we strongly encourage you to consider them, as they are highly effective for boosting confidence and addressing any gaps.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We are looking forward to a productive and successful term ahead.
Warm regards,
Chris, Nic, and the team
👉THINGS TO BOOK 👈
BLOCK 6 NOW OPEN
Week 1: 18th May - 23rd May
HALF TERM HOLIDAY
Week 2: 1st June - 6th June
Week 3: 8th June - 13th June
Week 4: 15th June to 20th June
Week 5: 22nd June to 27th June
Week 6: 29th June to 4th July
Week 7: 6th July to 11th July
Week 8 13th July to 18th July
WEEKLY ENGLISH COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY LESSONS BOOK HERE (Wednesdays 5:30pm)
WEEKLY MATHS ARITHMETIC AND MENTAL PROBLEM SOLVING BOOK HERE (Thursdays 4:30pm)
👉VERBAL REASONING FOCUS LESSONS
Week 1: 18th May - 23rd May
HALF TERM HOLIDAY
Week 2: 1st June - 6th June
Week 3: 8th June - 13th June
Our Verbal Reasoning GL Focus Sessions are part of our spiral curriculum, where skills are revisited and built upon over time to ensure strong understanding and retention. Designed for the GL 11+ exam used by the West Midlands Consortium, they reflect the structure and challenge of the real test. Over the three-week programme, pupils rotate through key question types including: coding, number problems, sequences, vocabulary, and analogies, each time increasing in difficulty. This spiral approach strengthens accuracy, speed, and problem-solving under timed conditions.
We raise the level of challenge beyond regular classwork, ensuring pupils are fully stretched. Those who attend and practise at home become more confident because they gain familiarity with a wide range of question styles, improve their techniques, and learn to manage time effectively. By revisiting concepts in increasingly complex ways, our spiral curriculum helps children build a secure foundation while developing the confidence and resilience needed for the most demanding verbal reasoning questions.
👉TEST SKILLS FOCUS LESSONS
Week 4: 15th June to 20th June
Week 5: 22nd June to 27th June
Week 6: 29th June to 4th July
Week 7: 6th July to 11th July
Week 8 13th July to 18th July
Our final focus sessions before the break-up for the summer will be a full review of test-style questions. Each week, we will concentrate on different areas of content alongside key exam techniques, including timing, completing answer grids, and understanding question formats.
These focus sessions are carefully designed by experienced teachers to provide structured, targeted preparation in core areas such as English comprehension, vocabulary, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, and spatial reasoning.
Each session develops essential exam skills, including time management, working under pressure, and confidently tackling GL-style questions, while also helping to identify and address gaps in learning. This ensures steady progress and helps prevent learning loss, even outside of school.
By combining hands-on, exam-style activities with specialist teaching, these sessions do more than build academic understanding—they also help children approach assessments with greater reassurance, readiness, and self-belief. Even a small amount of well-directed support at this stage can have a significant impact on both confidence and future performance.
👉HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
EACH WORKSHOP IS DIFFERENT. ALL DATES ARE ON THE LINK ABOVE.
OUR NEXT WORKSHOP IS THURSDAY MAY 28TH 16:30 - 18:30 (5 SPACES LEFT)
When theses spaces are filled I am unable to accommodate any further children.
The 11+ isn’t just about passing an exam – it’s about building real confidence, exam technique, and academic resilience. The Eleven Plus Success workshops are designed by experienced teachers to give children focused, structured preparation in key areas like English comprehension, vocabulary, maths, and reasoning.
Each session targets essential exam skills such as time management, working under pressure, and tackling GL-style questions, while also identifying and closing gaps in learning. This helps prevent learning loss and keeps children progressing steadily, even outside school.
With interactive, exam-focused practice and expert guidance, these workshops don’t just improve knowledge – they help children feel calm, prepared, and capable when it matters most.
A small amount of targeted support now can make a big difference to confidence and outcomes later.
👉MOCK TESTS
EACH MOCK TEST IS DIFFERENT AND PROGRESSIVE. ALL DATES ARE ON THE LINK ABOVE
OUR NEXT MOCK TEST IS SATURDAY 30TH MAY - 9:00 - 12:00 (8 SPACES LEFT)
When theses spaces are filled I am unable to accommodate any further children.
Mock tests are one of the most powerful tools in 11+ preparation. They don’t just check what a child knows — they recreate real exam conditions, helping students build confidence, stamina, and time-management skills before the actual test.
At Eleven Plus Success, mock exams mirror the real GL-style 11+ format across English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning, and Non-Verbal Reasoning. This gives children a clear picture of where they are now, and exactly what they need to improve.
After each mock, parents receive detailed feedback showing strengths, weaknesses, and key areas for focus. This turns every test into a clear, personalised revision plan — not just a score.
In short, mock tests reduce exam-day stress, highlight gaps early, and give children the best possible chance of success.
👉SUMMER ONE TO ONES
Spaces are limited and on a first come, first served basis. We can focus on an area of need your child has. These are also pre-bookable for Mock Test Feedback.
👉SPATIAL WORKSHOPS
BOOK HERE
Spatial reasoning in the 11+ GL test (UK) is all about how well a child can understand and manipulate shapes and patterns in their mind. It doesn’t test knowledge in the same way as maths or English, but instead looks at how children think about space, movement, and visual relationships.
In the GL Assessment papers, spatial reasoning questions might involve:
Identifying the next shape in a sequence.
Finding the hidden shape within a diagram.
Rotating or reflecting a shape in their head.
Finding a the cube face that does not fit from a net.
Spotting which shape is different or doesn’t belong.
Many children find this area the most challenging, because it is so visual. Unlike vocabulary or times tables, which can be revised in a more straightforward way, spatial reasoning relies heavily on visualisation skills—being able to “see” the shapes move or change mentally. Some children naturally enjoy this type of puzzle, but for many it takes practice and confidence to improve.
👉VOCABULARY WORKSHOP
BOOK HERE
(BOTH VOCABULARY SESSIONS ARE DIFFERENT)
One of the most challenging aspects of the 11+ exam is vocabulary, accounting for around 15% of the Verbal Reasoning and English sections.
Many children find this difficult because:
- The level of language is more advanced than what they usually encounter in school.
- The words and expressions are often beyond the books they typically choose to read.
Our vocabulary workshop aims to support pupils by:
- Exploring language in a variety of contexts to deepen understanding.
- Helping children cement new words and phrases into their working memory.
- Teaching practical techniques to make recalling and using unfamiliar vocabulary easier during the test.
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VOCABULARY
WORD OF THE WEEK: Querulous (Find a synonym, antonym and put it into a sentence)
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This week’s KAHOOT quiz pin: 02485911 (Verbal Reasoning Quiz 5)
Well done to Aavi AGAIN last week! 5 raffle tickets coming your way!
Remember to play through kahoot.it. Use name1, name2, name3 etc for each play!
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HOMEWORK
10-11 NVR ASSESSMENT 3
10-11 MATHS ASSESSMENT TEST 1
Unsure how to do homework or independent study - watch this link
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO LINK: ENGLISH TRUE OR FALSE before the lesson. This can replace a 10min test and children will receive 2 raffle tickets for doing so.
We have come to the end of the 9-10 books and will be moving onto the 10-11 books. I plan to do an order this weekend for the books. You can order here.
Coming to the end of the 10min test books? The next steps are the focus books. Order here
Finish the booklet from the lesson and return in the following week. Remember to complete the vocab in context. To be handed in week commencing 18th May.
REMEMBER: to mark the homework with your child and bring it to next lesson.
REMBEMBER THE HOMEWORK IS DUE IN NEXT WEEK’S CLASS.
Complete at least 3 tests from each of the 10min test books. REMEMBER to mark this with your child daily & go through mistakes. Suggested time table is available in our 11+ guide. https://www.elevenplussuccess.com/11-useful-documents. Our winner last week . You get 5 raffle tickets!!
