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11+ tutoring is the biggest tax - free con job in the North. The vast majority of children with a cognitive ability score of 105+ will pass the 11+ with hard work in school and good parental support.
A tutor may help some children in the 95 - 100 bracket. Most tutors are working of the hard work put in by P6 and P7 teachers.
Parents can pay up to £1250 -£1500 for a tutor - yet - if the child doesn't perform well on the day - it's always the schools fault .
Anyway , the 11+ is a reflection of performance on a given day. GCse and A levels are what really counts.
What do you mean by hard work from the teachers? Doing 3/4 test papers in class per week from March in P6 and then spending all morning going over test questions?? Sure that’s not teaching the curriculum, that’s just preparing children for tests. What about the children who aren’t fit to do the transfer? Do they just sit in the class and zone out or give them some sort of booklet to work through? It’s a completely flawed system and most children will struggle to get an A without some form of tutoring. And asking parents to do it is disaster, the children will fight the bit out and cry when their parents are going over test papers whereas they’ll listen to a tutor. And 105 cognitive ability is definitely not an indication that a child is able to get an A in the transfer.
P6 and P7 teachers actually teach the curriculum in the first instance. Pupils wouldnt know how to answer practice papers without that basic knowledge .
The maths curriculum is so broad that the P6 and P7 teachers are teaching that curriculum alongside the transfer work in March through to October. Pupils not doing test are also taught that curriculum throughout that time.
I agree that the focus is on transfer in Sept, oct ,nov but there is no alternative.
Parents are caught in a dilemma about tutoring. Wee Johnny has a tutor ,so my child with a Cat /ptm/ pte of 110 needs one! A complete waste of money for parents. A complete steal for the tutor.....they must laugh when they see these people coming along ... £30 an hour ...for what...going over the papers they already do in school. It's a complete con job in these cases.
A good tutor will identify areas where a child in the 95 - 105 bracket can improve and add value to that childs chances.
Children with a CAt score of 105 rarely fail to score beyond this in the GL/Aqe tests.
11+ tutoring is the biggest tax - free con job in the North. The vast majority of children with a cognitive ability score of 105+ will pass the 11+ with hard work in school and good parental support.
A tutor may help some children in the 95 - 100 bracket. Most tutors are working of the hard work put in by P6 and P7 teachers.
Parents can pay up to £1250 -£1500 for a tutor - yet - if the child doesn't perform well on the day - it's always the schools fault .
Anyway , the 11+ is a reflection of performance on a given day. GCse and A levels are what really counts.
What do you mean by hard work from the teachers? Doing 3/4 test papers in class per week from March in P6 and then spending all morning going over test questions?? Sure that’s not teaching the curriculum, that’s just preparing children for tests. What about the children who aren’t fit to do the transfer? Do they just sit in the class and zone out or give them some sort of booklet to work through? It’s a completely flawed system and most children will struggle to get an A without some form of tutoring. And asking parents to do it is disaster, the children will fight the bit out and cry when their parents are going over test papers whereas they’ll listen to a tutor. And 105 cognitive ability is definitely not an indication that a child is able to get an A in the transfer.
P6 and P7 teachers actually teach the curriculum in the first instance. Pupils wouldnt know how to answer practice papers without that basic knowledge .
The maths curriculum is so broad that the P6 and P7 teachers are teaching that curriculum alongside the transfer work in March through to October. Pupils not doing test are also taught that curriculum throughout that time.
I agree that the focus is on transfer in Sept, oct ,nov but there is no alternative.
Parents are caught in a dilemma about tutoring. Wee Johnny has a tutor ,so my child with a Cat /ptm/ pte of 110 needs one! A complete waste of money for parents. A complete steal for the tutor.....they must laugh when they see these people coming along ... £30 an hour ...for what...going over the papers they already do in school. It's a complete con job in these cases.
A good tutor will identify areas where a child in the 95 - 105 bracket can improve and add value to that childs chances.
Children with a CAt score of 105 rarely fail to score beyond this in the GL/Aqe tests.
11+ tutoring is the biggest tax - free con job in the North. The vast majority of children with a cognitive ability score of 105+ will pass the 11+ with hard work in school and good parental support.I know of a retired science teacher tutoring 12 kids a night (group of 6 at 17.30 and another 6 at 8.30) . He teaches them in a classroom setting at his house rather than 1 to 1. 35 quid an hour x 12 x ?number of days he works is serious tax-free cash.
A tutor may help some children in the 95 - 100 bracket. Most tutors are working of the hard work put in by P6 and P7 teachers.
Parents can pay up to £1250 -£1500 for a tutor - yet - if the child doesn't perform well on the day - it's always the schools fault .
Anyway , the 11+ is a reflection of performance on a given day. GCse and A levels are what really counts.
Surely that transfer hasn't actually happened yet! (If it happens at all)
It's done.
The window for transfer applications is 1st January to 1st March. Approvals/rejections only happen after that window closes. So no it can't be done.
HamseyHamsey
R Donnelly
M Donnelly
Mcaliskey
Brennan
Morgan
T McCann
Harte
McShane
M Cassidy
Cavanagh
M McKernan
B Kennedy
Meyler
Question lads. How many of these would start
M Donnelly
Brennan
Morgan
Harte
Cavanagh
B Kennedy
Can see these all on the sheet, if fit
Harte still on honeymoon. Mid feb by the time he is back
Isn't Harte a teacher? How does he get the time off?
Degany - do you not think it strange the Plan is to be produced a year and half after Gaelfast started? have they just been winging it so far
BigBall - yes I am full of New Year optimism and will keep dreaming Of all 3 - maybe you are nursing a new Year hangover
Probably Pengelly was criticising Arlene's behaviour as bringing the DUP into disrepute.
Bryson not helping things by condemning the rumour, without suggesting it wasn't true.
Barry Dillon still with us, Cassidy remains at Cargin, Adam's who had without question two extremely poor seasons at St John's has somehow managed to end up in Burren!
Think Fitzy is hanging on for another crack at St Endas after a poor term last year no doubt caused by fatigue. Martin Lynch has the hard work done at LD just needs to keep that momentum going to be in next years mix, so he's hanging on too. Wee Gerard Mc Nulty taking over the reigns at Creggan from Kevin Madden.
Anyone with any more info to add to that in Div 1 or other divisions for that matter?
2 Tyrone clubs eliminated form their perspective Ulster Championships on penalty shootouts. I understand a winner needs to be determined but the penalty route doesn’t seem right to me. I’d sooner see 45s as a GAA alternative maybe just the one nominated kicker one per club.
