Hi All,
I’m feeling the pain too ! One day up and another down.
The closer it’s getting to the exam the more stressful this is becoming, though am doing my best not to let this show.
Our weaker areas were speed and Maths, we’ve been working on these two areas. Speed is a real big issue and silly mistakes creep in.
My Dd sat three Shirley mock exams, March 64 %, May 64% and the recent one in Aug 76 %.
I think they use data from previous years (Score vs which school they have secured a place at ) and compare children’s latest mock scores to them.
My dd isn’t even 10 yet, won’t be 10 till a week before the actual exam. She’s shown a lot of maturity but she is still only 9 so how much can you expect from a 9 yr old (almost 10).
From what I’ve read, age standardisation could mean very little as it all depends on that cohort in any given year but I am keeping my fingers crossed that this helps my dd and makes it fairer for her.
As one poster said, were all doing our best and all our dc have worked towards the exam so we should be really proud, whatever the result may be.
Now I just have to take my own advice
