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🎉Saturday shout-out 🎉

This week our shout out is to our Year 6 pupils, who are anxiously waiting to find out whether they will be offered a place at their first-choice secondary school.

Monday 1st March is National Offer Day for secondary schools. For pupils who passed their grammar school exams, this is a nervous wait to find out whether they will be offered a place. Remember a pass doesn't mean a guaranteed place.

Good luck to everyone, please do let me know if you got the place you wanted 🤞🤞🤞

If things don't quite go to plan, there are other options including appeals. If you're unsure about anything, please reach out to discuss what to do next.

*Tuesday Tip*
This week we are looking at the Bodmas rule. This rule is really important as it tells us the order in which we need to do something. Countdown style games are great for practising this skill.

*Saturday shout-out*
Celebrating success and recognising one's achievements is an important part of becoming a confident learning.

Each week we will be celebrating a success, whether it's creating a fantastic piece of writing (like today), putting effort into a subject we find tricky, or persevering to solve a problem. All successes will be recognised, no matter how small they are perceived to be.

Please also share your child or children's successes with us. We are here to celebrate all learners and their achievements.

*Tuesday Tip!* Every week Learn with Lisa will post a helpful tip for students studying for their 11+ exams. Our aim is to make learning fun, so this will often take the form of a quick game or activity to aid in a student's learning.

Today's tip is focusing on factors and multiples. It's really important for students to not only recite their times tables, but for them to be able to quickly recall related number facts. This will be helpful in answering exam questions in a timely manner.

Follow the page for more hints and tips for the 11+.