We provide a diverse range of high-quality educational resources tailored to students' needs. Specialising in materials for the 11 plus exam, our platform offers a comprehensive selection of study revision notes, practice papers, and learning materials. Magical Minds Learning is dedicated to providing accessible, quality educational tools to everyone.
We provide a diverse range of high-quality educational resources tailored to students' needs. Specialising in materials for the 11 plus exam, our platform offers a comprehensive selection of study revision notes, practice papers, and learning materials. Magical Minds Learning is dedicated to providing accessible, quality educational tools to everyone.
11 Plus Summer Intensive Course
Now it’s Summer: the time where students and parents cram for last minute revision for the upcoming 11 plus. It can be a really stressful time when you do not know what activities, tests, and what resources to do, seeing as there are so many out there. Do you sometimes wish something was out there for you- a unique plan which doesn’t cost £10? Well we have that ‘something’ for you, that thing which is missing in your journey for the 11 plus.
Just for four weeks (yes only for a month), commit for an hour to an hour and a half every day, and you will have completed effective activities, tests, booster task, specific revision lessons all there for you. After the student has finished the course, they will have much more knowledge, feel confident about the exam, most importantly, feel ready.
The plan is the last attachment, but you can also get it from pressing this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/11-plus-summer-4-week-course-plan-12355119
- Contains eight 11+ CEM style comprehensions
- Multiple choice with answer sheets
- Mixture of fiction and non-fiction passages, reflecting most possibilities that could come up in the real exam
- Contains answers
2024 11+ CEM Practice Paper
This resource contains one practice paper (mock style) out of a five part series. These exam styled papers are specifically designed for the 11 Plus in 2024, useful for all exam boards.
GCSE AQA English Literature revision guide for “Romeo and Juliet.” Designed to help students achieve top grades, this resource offers in-depth insights into the play’s key themes, characters, quotations and model essays
Key Features:
Thematic Analysis: Detailed exploration of central themes such as love, fate, conflict, and youth versus age.
Character Profiles: In-depth analysis of main characters with key quotations and interpretations.
Quotations and Analysis: Essential quotations with detailed explanations to support your essays.
Model Essay Paragraphs: Examples of high-quality paragraphs and full essays for different themes, showcasing how to integrate textual evidence and context.
Contextual Information (AO3): Insight into the historical and cultural background of Shakespeare’s time integrated into essay responses.
Practice Essay Questions: A range of questions designed to test your knowledge and analytical skills with model answers
Who is this guide for?
GCSE AQA English Literature Students: Tailored for the AQA syllabus, covering all necessary content for exam success.
Teachers: A valuable resource for lesson planning and providing high-quality revision materials.
Parents: Support your child’s revision with clear, structured content.
Prepare confidently and excel in your GCSE English Literature exams with our “Romeo and Juliet” revision guide.
11 Plus Creative Writing Book 2
This workbook contains tips, tricks and skills for the creative writing aspect of the 11+ exam. Suitable for independent and grammar schools. Contains debate writing, character descriptions, settings, story writing and more.
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New 11 Plus Test 6: Ages 10-11
This resource contains paper 6, a realistic CEM-style 11 plus practice paper, containing mixed questions on maths, including numerical reasoning and spatial skills, verbal reasoning and comprehension. Have used extensively with my tutees in preparing for the CEM and GL tests.
This resource is part of practice papers pack 5: 11 Plus Practice Papers Pack 5
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All you need to do is email magicalmindslearning@gmail.com your TES username, and state which resource you would like to redeem for free.
11 Plus Vocabulary in Context
This set of resources contains a highly visual guide to understand what the term ‘vocabulary in context’ really means, and the four main ways to find out what a word means in the context when unsure.
Also includes worksheets (matching up word and sentence, to find the definition), with increasing difficulty.
Great for students who wish to stretch themselves further.
You can find all of our vocabulary resources to prepare for the 11 plus from this bundle: Vocabulary Booster Bundle
This resource contains paper 1, a realistic CEM-style 11 plus practice paper, containing mixed questions on maths, including numerical reasoning and spatial skills, verbal reasoning and comprehension. Have used extensively with my tutees in preparing for the CEM and GL tests.
Also contains angles and BIDMAS revision sheets.
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This pdf contains over 500 words that are useful for 11+ Vocabulary .
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Balanced Arguments
Includes:
Introductory powerpoint to balanced arguments (structure, examples, what they are, etc…)
Vocabulary to use in each powerpoint
Word mats (vocabulary)
New 11 Plus Test 6: Ages 10-11
This resource contains paper 8, a realistic CEM-style 11 plus practice paper, containing mixed questions on maths, including numerical reasoning and spatial skills, verbal reasoning and comprehension. Have used extensively with my tutees in preparing for the CEM and GL tests.
This resource is part of practice papers pack 5: 11 Plus Practice Papers Pack 5
11 plus past papers
11 plus mock papers
11 plus practice papers
Creative Writing Bundle
Whether you need to improve your writing skills for an exam or just for fun, these resources will step you through a variety of styles of writing, designed for the 11 plus entrance exams. However, they can also successfully be used for year six students and in preparation for SATs.
This bundle contains three creative writing books:
Creative writing guide 1
Creative writing guide 2 and book 2
22 Creative writing prompts with tips and tricks.
11 Plus English Core Skills
11 Plus Foundation Course
11 Plus Summer Intensive Course
Year 4 should be the least stressful part of the 11 Plus journey, in fact the student should only be spending 120 minutes maximum every week of doing work. Gradually the time spent on revision should increase, however it shouldn’t be labelled as a ‘chore’, make the transition as smooth as possible.
In English it is important to keep on revisiting terms: grammar, punctuation, etc… It’s very easy to get quickly out of tune with SPaG. To have good creative writing skills, being able to tackle comprehension questions, verbal reasoning and more, you need to have the ‘English core skills’
Before advancing to formal English tests, it’s vital that the pupil has the knowledge and skills of basic English for the 11 Plus. English core skills is aimed to cover these topics so that the pupil can feel confident to move onto assessments. Note that this is ‘stage one’ of the foundation, so in the next stages the pupils will be introduced to ‘short’ and ‘long’ English tests. They will be prepared for this as they have gathered the skills from this book
Containing 20 (2x10) specimen questions for Paper 1 Section B of the GCSE AQA English Language, this resource is perfect for revision, homework, assessment, or use in the classroom- especially with the limited material available from AQA. They mimic the style of the real exam and so provide as close an experience to the exam as possible. 45 minutes is advised per question- though for younger years, more time may be spent.
11 plus July Crash Course- Get Exam Ready Calendar.
This is a unique plan to help your child succeed in the 11 plus. Each day of July contains exclusive activities and tests to be completed in order. Included are maths, cloze exercises, comprehensions, shuffled sentences, practice papers, word association, vocabulary, spatial awareness and more. We’ve done all the planning for you!
This plan accounts for the whole month of July and will get your child exam ready, and up to speed. It is designed to make sure that the student will work accurately and quickly, which is the key to success the in 11 plus exams. Enjoy!
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