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.
This resource contains twenty 11+ maths practice papers, part of the ‘stretch’ series. They are suitable for all exam boards, in particular CEM, GL and independent entrance exams. These tests are pitched at a slightly more advanced level and hence perfect for practice close to the real exam.
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SATs Preparation Ultimate Bundle
Includes:
KS2 SPaG paper with a detailed mark scheme, teacher notes and answers
5 KS2 Maths Arithmetic papers with a detailed mark scheme, teacher notes and answers
three full length lessons plans, containing quizzes, power-points, and high quality questions
10 Full Length English comprehension papers, with detailed teacher notes and answers
A Vocabulary jotter
Times Tables Speed Test
Fractions - Complete lesson, flashcards and quizzes
Ratio - Complete lesson, flashcards and quizzes
Make SATs fun Issue one
Get SATs ready in 5 days
Angles and BIDMAS revision
Speed and accuracy test (maths)
Contains 9 resources worth £14.17.
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Includes 50 challenging numerical reasoning and logic puzzles, designed to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Ideal for:
Entrance Exam Preparation: Help students tackle the kind of complex reasoning questions often found entrance exams and interviews.
Challenging the Brightest: These brainteasers will stretch high-achieving students, providing an opportunity for deeper thinking and advanced problem-solving.
Classroom Activities: Use the brainteasers as warm-up or cool-down activities in the secondary school maths classroom to engage students, stimulate creative thinking, and enhance their logical reasoning abilities.
This versatile resource can be easily incorporated into lessons or used for independent study, making it a valuable tool for teachers looking to push their students to excel in mathematics and beyond.
Entrance Exam Preparation
Maths Brainteasers
Numerical Reasoning Questions
Stretching Bright Students
Maths Classroom Activities
Problem-Solving Puzzles
11 Plus Preparation
KS3, GCSE
This magazine is perfect for teachers, students, and parents preparing for the national curriculum tests. The activities are designed to be fun whilst also providing valuable practice and methods handy for the real day.
Includes:
Detailed introduction on what the SATs examinations are, and what is in the tests
An interview with a student who took the exams in 2019
Reading recommendations for students who want to improve their comprehension and vocabulary skills
FAQs about reading for SATs, understanding of the book, motivation, how long to read, etc…
Explanation on why is it important to read, and how can you find a book which is interesting
Vocabulary booster word search
Fraction flashcards
Tips on how to improve your speed when dealing with fractions
Four rules of number speed test
Further thinking questions about four rules of number, inverse operation, and fractions
Skimming and scanning
How to improve your comprehension skills
Sudokus to help with reasoning, tip and tricks how to become better
Maze, tips and tricks to become better
Hidden messages
Letter tiles
Number blocks
Cryptograms
Double puzzles
Maths squares
SATs preparation timetable
Revision tips from students who took the SATs exams in 2019
Onomatopoeia fun creative writing exercises
Prompts for tasks to complete on onomatopoeia
How to include onomatopoeia in your creative writing to make it more interesting
Types of recounts
Why recounts are fun
Examples of personal recounts
Continuation of recounts to make a story activities
Ratio tables exercises
Quick fire quiz on topics covered in issue 1
New 11 Plus Test 7: Ages 10-11
This resource contains paper 7, 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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New 11 Plus Test 3: Ages 10-11
Ages 10-11.
Suitable for all exam boards
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11 Plus Maths Warm Ups
This resource contains 25 starter/plenary activities which can be used at the start or end of a session, focussed on core skills required for the exam. Suitable for both the classroom/tutoring environment and at home.
The maths behind the coronavirus unit of work
This resource contains three lessons on the maths behind the coronavirus, useful for students in year five to nine. Each lesson is planned with warm ups (starters), main, and cool downs (plenary), and worksheets to complete in the lesson.
Lesson one focuses on how the economy rapidly changed during this period of time.
Lesson two focuses on vaccines, and how we can use maths to help create the perfect vaccine.
Lesson three focuses on the maths behind social distancing and how we can use data and statistics to back up our points and make factual statements.
This is a perfect opportunity for students to learn some maths beyond the curriculum.
Magical Minds' 11+ Practice Papers for the CEM Test. This is test 5 from the book. Helps boost confidence, building skills and establishing success.
Added extra: angles recap.
Magical Minds Learning- 11 Plus Practice Papers for the CEM style tests contains five realistic CEM-style 11 Plus practice papers - each containing mixed questions on Maths, including Numerical Reasoning and spatial, Verbal Reasoning and Comprehension. Helps boost confidence, building skills and establishing success. Mixed format- (both multiple choice and standard format).
Make 11 Plus fun! Issue 2
This magazine is perfect for parents and students preparing for the 11 Plus examination. It is suitable for all exam boards from CEM to GL. The activities are designed to be fun for the students whilst also providing valuable practice and methods handy for the real day.
Includes:
Aims and goals for the student
A plan to follow (detailed) for year 5 (grammar school exams) and 6 (independent school examinations)
Mathematical jokes sent in from Issue 1
Helpful tips from parents and students sent in
Ideas on how to learn vocabulary effectively, with goals and questions to answer
A vocabulary booster word search, with follow up questions
6 creative writing prompts, with lots of tips and examples to follow. An explanation of how to structure your writing
Fractions, decimals, and percentage flashcards
How to tackle maths questions with unused information
Sudokus, mazes and puzzles
A practice cloze with advanced vocabulary
An activity on rotational symmetry, with visual aesthetically pleasing graphics
An interview with a parent whose child passed the 11 Plus exam
A vocabulary booster crossword
A fun shuffled sentence activity
Synonyms exercises, with an explanation how to learn your new vocabulary in a fun way
Questions to ask at an open day, a brief about what open days are about
A ‘continue the story’ exercise
Pascal triangle activities
Maths limericks
A vocabulary list
Data maths questions - explanation how to interpret data
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Ratio (Complete lesson, flashcards, quizzes, etc…
Includes:
An editable powerpoint, with aims, targets, past paper questions from UKMT and SATs
Equivalent ratio flashcards
Ratio table worksheets
A ratio full length test
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Place Value Top Trumps
This superb resource can be used with year 3/4 students to consolidate understanding of place value in complex numbers.
Use these cards as a plenary to go over concepts in a fun way. My students really enjoyed this activity- and competition was ripe in the classroom!
Please note that these papers are papers 1, 2, 3, 4 And 5 of the collection put together in one document. Magical Minds' 11+ Practice Papers for the CEM Test. This set contains five realistic CEM-style 11 Plus practice papers - each contains mixed questions on Maths, including Numerical Reasoning and spatial, Verbal Reasoning and Comprehension. Helps boost confidence, building skills and establishing success.
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Mixed format
A realistic CEM-style 11 Plus practice paper - containing mixed questions on maths, including numerical reasoning and spatial, verbal reasoning and comprehension. Helps boost confidence, building skills, and establishing success. Also included: angles recap and task
11 Plus Mock Test 2
Suitable for ages 10-11, this mock test is great practice for the real exam.
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Magical Minds' 11+ Practice Papers for the CEM Test. This book contains a realistic CEM-style 11 Plus practice paper - contains mixed questions on Maths, including Numerical Reasoning and spatial, Verbal Reasoning and Comprehension. Helps boost confidence, building skills and establishing success. Includes angle recap
11 Plus Year 4 Foundation Course Plan
You can find the complete course here
For parents and students it can be confusing when you don’t know when to start the journey for the 11 Plus exams. There’s a broad range of resources and books out there for different subjects and topics, but what do you start with?
We have the solution for you. This course is the foundation to build up to success for the 11 Plus. Useful for students starting out in year four.
Once the student advances and is able to tackle more complex problems, they should complete our 4 week course which is suitable for year five pupils, nearer to the exam:
11 Plus 4 Weeks Summer Course.
Remember that the above course stated is for students who are confident in all abilities and skills required for the exam (year five).