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Entrance Examination Notes Examination papers for all admissions groups are graded according to age Group A (7+) for Year 3 entry Group B (8+) for Year 4 entry Group C (9+) for Year 5 entry Each exami[.]
Visit www.examberrypapers.co.uk for expert 7+ practice papers Entrance Examination Notes Examination papers for all admissions groups are graded according to age Group A (7+) for Year entry Group B (8+) for Year entry Group C (9+) for Year entry Each examination consists of: • Listening test • English test • Mathematics test • Reasoning test Specimen English and mathematics papers are available to download from the ‘Admissions’ section of the school website: www.kcs.org.uk GROUP A Year (7+) entry LISTENING TEST There will be a short listening test of about 20 minutes This will be played through the school’s IT network via speakers All candidates, therefore, will hear the same recording This recording will comprise a short listening exercise and a final section based on following the instructions heard in the recording ENGLISH TEST Time allowed: 45 minutes The English paper is in two sections Section A is a test of comprehension Pupils should expect to answer questions on unseen information The questions will invite pupils to recall and reflect on the information as a whole Section B is a test of writing Credit will be given for good spelling, punctuation and paragraphing as well as imaginative and exciting use of vocabulary Irrelevant answers or pre-learnt sentences will be penalised REASONING TEST This might comprise verbal or non-verbal questions or a combination of the two GROUP A (7+) Year Entry MATHEMATICS TEST Time allowed: 45 minutes The test is based on the Year National Curriculum syllabus, however, there will be some extension questions to challenge the able boys NUMBER and the NUMBER SYSTEM • Counting, properties and numbers and number sequences MONEY, MEASURES, and SPACE SHAPE • Money and measures • Shape and space • Place value and ordering • Estimating and rounding • Fractions SOLVING PROBLEMS CALCULATIONS • Problems involving money and measures • Understanding addition and subtraction • Making decisions • Rapid recall of addition and subtraction facts • Reasoning about numbers or shapes • Mental calculation strategies (+ and -) • Understanding multiplication and division • Checking results of calculations • Rapid recall of multiplication and division facts • Mental calculation strategies (x and ÷) GROUP B Year (8+) entry LISTENING TEST There will be a short listening test of about 20 minutes This will be played through the school’s IT network via speakers All candidates, therefore, will hear the same recording This recording may comprise a short listening exercise and a final section based on following the instructions heard in the recording ENGLISH TEST Time allowed: 45 minutes The English paper is in two sections Section A is a test of comprehension Pupils should expect to answer questions on unseen information The questions will invite pupils to recall and reflect on the information as a whole Section B is a test of writing Credit will be given for good spelling, punctuation and paragraphing as well as imaginative and exciting use of vocabulary Irrelevant answers or pre-learnt sentences will be penalised REASONING TEST This might comprise verbal or non-verbal questions or a combination of the two GROUP B (8+) Year Entry MATHEMATICS TEST Time allowed: 45 minutes The test is based on the Year National Curriculum syllabus, however, there will be some extension questions to challenge the able boys NUMBER and the NUMBER SYSTEM MONEY, MEASURES, and SPACE • Counting • Money and measures • Basic properties of numbers: factors, multiples, odd, even etc • Shape and space SHAPE • Number sequences • Place value and ordering • Estimating and rounding • Fractions SOLVING PROBLEMS CALCULATIONS • Problems involving money and measures • Understanding addition and subtraction • Organising and using data • Rapid recall of addition and subtraction facts • Making decisions • Reasoning about numbers or shapes • Mental calculation strategies (+ and -) • Understanding multiplication and division • Rapid recall of multiplication and division facts • Mental calculation strategies (x and ÷) • Checking results of calculations GROUP C (9+) Year entry LISTENING TEST There will be a short listening test of about 20 minutes This will be played through the school’s IT network via speakers All candidates, therefore, will hear the same recording This recording may comprise a short listening exercise and a final section based on following the instructions heard in the recording ENGLISH TEST Time allowed: 50 minutes The English paper is in two sections Section A is a test of comprehension Pupils should expect to answer questions on a passage of fiction The questions will invite pupils to recall information, draw inferences and evaluate a writer’s use of language Section B is a test of writing Pupils should expect to write clearly, fluently and accurately on one (or more) composition tasks Irrelevant answers or pre-learnt sentences will be penalised REASONING TEST This might comprise verbal or non-verbal questions or a combination of the two GROUP C (9+) Year Entry MATHEMATICS TEST Time allowed: 45 minutes The test is based on the Year National Curriculum syllabus, however, there will be some extension questions to challenge the able boys Harder questions from Group B plus the following: • Read, write and order whole numbers up to 100,000 • Know by heart all multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 • Column addition and subtraction of two whole numbers less than 10,000 • Short multiplication of hundreds/tens/units by units • Short division of hundreds/tens/units by units • Multiplication and division of whole numbers by powers of 10 • Round any four-digit number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000 • Extend number sequences • Recognise negative numbers and perform simple calculations with negative numbers • Fractions and decimals: recognise equivalence between simple fractions and decimals Order simple fractions Find fractions of numbers and quantities Place value for tenths and hundredths • Metric system (length and mass) • Area and perimeter of rectangles and other simple shapes • Read scales to the nearest division • Read the time from clocks - conversion between 12 hour and 24 hour clock • Solve simple problems involving ratio and proportion • Reflect a 2d shape in a mirror line • Recognise positions and directions and use co-ordinates ...GROUP A Year (7+ ) entry LISTENING TEST There will be a short listening test of about 20 minutes This will be played through the school? ??s IT network via speakers All candidates,... TEST This might comprise verbal or non-verbal questions or a combination of the two GROUP A (7+ ) Year Entry MATHEMATICS TEST Time allowed: 45 minutes The test is based on the Year National Curriculum... calculation strategies (x and ÷) GROUP B Year (8+) entry LISTENING TEST There will be a short listening test of about 20 minutes This will be played through the school? ??s IT network via speakers All candidates,