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Verbal Reasoning Tests
All children whose parents have "opted in" for the selection tests will sit the three Verbal Reasoning Tests. These have long been part of the Eleven Plus process. The tests are designed to assess a child's reasoning abilities and are intended to identify the child's ability to cope with sequences, codes, problem solving, information tables, odd words out and so on.
In addition to the practice paper which the children take before the tests, the children will also be given further practice in class to familiarise them with the question papers they will sit and the types of question that appear in them.
The Practice Paper and Test Papers for 2011/2012 will be taken on the following dates:
Date | Paper |
| Tuesday 18 October | Verbal Reasoning Test - Worked Practice |
| Tuesday 1 November | Verbal Reasoning Test - Practice Paper |
| Tuesday 15 November | Verbal Reasoning Test - Paper 1 |
| Tuesday 29 November | Verbal Reasoning Test - Paper 2 |
| Tuesday 10 January | Verbal Reasoning Test - Paper 3 |
Absentees will take the Verbal Reasoning Tests in their own schools on their return.
English, Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning Tests
These Tests, which have replaced the "order of merit", will comprise a test in English and in Mathematics, both of which will relate to the National Curriculum which the children will have been studying in their lessons. The English and Mathematics tests will not seem very different to the children from their normal classroom work.
The children will also take a Non-Verbal Reasoning Test which will test their ability to master new concepts and reasoning processes independently of their language skills.
Children will be given practice in the English and Non-Verbal Reasoning tests.
Children will also complete a piece of creative writing, which will be used only in the assessment of the children whose work is looked at by a Borderline Panel.
The tests will be taken on the following dates:
Date | Paper |
| Tuesday 24 January | English/Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice |
| Tuesday 7 February (morning) | English |
| Tuesday 7 February (afternoon) | Non-Verbal Reasoning |
| Tuesday 21 February (morning) | Maths |
| Tuesday 21 February (afternoon) | Creative Writing |
All the test papers are marked centrally.
Parents are invited to attend Open Evening at the Grammar School, grant-aided Colleges and the High School which serves the catchment area in which they live.
The dates for these open evenings are as follows:
Date | School |
| Saturday 24 September | Blanchelande College |
| Tuesday 27 September | The Grammar School (for pupils at Castel, St Martin's, St Andrew's, Notre Dame, Vauvert and St Mary & St Michael Primary Schools) |
| Wednesday 28 September | The Grammar School (for pupils at Vale, Hautes Capelles, Amherst, La Houguette, La Mare de Carteret and Forest Primary Schools) |
| Thursday 29 September | Les Beaucamps High School |
| Thursday 29 September | St Sampson's High School |
| Thursday 29 September | La Mare de Carteret High School |
| Saturday 1 October | Elizabeth College |
| Saturday 1 October | The Ladies' College |
John de Carteret, Administration Manager
Address: Education Department, PO Box 32, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 3AUTel: +44 01481 733000 Fax: +44 01481 714475 Email: jdecarteret@education.gov.gg
