What are the Prerequisites to join this Course?

Your Child is expected to know the topics which are covered in Year 4 and 5 national curriculum framework along with the good conceptual understanding of the 11 Plus syllabus.

What should students do after the course ends?

Students should go through the recommended list of resources, homework and lecture notes to further enhance their learnings from the course.

Which schools is this Course suitable for?

This Course is suitable for all the students appearing in 11+ exams for both grammar and independent schools. This Course is designed to cater to all students who are appearing for their 11+ exams.

How to attend the classes?

This is Online live tutoring real-time sessions. We are using zoom.us, the screen is shared, and there is an audio and video. Our tutors use Digital Pen and Tablet to write and explain the concept during tutoring on a digital whiteboard. The classes are very interactive live sessions, and students can communicate with the tutor on the zoom platform. At the end of the class, we provide the lecture notes and homework available on our dedicated Pi Academy’s study portal. Parents can download lecture notes and homework. The parents can print the homework and give it to the child to solve with a traditional method using pen and paper. Parents can scan the homework and upload it on the portal so that the tutor can have a look. Zoom link will be posted on our study portal 15 minutes before the session time. Parents need to use the link to join the digital classroom. The detailed email is sent to the registered email address 2 days before the course begins. Parents are advised to check their emails close to the course starts.

In Pi Academy we have a very organised team of tutors : We recruit tutors who have graduated with degrees in Maths, Engineering from top universities and have excellent portfolios in placing the children in top London’s Independent and Grammar school.

Are all the courses independent?

Yes, every course is independent and self-sufficient. This means that you can sign up for a course at any time.

Can I register for more than one course?

You can book for as many courses as you want as long as the slots are available, and they are not overlapping to the date and time of the other course you wish to book.

Can I cancel my course?

All our online courses are Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable. Parents can not cancel the course at any point in time before or in the middle of the course as we book the slot for your child and don’t offer that place to any other child if you cancel the course.

Will these Lessons be recorded?

We record the Zoom Lessons conducted by our tutors for internal training purposes, to offer a better experience to our students and to make our future classes highly productive. We do not record student’s faces.

11+ Comprehension Summer Intensive Course

Course Description

Our interactive 11 plus comprehension course will take students through the exam techniques that they will need in order to achieve their very best in their 11+ English tests and beyond. This course will provide essential help in descriptive as well as multiple-choice comprehension. Book your place now to ensure your child has a thorough and effective preparation.

The course covers descriptive as well as multiple-choice 11+ comprehension covering the following types of questions:

1. Selecting Information / Close Reading / Factual Questions for 11+ exams

Learn how to gather information quickly and easily. You’ll practice quick reading skills to identify appropriate answers. Use these skills to save time and energy during the exam, meaning you can focus on the longer questions.

2. 11 plus Vocabulary / Identifying Literary Devices

Sharpen your knowledge of literary devices, and expand your vocabulary through our practice of unusual and interesting synonyms for commonly used words. You’ll be able to easily identify examples of all the well-known literary devices. Recognising them will become simply second nature!

3. Analytical Questions

So, you know how to spot a metaphor or use of personification. You can tell your alliteration from your sibilance, no problem. Now, you need to know how to analyse these techniques. This course will help students understand why writers use these devices, and what makes them so effective. This module will also be useful for enhancing their creative writing skills.

4. Paraphrasing (understanding complex vocabulary)

Being able to put phrases into your own words is a crucial English skill. In this course, students will learn how to effectively paraphrase strange or unusual sentences/wording. Make your paraphrasing clear and accurate in this lesson.

5. Inference (Deduction)

The inference is a rudimentary English skill, and many authors rely on their readers’ ability to infer in order to make their writing creative and imaginative. They don’t want to have to tell you that a character is happy - we infer that by their actions, their words or the way they are described! You will learn how to read beyond the surface of the narrative, and to interpret the implicit meanings that lie beneath.

6. Close reading and inference combined together

This combined course will draw together the skills that we’ve been honing throughout the course. Understand how these skills can be used in partnership in order to produce answers that are accurate and clear. This is a chance to put your new skills into practice.

7. Multiple choice comprehension exam techniques

You’ve made it to the end! Our course helps students to tackle the tricky multiple-choice comprehensions. We will support you in learning how to read carefully and develop a precise and thoughtful elimination process for answering multiple-choice questions.

This Course Includes