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.
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
11 Plus Cloze Bundle
Contains over 500 cloze questions, suitable for students taking the 11 plus.
Includes a mixture of styles including word choice, word bank and missing letters. Answers included.
Macbeth Exam Questions GCSE
This resource contains ten specimen exam style essay questions on Macbeth, with extracts. They lend for perfect practice in the run up to mock exams and the 2021 real GCSEs. These questions in particular mimic the AQA exam board. However, they are also useful for other major exam boards covering the text.
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.
This book 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...
The circulatory system- a PowerPoint. Contains parts of the circulatory system, what they are used for, the heart, the lungs, parts of blood and interactive exercises. Provokes discussion. KS2 science.
Year 6 Arithmetic Tests
Contains five arithmetic tests, suitable for year 5/6 students. Perfect for improving speed and accuracy.
11 Plus - CEM, CSSE, GL, and other private school examinations.
Magical Minds' 11+ Practice Papers for the CEM Test. This resource contains a realistic CEM-style 11 Plus practice paper - each containing mixed questions on Maths, including Numerical Reasoning and spatial, Verbal Reasoning and Comprehension. Helps boost confidence, building skills and establishing success. New- Contains angles recap at end
20 short cloze tests, designed to be used as practice for the 11+ CEM test. Includes a mixture of styles including word choice, word bank and missing letters. Contains answers.
Cloze assesses the ability to read in context, scan and deduct information. It often appears in CEM 11 plus papers.
Book 2
This resource contains twenty full length 11 Plus vocabulary booster exercises (synonyms, antonyms, word association etc…).
Great for learning new vocabulary.
Includes answers.
CEM-style
Magical Minds Learning
11+ Vocabulary CEM
11+ CEM Vocabulary
11+ Vocabulary Tests
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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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KS2 SATs SPaG Test
This forty five minute test is for the national curriculum tests. Testing the student on spelling, punctuation and grammar, it will be really useful to grasp new concepts.
Contains detailed teacher notes and answers.
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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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).