A day with no 11+ in it

The sheet

The week on one page: the day, and the three evenings, with no papers, no practice and no talk of the test.

For the fridge · A4 · One page · PDF, 51 KB

How it helps

In an exam year, the test can take over every day of the week. A day and three evenings with no papers, no practice and no talk of it give your child time to be a child, and remind you both that the rest of life is still there.

How to use it

1. At the start of each week, sit down together and mark the day and the three evenings on the sheet.
2. On those days, put the file away and don’t bring up the test. If your child brings it up themselves, listen, but don’t use it as a way back in.
3. Build the day around one unhurried meal, with phones away, starting with yours.
4. If you miss a week, let it go. The day isn’t another rule to get right.

How to get this sheet

This sheet comes with a subscription. It is also yours with its chapter, if that is the chapter you read free, or if a teacher or therapist sends it to you. School staff and therapists signed in to their shelf can print it too.

It goes with The 11+ Year.

Free to print

These are free to anyone, with nothing to sign up for.

• A plan for a bad dayTo fill in together · A4
• Before you ring the schoolFor a call or a meeting · A4
• What to say: school and friendsCards to cut out · A4, eight cards to cut
• Before the SENCo meetingFor a meeting · A4
• Three reports, side by sideFor a meeting · A4 landscape
• The return-to-school meetingFor a meeting · A4
• The move to secondary school, for a parents’ eveningFor a parents’ evening · A4, five pages
• The last half-hour before bedFor the fridge · A4
• The worry ladderTo fill in together · A4
• Before you see the GP about your childFor an appointment · A4, two sides
• A record of what happenedFor a call or a meeting · A4, two pages
• The people I can tellTo make together · A4, two pages

Every sheet, marked free or with a subscription, is at theparentbook.com/printables.