1. Welcome Year 6 to your 11 plus exam. RULES No speaking No calculators or other modern devices You have 10 minutes to complete the exam. Oh yeah, and your WHOLE FUTURE depends on how well you do!!

2. Answers GENERAL ENGLISH 1.beautiful, sloping, glassy, friendly, doubting, expensive, delightful, sleeping, dangerous, sporting/sporty. 2.Answers a.This is not an Infants' School. b.I am told that Tom Jones's brother has won a scholarship. c.The bishop and another gentleman then entered the hall. ARITHMETIC 3.751 4.153.5 miles 5.60 mile 6.12,012 7.14 minutes 8.a) 990 b) 300 c) 205 d) 1.25 e) 1/10 9.100 more women

3. Answers GENERAL INTELLIGENCE 10. a.Answer: F - Move F from SCARF to RAIL to make SCAR and FRAIL b.Answer: U - Move U from GUILT to POND to make GILT and POUND c.Answer: L - Move L from BLIND to SAY to make BIND and SLAY 11. a.Answer: N - to make THIN, NECK and STUN, NOON b.Answer: K to make FORK, KILL and PACK, KICK c.Answer D to make SHED, DONE and CORD, DINE

4. What is your fate? >75 % = Grammar School (17/23) <75% = Technical school or secondary modern WHAT WOULD THIS MEAN FOR YOU? WHY and HOW DID IT CHANGE? LETS FIND OUT!

5. How did education change in the 1960s? Lesson Objectives 1.To understand what education was like in the early 60s. 2. To identify key figures who campaigned for change. 3.To explain the changes which took place in the mid 1960s.

6. Success Criteria ALL will be able to describe the changes to education in the 1960s. MOST will be able to explain the changes to education in the 1960s giving specific detail. SOME will begin to assess the positive and negative aspects of the changes.

7. Education timeline 1918-1944 = compulsory up to 14. Most children stayed in ‘primary’ education until they left. No qualifications. The Butler Act 1944 = secondary education became a right, and was free. Financial assistance for poor students. Leaving age upped to 15. Introduced the 11 plus exam and the TRIPARTITE SYSTEM

8. The Tripartite System Grammar schools were intended to teach a highly academic curriculum, teaching students to deal with abstract concepts. There was a strong focus on intellectual subjects, such as literature, classics and complex mathematics. Technical schools were designed to train children talented in mechanical and scientific subjects. The focus of the schools was on providing scientists, engineers and technicians. There were very few of these schools. Secondary moderns would train pupils in practical skills, aimed at equipping them for less skilled jobs and home management. Left at 15 with no formal qualifications. These different types of schools were supposed to be equal in status. The idea being that everyone was preparing to contribute to society the best way they could.

9. Education timeline 1918-1944 = compulsory up to 14. Most children stayed in ‘primary’ education until they left. No qualifications. The Butler Act 1944 = secondary education became a right, and was free. Financial assistance for poor students. Leaving age upped to 15. Introduced the 11 plus exam and the TRIPARTITE SYSTEM Circular 10/65 (1965) – all local councils had to propose ways of stopping selection at 11 and move towards ‘comprehensive’ education. It wasn’t compulsory but funding was withdrawn from all schools which didn’t participate.

10. Your Task Complete the task sheet about how education changed in the 1960s. Use pages 109-112 of Waller Stretch and Challenge Ruth Kelly (former Labour Minister for Education) has criticised the Labour reforms of education in the 1960s. 1.Which of her criticisms do you feel is the strongest? Explain your opinion. 2.Why do you think there has been a backlash against the 60s reforms in recent years?

11. Self Evaluation I can describe the changes to education in the 1960s. I can explain the changes to education in the 1960s giving specific detail. I can assess the positive and negative aspects of the changes. Have you met the success criteria? How could you have improved your learning this lesson? (and don’t just say by ‘trying harder’ – be specific!) Have you met the success criteria? How could you have improved your learning this lesson? (and don’t just say by ‘trying harder’ – be specific!)

12. Some people would like to see the return of the Tripartite System. Pop your answer on the post- it and stick it on the front desk on the way out. We’ll use it to start our discussions tomorrow To Finish What do you think? Explain your point of view. What do you think? Explain your point of view.