The #1 secret to sending your child into their 4+ Assessment successfully.

This is the most overlooked part of the 4+ Assessment. Yet it is the most important part of the 4+ Assessment.

How your child goes into their 4+ Assessment will crucial.

I’ve never heard anyone saying to me that their child went in crying and passed. Never. And if you have heard of someone whose child went in crying and passed - then they are the exception.

If your child goes in crying, upset or doesn’t want to leave your side, they will not pass.

Who will the school be more likely to choose?

The child who was crying and didn’t want to go in or the child who said bye bye beautifully to their mummy or daddy and waltzed in happily? It’s obvious.

The #secret to sending your child into their 4+ Assessment successfully is to talk to them about it.

A lot.

Not just for a few days before the Assessment but for months and months and months before the Assessment.

Even though you might think your child isn’t paying attention to you, they are absorbing what you are saying. The more your talk about it. they more they might start to ask you questions about the Assessment. This is great! Your child must know exactly what will happen on the day of their Assessment.

And it is up to you to ensure that they know exactly what will happen.

At the ages of 3 and 4, your child will not know what an Assessment is so don’t use this word. Tell them that they are going to a beautiful school, tell them they will meet new teachers, tell them that they will meet new children. And then tell them exactly what they will do and exactly what your expectations of them are.

This is the #1 secret to sending your child into their 4+ Assessment successfully.

Be completely open and honest with them.

Do not tell them it’s a play date. It isn’t.

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