If your child is planning on attending a private or independent school they may have to take the 'Independent School Entrance Exam'
. The test score that your child gets in this test will be a factor on whether they are admitted or not. Therefore it is important that your child does well!
The ISEE has 5 major parts: Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics Achievement and an Essay.
There are various methods on how to prepare for the ISEE. Some parents choose to hire private tutors costing anywhere from $50 - $150 an hour! However there are other means.
On the official ISEE website there is a guide that parents can download to find out more information about the test. There are also various websites online that offer practice test questions.
The entrance exam does not allow the use of calculators. Therefore your child's mental maths should of a good level.
Of course one of the best prep methods is to do past exams. These are available online which you can find with a simple search.
For the reading comprehension part of the exam it is important that your child has read a wide selection for books (factual, history, non-fiction etc.). This range of reading will help your child cope with whatever is presented to them in this section.
It is always important when revising to remember the theory of a method rather than the facts alone. Therefore in the quantitive reasoning section even if they have not come across the problem before they may have a method that they can apply.