When preparing for the Kent Test, working through tasks from published practice material is important, bu there are lots of other ways to develop relevant skills too - many of which are far more enjoyable!

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Below you'll find a list of activities that will help to develop important Kent Test skills. 

 

To develop English & verbal reasoning skills:

 

 

 

 

 

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• Play online maths games. Visit these websites for access to a large range                                                            of online maths games

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• Use maths in everyday situations: Shopping

         - For example,  “If I buy 3 cakes that cost 57p each, how much change

should I be given if I pay with a £5 note?”

 

• Use maths in everyday situations: Baking

         - Using grams, kilograms and millilitres when following recipes

will help with an understanding of metric units.

 

• Use maths in everyday situations: Time

Practise reading the time from digital (12 hour & 24 hour) and analogue clocks (including clocks marked with Roman numerals & without numbers).         

 

• Use time in everyday problems - e.g. working out what time to leave home to arrive at a destination at a particular time.

 

Interpret bus / train timetables.

 

• Practise times tables.

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• Play number games such as 

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To develop Non-Verbal Reasoning & Spatial Reasoning skills:

 

• Complete jigsaw puzzles. If you don’t have puzzles at home then try some online at https://www.jigsawplanet.com/.

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• Explore & experiment with tangram puzzles.

 

• Build with lego.

 

• Play Minecraft.

 

• Play Tetris. There are various versions of this available as apps for your phone.

 

• Complete spot the difference puzzles.

 

• Spot Wally in “Where’s Wally?” books

 

• Complete Sudoku puzzles

 

 

To develop test-taking strategies

 

• Play games that require quick thinking. Try these -

 

• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

• Boggle

• Think Words

• Dobble