Le Raun’s performance in CPEA beats that in his dream

While he had a dream that he would place eighth in the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment(CPEA) 2022, Le Raun Robinson of the Biabou Methodist School surpassed this.

The 11-year-old aspiring pilot climbed all the way up to second for boys and sixth overall with a total score of 477 out of 500 marks.

Robinson’s best subjects were Mathematics and Social Studies with scores of 72 out of 75. This is not surprising since he admits to liking equations and problems.

His writing ability has also been praised by his principal, Hassan Wickham.

“He is quite quiet but he does his work, a very conscientious worker,” Wickham described.

“I had to work with them sometimes when the teacher wasn’t there and so on and when all the others were finished he was not finished because he had to take his time and form his letters properly,” she explained.

An exceptional student, he “does not say much but his work speaks what he cannot say, he does well. So him placing sixth/second is not much of a surprise, we were expecting him to do quite well.”

Mathematics and Science teacher, Suzette John and Language teacher, Shontell Lewis also expected Robinson to do well.

John said he is very analytical while Lewis described him as a very independent student.

“He doesn’t need much coaching and with his work, as Miss John said, he’s very thorough and if he’s not clear on something he would come and he would ask for an explanation once or twice and that would be it,” she said.

The young Biabou resident said that he feels “great”, and when asked why, he elaborated because he “did so good”.

He was not expecting it, and his very happy mom, Farisha Robinson was also a bit surprised.

“I know he would have done well but the top 10 is like…He said to me ‘mom I dreamt I’m gonna be placing eighth’ and lo’ and behold he came sixth. So it was a pleasant surprise, but I know he had it in him to do well,” she said.

“Study hard, concentrate, try your best,” Le Raun advises other students who will sit the exam in the future.

He plans to continue in this vein when he goes to the St Vincent Grammar School in the next academic year, following in the footsteps of his brother, Le Shaun.

As a reward for his effort, the 11-year-old will be visiting the Grenadines.

“He loves it because I used to work in Canouan so he used to come over to meet me, so he fell in love with the Grenadines,” his mother explained.