Feb 23, 2021 | Homeschooling, Revision, Study Tips, Uncategorized
Improving concentration in remote lessons is the key to making the most of remote learning, where students are having to concentrate for up to five or six hours a day, in lessons via Zoom, Teams or Meet. Most of these are now live, which students prefer, but often the...
Jan 30, 2021 | Homeschooling, Parenting, Study Tips
Here we go again…or do we? Is it the same as last time or have we learned our seven homeschooling lessons from lockdown in the spring summer of 2020? I have three boys working from home, in years 13, 10 and 6. Keeping a harmonious household certainly has its...
Oct 13, 2020 | Homeschooling, Mentoring, Parenting, Primary Mentoring
Choosing which high school to send your child to is one of the biggest and toughest decisions you will make as a parent, but choosing a high school during a pandemic is even more difficult. Gone is the open evening, when the school puts on its best show to attract...
Sep 22, 2020 | A Levels, Exams, GCSE, Homeschooling, Mock Exams, Revision
I have three boys returning to school running this month, two of whom, like many children, haven’t been to school since March 23rd of this year. One son, in Year 13, returned for occasional days for four weeks before the summer holidays. They are all excited to be...
Jun 2, 2020 | Homeschooling, Mentoring, Primary Mentoring
June 1st is the date that the Prime Minister announced that children can begin returning to school in England following ten weeks of lockdown. He announced that it would be done in stages, with primary schools opening up for years six, one and reception and the hope...
May 21, 2020 | Homeschooling, Primary Mentoring
Supporting your child’s mental health during lockdown is not easy, especially when I’m probably not the only parent who has lost track of what day it is, and how many weeks the country has been in lockdown. As we all attempted to navigate a new normal, juggling work,...
