Jul 20, 2021 | Parenting, Revision, Study Tips
Seven ways to study in the summer holidays? I am a great advocate for school holidays and especially summer holidays. They are there to re-charge, rest and recuperate students and teachers from the previous term, so that you return to school feeling refreshed and...
Mar 30, 2021 | A Levels, Exams, GCSE, Mock Exams, Revision, Study Tips
The days are getting longer, we have sunshine and warm weather and the lockdown is gradually easing. It’s the Easter holidays, which translates as two weeks of endless social possibilities if you are a teenager who has been cooped up all winter, not allowed to see...
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...
Nov 19, 2020 | A Levels, Exams, GCSE, Mentoring, Mock Exams, Revision, Study Tips
Academic coaching benefits students by enabling them to achieve their full potential through the teaching of revision, study and exam techniques, that work to their strengths and learning styles. These can then be put into practice to make for effective revision and...
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...
Apr 27, 2020 | A Levels, Homeschooling, Mentoring, Revision
Our fifth and final part in our series looks at supporting your children with homeschooling in KS5. Let’s be honest, it isn’t an easy task to support your seventeen year old son or daughter, who is used to working independently, starting to spread their wings and...
