Lessons Learnt:  3 GCSE Mistakes to Avoid in 2019

Lessons Learnt: 3 GCSE Mistakes to Avoid in 2019

  Recently in TES news, exam board AQA shared some feedback to teachers about what to avoid. What does this mean for students? Here is what they said. Give adequate weight to all assessment objectives One of the most useful skills you can develop as a GCSE student, of...
Why Shakespeare Is Still Relevant Today

Why Shakespeare Is Still Relevant Today

Have you have ever used sayings such as “tongue-tied”, “in a pickle” and “cruel to be kind”? If so, you have quoted Shakespeare. In fact, it’s likely we each cite him every day without even realising it. Shakespeare also crafted unique words like “hoodwinked”...
Why Online Learning Works

Why Online Learning Works

There are many ways to learn online. You can participate in online one-to-one lessons, remote classroom sessions, e-learning or a combination of all three. Since online lessons do not lend themselves to a traditional way of teaching and learning, some people are...
Top 5 Tips to Organise your Learning Time

Top 5 Tips to Organise your Learning Time

Whether you are an adult learner or a teenager who is juggling multiple subjects, working efficiently and effectively can be challenging. But it doesn’t have to be. The solution lies in being organised – specifically with your time. Tip 1:  Use a diary system...
Why Choose Homeschooling In 2019?

Why Choose Homeschooling In 2019?

In 2018 the BBC reported that over the last three years the number of children who are being home-schooled in the UK has risen by around 40%. It’s not hard to see why; for parents, ensuring their child’s schooling is top quality is vital, and home schooling is...

Who could be our Modern Day Shakespeare?

Shakespeare has remained arguably the world’s most well known writer, ever since he was producing comedies that are still funny today and tragedies that are still heart wrenching. But could there be a modern day equivalent we might imagine staying similarly as...