by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
As an English tutor, exploring poetry with my students can be a little like wading through treacle! Poetry and Rap – are they cousins though? Most (not all) young people dislike poetry, finding it dry and difficult to understand and fail to see the reason or...
by admin | Apr 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I’m not very good at stopping and reflecting! What are the 10 things I should be grateful for? Lives are so busy these days with work, family, friends and a social life, that I have to be tough on myself to stop for a second...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
With World Autism week 2021 upon us, I’ve been taking time to reflect upon how the demand for my tuition services has changed in recent years. Whilst most of my tutoring involved GCSE students, younger learners struggling to achieve at school and adult EAL...
by admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
As we near the end of the fourth lockdown in the UK, many are asking how we understand the social and emotional impact of lockdown on our young people’s mental wellbeing and how the experience of growing up in a pandemic has affected their social skills and...
by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here we are, in the grips of a third lockdown, and once again schools have been shut to restrict the spread of Coronavirus and we are home schooling again. Parents are expected to grasp the role of educator once more, as well as juggle all their other...
by admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
A recent BBC news article referred to research into the numbers of children now being home educated, rather than attending school. It comes as no surprise that, in the last 12 months, estimates point to a 38% rise in parents choosing to educate their children at...
