Home Education GCSEs – can independent study work for teens?
This post is by 18yr old Toby – having just completed his Home Education GCSEs with ICS Learn, this is his post to have his say about his personal experience through the system, home Educating GCSEs. NO editing allowed by me – this is Toby’s opinion. *We were provided with GCSE courses from ICS Learn in return for writing honestly about our experiences and providing tips on Home Educating.* Throughout the past 6...
Keep Going – Maintaining Your Teen’s Motivation When Enthusiasm Slides
I’m working on a series of posts in conjunction with ICS Learn the online learning centre, for parents of teens, discussing issues around education, exams and revision, from the perspective of a parent actually on the frontline… It is TOUGH right now to get teens to study. Anyone else feeling that it’s just hard Maintaining Your Teen’s Motivation? The exam-year students are fully on it, of course; the pressure of the...
Top online resources for GCSE revision and learning support
Most parents of teens (and teens themselves) are looking for extra online resources for GCSE revision and learning right now. It’s been a weird old time for all of us, of course, but for those studying for their exams it’s been doubly difficult. Because our exam system is sset to a very rigid structure; it’s a simple system, which has been worked out over decades to create the best results for the overall...
The Turing Scheme – £100m for Students to Study and Work Abroad
One of the specific concerns of many parents over Brexit was the loss of opportunties through the Erasmus+ programme which helped so many students study abroad. So it’s good news that the British Council’s new £100 million Turing Scheme will open in March 2021. The scheme, which is designed to replace the Erasmus+ scheme, will be open to universities, further education and vocational education providers and schools. The...
Our Top Tips for Effective Teen Home Learning in Lockdown
And so the lockdown begins to feel oddly normal, and our Teen Home Learning routine is becoming rapidly ordinary and mundane. Which is a good thing – we’re adaptable creatures, and with some super-human effort and organisation skills, our schools and teachers have worked oout systems to make this new lockdown work. But it’s weird, and hard, and really a lot of effort. Some teens are good at it, but a lot are not...
FREE group tuition over half term from MyTutor
2020 has been a disruptive year for teens’ education, and with 1 in 5 UK schools still not fully open, filling in learning gaps remains a top priority for teens – and a big challenge. On top of that, after this year’s exam cancellations, we all know that this year’s mocks have the potential to morph into next year’s graded results. So to add a little security to the predicted grades, we need our teens to really take...