Tips and tricks to furnish your new home: from the kitchen to bathroom
How do you start with decorating your new home? Naturally, this depends on where you come from. Did you have your own house before? How much bigger is your new place? If you need to start from scratch, you have more freedom than someone who brings two lorries filled with stuff. Budget is another important cornerstone when looking to furnish your new home. In this article, we will dive into multiple ways to make your home one of your...
Helpful Pointers for Selecting Wallpapers and Wall Murals for Teenagers’ Rooms
The right choice of wall murals and wallpapers can truly transform and make a statement in your teenager’s bedroom. They will have the perfect space to rest up after a long day, somewhere to retreat to and be along with their thoughts and study, as well as somewhere to entertain their friends. Choose from the large selection of wallpapers that are perfect for teen’s rooms at https://www.photowall.co.uk/magazine and create...
A Levels in one year? We thought so…
This was to be a post describing a plan to complete A Levels in one year. As regular readers know, in 2020 our 17yr old had a lightbulb moment, shook himself and decided it was time to study now. He took the four GCSEs he needed for his next step, and gave himself nine months to study them using the ICS Learn courses. Not only did he pass everything, but he achieved a 9 in English Literature , and an 8 in English Language – having...
5 Ways to Increase Your Daily Productivity
Do you feel like you are falling short of your capabilities? Have you felt since lately that what you achieve each day is far less than what you are capable of? If you are seeking ways to boost your productivity, natural supplements like those found at cibdol.com can help. The productivity-boosting tips below will also help you to maximize your potential. By Julia Sudnitskaya Shutterstock Start a Vision BoardA vision board that...
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...
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...