What does the Eleven-plus exam involve?
How Eleven plus exams work Approaching Eleven plus exams for the first time can be a daunting task. They are unlike any other school exam your child will take for [ . . . ]
Author: Elisa
Elisa’s Tutorial School: Education News, Private Tuition and Why our Learners are Happy
Many of you will be visiting our site for the first time and so in this post I’m looking at education news, private tuition and why our pupils are happy [ . . . ]
Tests Your Children Will Take – Part 6 of a 6 Part Series For Parents.
PART SIX – The secrets of 11+ success in maths What’s in an 11+ maths exam? Unlike reasoning exams, for which your child has to practise special skills, maths for [ . . . ]
Tests Your Children Will Take – Part 5 of a 6 Part Series For Parents.
PART FIVE – Non-verbal Reasoning Paper Non-verbal reasoning is not subject that your child will study as part of their school curriculum, but it is dependent on a set of [ . . . ]
Tests Your Children Will Take – Part 4 of a 6 Part Series For Parents.
PART FOUR – Verbal Reasoning Paper Another critical area is the Verbal Reasoning Paper. This is all about having a good understanding of the English Language, its vocabulary and old-fashioned [ . . . ]
Tests Your Children Will Take – Part 3 of a 6 Part Series For Parents.
PART THREE – The English Paper The most critical area in my opinion is the English Paper, particularly the comprehension part as this is now very inference-based and tests an [ . . . ]
Tests Your Children Will Take – Parts 1 and 2 of a 6 Part Series For Parents.
PART ONE – SATs Exams Your children will take either of these tests: SATs if they go to a State School at age 7, KS1 and age 11, KS2 Grammar [ . . . ]
Author Extraordinaire
I am a would be author, just sent my first novel to a publishing house who has expressed an interest in my synopsis so I am keeping my fingers and [ . . . ]
Exclusions – The Changing Educational Landscape Across UK Schools
The changing educational landscape across UK schools leads me to question whether the once proud and envied education system is now in so much trouble that it can no [ . . . ]
Those Yorkshire words!
Being a Yorkshire lass I was enthralled by the Yorkshire Historical dictionary which contains over 4,000 words as a result of the work of an academic and historian called Dr [ . . . ]
Reading aloud to your children
This is a special blog post for parents, teachers and adults who are in contact with young children. I remember my teacher My Holdroy reading Black Beauty aloud to my [ . . . ]
Cannabis…and the impact on education and our children
It has been reported that cannabis smoking is a problem in many of our secondary schools in Britain. Parents of teenagers must worry about the other young people their precious [ . . . ]
Insect Bites & Stings
Christmas is well and truly over and spring is coming. The minute the Christmas ads end we have holiday ads appear on the TV all day long. I think this [ . . . ]
Sick children to attend lessons via robots in classrooms
Those children who suffer with illness over the longer term will be able to attend lessons while undergoing their hospital treatment under a new government-funded trial. The AVI telepresence robots [ . . . ]
Yorkshire words…
Being a Yorkshire lass I was enthralled by the Yorkshire Historical dictionary which contains over 4,000 words as a result of the work of an academic and historian called Dr [ . . . ]
Mental Health Support in Schools
As support for this issue is increasing in society especially with our young people and children….. the fact ofsted a vital government organisation is speaking out has made the whole [ . . . ]
Does Winter Make You Sad?
I look after my mental health as I do my teeth hygiene and my physical well being. I need time to meditate and do what’s good for my soul as [ . . . ]
My Dog
My very loved French Bulldog Ronnie has recently been through a traumatic ordeal. Already suffering from a heart condition which started as a heart murmur from birth. Ronnie developed [ . . . ]
Jive Aces at The Aldwych Theatre
On Sunday I was at the Aldwych Theatre in London near the Strand courtesy of Rocco Buonvino, my fab Italian friend and a man who knows just about everyone in [ . . . ]
Bring me the sunshine!
I know I’ve said a lot about vitamins before but I really do feel like I need to say something about this one again. Please do take vitamin D3 as [ . . . ]