Combat Training and my 30 day challenge
Combat training classes proved to be the key element to me finally enjoying keeping fit for the first time in years. I did ballet from the age of 7 to [ . . . ]
Author: Elisa
Little Women.
Which one are you? My favourite book of all time is “Little Women”. I grew up reading it three or four times. Not having any sisters I really wanted to [ . . . ]
Creative writing…
One of our students recently created the most magical story book as part of her creative writing project at Elisa’s Tutorial School. Using the story planning technique she has written [ . . . ]
Google has turned learning on its head…it’s time we caught up!
When was the last time you wanted to know something and didn’t Google it? Or use whatever equivalent search engine to find the answer? In fact, Googling has become the [ . . . ]
Adolescent brain and learning.
We expect a lot from teenagers. Teen suicide rates are soaring, and they increase during the school year and drop during vacations. This tells us something, surely, about how much [ . . . ]
Mysterious Wings by Maryam A. Hussain, a pupil at Elisa’s Tutorial School
At Elisa’s Tutorial School we encourage independent work and writing projects to embed the learning and writing techniques learnt in our group and one-to-one teaching. One of our pupils, aged [ . . . ]
Noises in the night…celebrating pupil Marta Boczkowska’s poem
Welcome to this week’s post which celebrates the wonderful poem of one of our pupils at Elisa’s Tutorial School. Marta Boczkowska, aged 10, wrote a wonderful poem called Noises in [ . . . ]
Beautiful sample work by our pupils.
The Moon activity books, downloadable from my website, are available for sale. The activities within these books have inspired pupils to do work of their own away from our teaching [ . . . ]
Quentin Blake’s Magnificent Illustrations
For someone who was never trained in art and instead read English at Cambridge, Sir Quentin Blake is one of the most distinctive artists in the world. Not only were [ . . . ]
Prevent age-related cognitive decline
If you find that your memory is not what it used to be, names and facts on the tip of your tongue are no longer easily accessible, you might be [ . . . ]
An excerpt from my current work in progress…Tredicino
HERE IS A SHORT EXTRACT FROM MY CURRENT WORK IN PROGRESS, A CHILDREN’S MAGICAL FANTASY NOVEL, WHICH I AM CURRENTLY HAVING EDITED, WHILE I WORK ON REWRITES AND AMENDMENTS…IT PROMISES [ . . . ]
A writer’s life for me…
As you know, I am an author. I write children’s books and I’m working on my children’s magical fantasy novel called Tredicino right now. I also blog. I also tutor [ . . . ]
One in seven university graduates branded cheats…
When I read this I was not as shocked as I thought I would be…everything nowadays can be bought on the internet and everything is available if you have the [ . . . ]
Lovelorn millennials are looking elsewhere and Tinder is not the number one platform for finding love…
Tinder is the dating app based on making a judgement on a picture and it seems that lovelorn millennials are now looking elsewhere for their dating and Tinder despite its [ . . . ]
Blackpool illuminations…still shining bright!
The illuminations were originally founded in 1879 and began with just a row of eight arc lamps set on 60ft high poles along the Blackpool seafront. At the time public [ . . . ]
Thomas the Tank Engine is going multicultural!
Our dear Thomas the Tank Engine is going multicultural and has even had discussions to ensure it is politically correct with the United Nations. I’m not sure how I really [ . . . ]
Writing about my piano…creative writing by a student aged 8
At Elisa’s Tutorial School we have been focusing on developing student’s confidence in writing a story from their everyday experiences. This week I am sharing with you a piece of [ . . . ]
Special Offers and Drop Sessions at Elisa’s Tutorial School
It’s that time of year where parents are reviewing their son or daughter’s school report and wondering where and how they might be able to further support their learning and [ . . . ]
Do SATs really matter – and if so, to whom?
Government figures of the latest test results show more than a third of children have not reached SATS targets as they leave primary school, 64% of students got the required [ . . . ]
Government and spending on education…
How can government spending on education be at record levels and yet funds be cut per student by 8% since 2010? It’s because pupil numbers are rising every year. Plus [ . . . ]