Revision and revision techniques…
Is your son or daughter stressed about their GCSEs or their end of term mock exams? Are you worried they may not actually know how to revise? I am used [ . . . ]
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The Black Market and The Hummingbird Love Charm Trade
Thought I would post this as it’s one of the strangest and also disturbing things I’ve come across recently. YouTube voodoo starring dead hummingbirds isn’t just a weird internet fad; [ . . . ]
The Indoor Generation – what are the facts and figures?
We spend 90% of our time indoors despite the fact that indoor air can be up to five times more polluted than outside. Children’s bedrooms can often be the most [ . . . ]
Make it a priority to read to your child (the earlier the better)
I am a fan of children reading – that is no secret. I am also a fan of parents reading to their children. New research is proving me right. There [ . . . ]
How can you support your dyslexic child?
Is your child struggling to read? Do you suspect that your child might be dyslexic because he/she is a reluctant reader? Are you wondering what you can do to support [ . . . ]
Loneliness Part 3: Mindfulness and Pets
Welcome back to my mindfulness blog where we discuss loneliness and how mindfulness can help us. In part 3 we look at some more ways to be mindful. Walking is [ . . . ]
Loneliness Part 2: Mindfulness and Pets
In my previous blog about loneliness, I wrote about some of the things that we could do to ensure that we have new and better people in our lives. However, [ . . . ]
The Royal Wedding
Most people have been looking forward to this weekend and the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. I’m sure that Diana would have been so proud of her youngest [ . . . ]
Are audio books the new way forward?
‘Shakespeare should be seen, not read’, said Sir Ian McKellen. And he should know. Would Shakespeare have agreed with him? Absolutely! Not just because few people could read easily in [ . . . ]
Loneliness Part 1: Mindfulness
Do you feel lonely when you are alone, or do you love the solitude of being by yourself? Being alone isn’t necessarily the same thing as being lonely – solitude [ . . . ]
More thoughts on the SATs – are they the best or worst thing for our children? (Part 2)
Welcome back…continuing from the Part 1 post on Saturday… …Sir Ken Robinson has suggested home schooling as a way to avoid the test-oriented culture of schooling. The Let the Kids [ . . . ]
More thoughts on the SATs – are they the best or worst thing for our children? (Part 1)
It’s that time of the year again and teachers, children and parents across the country are gearing up for the high stakes Standard Assessment Tests or SATs. These tests were [ . . . ]
Why are women often held back? (Part Two of Two)
In the second part of this two-part blog series I am looking at more reasons as to why women are often held back at work, in their careers and their [ . . . ]
Why are women often held back? (Part One of Two)
In this two-part blog series I will be looking at the reasons why women are often held back. I’ve been thinking about this and wondered about those women who fall [ . . . ]
Roof top fun at Selfridges and the magic of St Christopher’s Place
With the wonderfully warm weather last weekend my friends and I decided to celebrate the burst of English summer in style at Selfridges, one of my favourite Department Stores. One of [ . . . ]
A typical session in one of Elisa’s Tutorial School children’s writing workshops
Creative writing is one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of learning. It is not just important because it is a part of the curriculum but because research shows [ . . . ]
My view from The Shard…
Last Friday I found myself at The Shard with one of my best friends and OMG! What a view! This building has firmly established itself as one of London’s most [ . . . ]
Let’s not hide behind mental health…
I remember growing up in the 1970s when all you saw or heard about mental health was either through those talking about One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken [ . . . ]
Being Left-Handed in a Right-Handed World
Did you know that 1 in 10 people are left-handed? Just like many minorities, this means that they might be under-achieving in subjects like English, science, computing and design & [ . . . ]
Boomerang children!
Many children having left home for three or four years to study are still returning home after their courses are complete. Parents who are just getting used to having their [ . . . ]