Teachers not making the grade in spelling…This analysis comes from 280 schools inspected by Ofsted over the past few years and graded ‘inadequate’ for teaching. School inspectors have recently highlighted [ . . . ]
There has been a lot in the media recently about mental health, not only in relation to adults but also young people including pupils as young as five years old. [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
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 [ . . . ]
When we send our children to school, we expect them to learn and to become independent learners. Not just learn Literacy and Maths or about the Battle of Waterloo, but [ . . . ]
Deciding to home school your child is a real commitment. After the worries of curriculum, lesson plans and discipline fade, you might find yourself wondering how to separate the parent [ . . . ]
We have known for a while that children from better-off families fare better in school, in terms of literacy and numeracy skills. However, it was a shock to learn that [ . . . ]
Schools are cutting PE time due to exam pressure, despite a recent study showing that physical fitness positively affects how well children take in and remember new information. It has [ . . . ]
Have you ever said to your children, “I am not a Maths person too and that’s alright.”? If you have, research says you are not doing your children any favours, [ . . . ]
A number of private schools have refused to be guinea pigs for this summer’s new tougher GCSEs even though children at state schools are being forced to take them which [ . . . ]
Reading is one of the most difficult and challenging things to encourage in students, but also one of the most important. With reluctant readers, ESL students and those with reading [ . . . ]