The Secret Parent Playbook: How to Coach Your Teen Through Exams (Without Them Noticing!)As the parent of a teenager, you may have found that the days of your child hanging on your every word are long gone. Instead, you may now be met with the classic eyeroll, the exasperated sigh, or the dreaded door slamming when you try to offer advice. But with...
Maximise Your GCSE or A Level Exam Success with Easter Revision Courses at BTCAs GCSE and A-Level exams draw closer, the pressure to perform well can feel overwhelming. Students often find themselves struggling to consolidate months of learning, identify gaps in their knowledge, and develop effective exam techniques. If this sounds familiar, then an Easter Revision Course at Bristol Tutorial College (BTC) is...
Exploring How Teenage Students Find Effective Ways to LearnExploring How Today’s Teenagers Find Effective Ways to Learn How to Help, Not Hinder 20th January 2025 Introduction Teenagers today are navigating a rapidly changing educational landscape influenced by technology, social expectations, and evolving teaching and learning approaches. In this blog I will explore how our Gen Z children discover...
Revision Top Tip #4 How to Revise Effectively and Remember it the Next Day!12th December 2024 There’s nothing more demotivating than spending hours learning something, feeling really accomplished, and then discovering that you have forgotten every bit of content by the next day, and knowing you must start all over again. By thinking about your learning style, you can revise effectively and remember...
Revision Top Tip #3 Motivation, Accountability and Rewards7th December 2024 How do you motivate your teenager to stick to their revision schedule? Once the initial burst of enthusiasm has worn off, do you turn to pleading, bribery, punishments or switching off yourself? Getting your child’s buy-in on any strategies is the key to implementing a successful revision...
Revision Top Tips #2 – Learning Styles and Effective Revision Strategies1st December 2024 How can understanding your learning style help with revision? I used to roll my eyes when my children came home from school with spellings homework, and non-negotiable instructions to learn them with the ‘look, say, cover, write, check’ method. Now maybe that method works for some children,...
Revision Top Tips #1 – Setting a Realistic Schedule26th November 2024 This is the first of a series of blogs about how to revise most effectively for exams. Specifically, I am thinking about mock exams, but they are equally as applicable for the main summer exams, and for instilling good revision habits in children of all ages. #1...
