Early Tuition in Key Stage 4: Laying the Groundwork for GCSE Success
Entering Key Stage 4 (KS4) marks a crucial phase for students, when GCSEs are on the horizon shaping future academic and career opportunities. Recognising the stakes, many opt for early tuition to boost readiness. Let’s examine the benefits of starting tuition as KS4 begins. Benefits of Early Tuition 1. Solid Foundations: Early tuition targets key […]
When is the right time to find a tutor for your child?
When Is the Right Time to Get Tuition for Your Child? In the quest to support our children’s educational journeys, there comes a point when additional help outside the classroom may become necessary. Tuition can play a pivotal role in helping children overcome academic challenges and excel. But the question remains: when is it the […]
Unlocking Success: The Best Revision Websites for English, Maths, and Science
In the quest for academic excellence, finding the right resources can transform a daunting revision schedule into a pathway to confidence and success. At Conexus Tuition Wistaston, we’re not just about guiding our students through their academic journeys; we’re about empowering them with the tools they need to excel. This week, we’ve decided to lift […]
Why we believe in the power or small group tuition
Small group tuition is a highly effective method of helping children to catch up in areas where they may have fallen behind, to consolidate key skills, or to extend their knowledge and understanding, in an environment that nevertheless allows them to collaborate with others, gain independence, and have the opportunity to practise skills and, crucially, […]
Study and Revision – these are not the same thing
I don’t actually want to hear the word ‘revision’ until at least April next year. If you are a child embarking upon your GCSEs; if you are a parent desperately trying to support them through this process, can we have an agreement that the word revision will not come into play until the actual study […]
GCSE Results – Preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
Let’s do worst case scenario. Thursday morning arrives and the envelope or the email containing your GCSE results is the biggest shock you have received in your life and the numbers staring back at you bear no resemblance to the grades you need to progress you to the next level of your journey. Blind panic […]
Why I can’t move on from “Of Mice and Men”
May 2016 and I returned my copy of “Of Mice and Men” to the shelf and there it has stayed gathering dust. This was as a result of one of the biggest shake ups the GCSEs had seen since their introduction in 1988. We are all aware of Gove’s changes: removing the coursework component; favouring […]
How many “Power and Conflict” poems can you spot hidden in the text? There are 15 to find.
Here goes… Some advice for all you students of AQA English and not just those in London. All that remains to be said is now that year 11 is drawing to an end, grab a tissue and get emotional remembering all the good times. Don’t go into Kamikaze mode and do daft things like burn […]
GCSE month – The New Role of the Parent
This is it. They are finally here and they will come thick and fast. The GCSEs begin this week with some ‘biggies’ and for those of you who have reaped this whirlwind before will understand that this week is now a game changer. For months we have been locked in conflict regarding revision, ironically with […]
The Problem with GCSE English Literature – The Children Don’t Know How to Answer the Question.
The Problem with GCSE English Literature – The Children Don’t Know How to Answer the Question. It really is that simple. On average I speak with upwards of twenty parents a week and the most common requirement for tuition and reason for the call is simple. “My child doesn’t know how to write the answer […]