Revision is a massive part of getting by at school. Techniques to do with revision are definitely worth honing, because they will come in handy in later life. If you are going to college and university, then you will definitely need to be able to revise effectively in the future. However, revision comes in useful [...]
It is surprisingly good how little quizzes are at helping people to learn. Lots of kids enjoy quizzes when they are young because they find it fun to exercise their brains. That’s why so many board games are centred on trivia.
It is possible to incorporate quizzes into learning for school. Creating a quiz for kids [...]
Effective learning is all about making connections between pieces of information. It isn’t enough for most kids just to read through bits of information hoping to retain it for use in exams.
A good way of bolstering revision techniques is to make visual connections as well as written ones. By drawing charts using colours, children (and [...]
There is a lot of advice out there for parents telling them what they should and shouldn’t provide for their child school lunch. Sometimes, the amount of advice can be overwhelming leaving parents unsure as to what to do for the best.
Many parents even find schools interfering when they tell them what they can and [...]
We all know that when children are happy and engaged within an activity they learn more. A recent study has suggested that gardening makes children happy and that this in turn boosts their development.
The study carried out by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) looked at 10 pupils and teachers from 10 schools. With their findings [...]
Our UK universities are always striving to be the best, especially when it comes to competing with the best overseas universities such as Harvard and Yale. However money is needed to do this, and that money often comes from the students. This is becoming even harder and harder as living costs and tuition fees rise [...]
The new Chancellor has had to make some unpopular decisions in this year’s budget as the government try to pay off their debts. Next in line for spending cuts could be Education as George Osborne announces that there could be up to 25% of cuts in this area over the next four years.
It seems inevitable [...]
The England Football team had a terrible World Cup Tournament this year. You can criticise the players, the management or the strategy but ultimately we just don’t have enough English talent rising through the ranks.
Many have also put it down to the culture of this country. Many schools over the years have put a stop [...]
I have been looking into booking our first family holiday abroad – it is a very exciting time! The children are now 12 and 14 (so they are both in secondary school), and are very excited to be going somewhere outside of the UK – and hoping to put some of their newly acquired language [...]
One of the most popular social networking site facebook has been inundated with an online protest as thousands of teenagers launch a attack about a Biology A-level exam paper that they claim to be unfair.
In the latest uproar another protest is raising concerns about a OCR A-Level biology taken on Monday. More [...]