A level results are out today and for year 12 students that means AS level results. In this post we look at some of the issues for AS students that didn’t get the grades they”d expected or hoped and offer some tips on a course of action.
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Disappointing A level results at AS?
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Dealing with university re-sits this summer
Saturday, July 10th, 2010Many undergraduate students, for one reason or another, find themselves struggling with their degree course and to graduate to the next year of study they must pass re-sit exams. Re-sits are usually held in August/September and can cause students to stress and worry that they won’t make the grade. Here we provide some helpful advice and tips to students about dealing with re-sits.
School reports – how to really find out how your child is doing
Thursday, July 1st, 2010Does this look familiar? In English lessons this term 8ENGJH have worked on punctuation skills and the interpretation of excerpts from Romeo and Juliet. A series of challenging learning objectives was set for a combination of written and oral assessment within the KS3 learning framework for English. Jimmy has demonstrated a good understanding of the […]
Understanding GCSE Additional Science – Part 2
Saturday, February 20th, 2010In the previous post, we took an overview of GCSE Additional Science – now it’s time to look at the subject in a bit more detail. As with Core Science, the best starting point for helping your child with GCSE Additional Science is to understand precisely how it works and which examination board’s specification he […]
Understanding GCSE Additional Science – Part 1
Thursday, February 18th, 2010In our previous two posts we discussed GCSE Core Science. In this post and the next one we’re going to discuss GCSE Additional Science. Additional Science is a GCSE in its own right and, together with GCSE Core Science, makes what used to be known as double award science. It’s also worth noting that this […]
Understanding GCSE Core Science – Part 2
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010In our previous post we looked at the basic structure of GCSE Core Science. To give you child the best possible support during his or her Core Science studies, it’s worth understanding exactly how it all works in detail. The most important thing is to establish the exact specification your child is following. Most of […]
Understanding GCSE Core Science – Part 1
Sunday, February 14th, 2010Understanding ‘How Science Works’ – as in how the combination of science GCSE specifications interlink – is almost worth a GCSE in itself! The way Science is examined at GCSE level has become horrendously complicated with numerous choices of exam boards, variations of syllabuses within and between exam boards, and choices of when to take […]