A few weeks ago a friend described me as popular. My reaction was shock. Me? The person who was always chosen last at PE, who was bullied and teased, who at school felt like an outsider and never quite fitted in. There’s no way I would consider myself popular.
Have you ever thought that learning is all about how clever someone is, or their attitude, or how much they focus? I know I have, but there’s so much more to it.
A few weeks ago Rishi Sunak announced that in England he wants to raise the age of compulsory maths education to 18, Last week I wrote about why I believe we should stop the infatuation, with maths being THE most important subject. If you missed it, read it here. Don’t get me wrong though, I DO believe that we need to […]
Rishi Sunak recently announced that he wants everyone to study maths until 18. Many people told me that their inner teenager felt sick. If it can do that to adults who actually don’t have to study maths, what will it do to our children?
Are you expecting me to back his plan? Well, I’m not
When you first realise that your child might be struggling, it can bring up a lot of feelings and emotions, and you might feel very alone in the beginning. It is daunting, and something none of us expect. Thankfully, there are also practical actions that can be taken really quickly to support your child. Late recognition of issues can be […]
This week I’m going to answer questions about my online maths tutoring. If your child is going into a GCSE year or year 9 and needs some extra support now is the time to get your space. 1. How can you know what my child is writing? Within the session I don’t! But I do ask them questions and understand […]
Are you a parent who doesn’t know what the 1-9 GCSE grades mean, and wonder if your child is on track? In this blog post, Skills4Parents founder Liz explains the GCSE grading system and how this can link to topics and exam papers. “This new GCSE grading system makes no sense!” When the GCSE was changed back in 2015 (first […]
It’s that time of year again, year 11s are sitting their GCSE’s and there is a lot of pressure on them to do well. The majority will have prepped hard and put in lots of effort, but they never know whether it will be enough. Through online maths tutoring, I see many young people who work hard, and feel the […]
In the Smorgasbord of Maths training I explained why I left teaching, and why I set up Skills4Parents. When I explained my vision for changing education those watching sent me lots of love with those wonderful heart emojis. It was such an emotional moment. Where it started I left teaching after 16 years because it was all about results, results, […]
How does homework time in your house make you feel? Is it different for different subjects? Do you feel like you can’t help your child with their maths? Does it feel like it’s different from when you were at school? Are you someone who hates maths? Does it fill you with dread? Have you considered that the way that maths […]