Today we meet Sophie Breslin. Sophie is an amazing woman, she’s a Mechanical Engineer who runs her own business and has worked with multi-billion pound retail companies and now works with ambitious SMEs to move them to the next level with automation. Her website describes her as ‘tenacious, focused on tangible results and motivated to achieve excellence .’ Liz chatted […]
It’s a difficult time at the moment, and they say that ‘laughter is the best medicine’ so this week I thought I’d share with you some of my favourite maths jokes, and an explanation for those of you who can’t remember the maths: I’ve also posted them on the Skills4Parents facebook page, so feel free to share them with your […]
I’ve been seeing lots of questions about the current education in England guidance,across social media. There are lots of confused and worried parents out there so rather than posting lots of individual comments, I’ve provided them here in one place for you. All these answers have been taken from the government guidance on the return for schools and information on […]
We are now over a week into the school holidays and is your young person bored? Are they stressed by homework? Are you struggling to get them to do their homework? Here’s my top tips for taking some stress out of learning maths in the holidays 1. Make it fun: There are lots of fun activities that you can do […]
How well can you use compasses? What about your young person? Is it something they practice regularly? At Skills4Parents, we like to take the stress out of maths, and if your young person is not confident with compasses (and you might not be too), it is an unnecessary stress. It’s not a skill that is practiced in school as much […]
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein I love this quote as it sums up so much about what I believe. It’s mostly used to discuss the exam system, but it also shows that if you are […]
Getting the best from your young person is about understanding them and knowing them inside out. Today I want to explain why you should look at different learning styles to understand your child. Rita and Kenneth Dunn were psychologists who came up with this model over 20 years of research, with the majority of the information presented in the 1970s. […]
This week in Education Support 4 Parents (our FREE facebook group to support parents with the education of their primary and secondary aged young people) we’ve been discussing the challenges and joys of schooling when our young people are home in self-isolation. Unfortunately this is something that many parents are having to deal with, as bubbles get sent home, and cases of […]
Understanding your young person and how they work helps you get the best from them. You can also teach them to get the best from themselves. “The things that make me different are the things that make me” Winnie the Pooh Learning styles were developed because we are all different and don’t fit neatly into boxes. For that reason I […]
Last week I discussed the amount of homework your young person should be getting. This week I’m looking at ways of reducing the stress of homework. In our FREE facebook group Education Support 4 Parents there were many discussions last week about how homework can be an added cause of stress in the home. Relaxed work at home occurs by understanding the young […]