There’s a plethora of calculators for GCSE maths and beyond, available at different prices. It doesn’t matter which calculator you get, as long as you are confident with it. I recommend that you look at what your school recommends or uses. A lot of the schools recommend the Casio fx series such as the 83GT or the 85GT. If you […]
To some people using a calculator is a skill that they think they should just have, and they assume the calculator will always give them the right answer. But it doesn’t always! Given how much focus is on calculator usage in today’s exams, at Skills4Parents we believe that young people should be confident with all the equipment that they need […]
Be honest, how many of you have developed a new hobby during lockdown? I know I have enjoyed gardening, and one of my friends has been baking the most amazing cakes. Some have taken up knitting or crochet, and others have been taking greater pleasure in the puzzle pages of the daily newspaper (guilty as charged, I love a good […]
This year we have seen huge numbers of people being furloughed or losing their income completely due to COVID-19 restrictions, and all of our regular socialising has been snatched away, leaving us a lot of free time as a nation. As such, record numbers of adults and even entrepreneurial teens have been exploring additional income streams. Last week you’ll remember […]
Each day during periods of national lockdown, the government does a briefing in which we are presented with the most recent figures and statistics. Gut instinct says we should believe information when it is presented to us in a graph, so I’ve found some stats and graphs to make you question everything! Correlation does not equal Causation We have seen […]
Throughout history, school closures are rare. I remember when I was young, we got a day off because the school boiler had broken and they didn’t have enough heaters for all the classrooms. We also used to get about 2 snow days a year, although in recent years this has not been the case, with the exception of the Beast […]
Liz from Skills4Parents talks about how maths has been used during the pandemic
During the Covid-19 pandemic we have probably all become more aware of the importance of understanding Statistics and Probability. The news is full of graphs, different statistics have been used to argue that we are doing well and not doing well. Understanding this topic can help in detecting whether we are being misled. “There are three kinds of lies: lies, […]
Liz Taylor from Skills4Parents talks about Geometry and gives you some great tips to share with your children to improve their maths skills
During March we are looking broadly at the four topics that make up the Maths curriculum. This week we are looking at algebra, which has probably just sent you into a spin! So many people find algebra scary, but with the right understanding and teaching it doesn’t need to be! Here are my top tips to help: Use your maths […]