Liz Taylor from Skills4Parents talks about Geometry and gives you some great tips to share with your children to improve their maths skills
Top tips for Learning Algebra
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 […]
6 Tips for Making a Revision Plan
‘Fail to prepare; prepare to fail.’ ANONYMOUS Planning is important and can be the thing that means that your person succeeds. I love the simplicity of that quote and alongside it the concept of the five Ps: ‘Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance’ Any business coach will tell you that the best strategy for business is to start with planning. It’s […]
Why Your Child is Forgetting Things…And What You Can Do About It
Using forgetting to your advantage Do you find that when you learn something you then forget it and need a reminder? It might surprise you to learn that that is how our brains are wired! Did you know that research shows that within one hour you forget 50% of what you learn? It might seem pointless therefore to learn, but how do […]
Sophie Breslin: Kicked out of Education to Successful Engineer
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 […]
Discover Your Genius
“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 […]