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Unseen Poetry: How to attack the GCSE exam
A lot of people comment that it's not possible to revise for the unseen poetry exam, but could I suggest you have a look at this... ...more
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December 16, 2024•2 min read
Revise sentence openers to scaffold your answer
The obvious advice is to read. Read, read, and read some more. But not every teenager is going to be enthusiastic about picking up a book, especially when exams are looming, revision is piling up, and... ...more
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December 01, 2024•3 min read
Revising GCSE maths
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Revision tips ,Secondary Maths
November 04, 2024•3 min read
Creative ways to learn character quotes
Revising English is often considered to be quite hard. The question is often not what to revise, but how. This quote offers a creative suggestion of revising the quotes for the English Lit Key texts ...more
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October 07, 2024•3 min read
Answering AQA English Language Paper 1, Question 4
A lot of students struggle with analysing a text and often find themselves repeating the same this. This is a structure I was introduced to, and others seem to find it much easier to use ...more
Revision tips ,Education
October 04, 2024•3 min read
Using ChatGPT to help with revision and homework
Revision books are expensive and often just sit on the shelf. A tutor is normally available at certain times, I wondered if ChatGPT and AI could help with revision and homework when help is needed. Th... ...more
Revision tips ,Education
September 30, 2024•8 min read
Morning,
I hope the week is going well.
So many people seem to be doing D of E and work experience
at the moment, good luck if that’s you and if you’re at Marlow Camp next
fingers crossed for good weather!
I’ve just finished a lesson on division. It seems to be
something that messes with the brains of so many people.
I found it got easier when I stopped thinking about it as
division and instead thought about it as multiplication. So, if for example I
had the question 396 divided by 3, I would look at it as 3x what = 3. My answer
would be 1. How many times would I need to multiply 3 to get to 9, (my answer
would be 3). Then 3x something = 6. My answer would be 2. Giving me the overall
answer of 132.
I know that’s a really simple example but hopefully it explains
my point.
Thankfully in schools they don’t often seem to need to do
long division, but I’ve worked with a couple of adults (generally nurses for
some reason) who have needed it.
I think I’ll explain this one in a video, as it will be too
complicated to explain it with words as bits get put all over the place. I hope
this makes sense though:
Enjoy the rest of the week and speak soon,
Dawn