Between lockdowns, isolations and remote learning in general, it?s been a challenging year for our children. The ?usual? approaches to preparing for end-of-year examinations aren?t going to cut it this year
Emily Hughes, Director of Parent Guide to GCSEs and author of GCSE Survival Guide for Parents, is on a mission to support parents through the challenges of the GCSE years, particularly at this unusual time.
Here are 5 key things your child can do to get ahead of the game.
1. Impress their teacher
Whatever stage of their education (but particularly for Year 10 and above), teacher assessment is going to be important. Whether that?s simply for tracking their progress, or whether it will determine their grade, it counts. Teachers will need all the evidence they can get in order to make those assessments, so the best thing your child can do is impress them. Doing additional revision" Send them a copy of your notes. Made a mindmap to link together the key topics for a subject" Email them a picture. Remote lessons" Show up, ask questions, and be visibly engaged with the work.
2. Embrace past papers
At the time of writing, the ?exams? situation for 2021 is still undecided, however, it?s been made clear that exams would not be happening as usual. That might have led your child to think that past papers are no longer a good use of their time, but that?s simply not true.
It?s been shown that testing yourself is one of the more effective revision techniques, and past ...