Education
Does My Primary-School-Aged Child Need a Tutor?
Does My Primary-School-Aged Child Need a Tutor? Although primary school students won’t sit any serious exams, some may still benefit from math and English tuition. If you aren’t sure whether tutoring would be right for your primary school-aged child, don’t worry. We have a list [...]
The Best Ways to Build Confidence in Young Learners
The Best Ways to Build Confidence in Young Learners To thrive in a learning environment, kids need to trust in their capabilities, knowing that they can handle it if they aren’t successful at something. Most students go through stages of self-doubt when they’re unable to pick up [...]
How to Effectively Manage Your Study Workload
How to Effectively Manage Your Study Workload Many full-time students struggle to juggle schoolwork and other aspects of their external life without a realistic study plan. This may lead to time mismanagement, poor sleep patterns, and stress. A study by Lay & Schouwenburg [...]
Supporting Children with Learning Difficulties
Supporting Children with Learning Difficulties Every child learns at different speeds and in different ways. Learning doesn’t come easily to everyone – in fact, an estimated one in ten kiwi kids suffers from dyslexia or similar learning difficulties, such as dysgraphia or [...]
Online Vs In-person Tutoring – Which is Right for You?
Each person learns in a different way. Lessons that work brilliantly for one student may not work as well for another, and its important to take this into consideration when choosing a tutoring service. Both online tutoring and in person tutoring have pros and cons, and this blog [...]
Kiwi kids’ declining maths skills need traditional learning techniques, British educator says
SAT, MAY 1 • SOURCE: 1 NEWS A celebrated and controversial British educator says New Zealand needs to return to traditional learning techniques to improve its declining results in mathematics. Recent international studies show New Zealand children are falling behind students [...]