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‘Last Minute’ Marks OK, so we’re not expecting your child to suddenly surpass all expected grades in the literal last minute before entering an exam… but, students CAN gain ‘last minute marks’ in [...]

‘Fight or Flight’ – Managing Exam Stress Exams may be one of the toughest things your teen has faced thus far. The pressure that they experience during this time can visibly impact their thoughts [...]

Powering the Brain…Power! There are days when your teenager may be completely disengaged with anything study-wise. In fact, it might seem like your teen is wandering around half asleep… As [...]

Keeping Stress Levels Steady…! As exams creep ever closer, your teen’s stress levels are likely to increase… For some teenagers, the stress will be small and manageable. For others, the [...]

Is your teen actually revising? Whilst your friend’s child seems to have their revision sussed, your own teenager may seem to spend hours scrolling through their phone or occasionally plucking [...]

Is it ever a good idea to ‘cram’ revision? Everyone probably recalls ‘cramming’ at one point or another in life. Whether for your own exams, before your driving theory test or before a big [...]

Get Flash with Flashcards! ! To Help With SQA Revision Flashcards are a highly recommended revision tool. Ask any teacher, educator or anyone who’s sat an exam (!) and you’ll probably find they [...]

How to Head for the Highest Grades Most teens strive to do their best when it comes to exams- and rightly so! It’s important to make their school years count. There’ll be nothing more satisfying- [...]

Exams: The Cool, Calm and Confident Way Cool, calm and confident is not often words fitting to a student preparing to sit exams. And those that do fit this description… well, we sometimes [...]

Keeping up Momentum The January Blues may have been and gone, but your teen may still be stuck in a state of sluggishness. With wintry weather still upon us- and prelim exams likely well [...]

Effective Revision Tips When it comes to revising, your teen will want to maximise on the time that they have to strive towards the top grades! Therefore, it’s wise to consider the best ways to [...]

The Power of Guided Revision The world of revision looks rather different nowadays, to what it may have looked like several years ago. As a parent recalling your own school days, you may remember [...]

Revision Kit List: What Does My Teen Need? You might think it’s lucky if your teenager finds a pen around the house to write with, let alone owning a whole stash of stationery to revise with! [...]

Muster Up January Motivation As parents, we know how important our child’s education will be in the future, and it can be frustrating when your teen doesn’t seem to grasp a sense of the [...]

New Year’s Revision Resolutions As we’re celebrating seeing in 2019, your teen might be feeling a little more daunted than celebratory: it’s an exam year- and the months creep ever closer! So, [...]

Five Ways to Improve Grades When it comes to improving grades, many teens aren’t sure what to do. Lots of them are under the impression that they “just need to write more” – but this is largely [...]

Ducking Away from Distractions – structured revision helps with Digital distractions Digital distractions are one of the biggest barriers teens face when it comes to revising at home. And, [...]

Quiz at Christmas: A Great Way to Revise for Prelim Exams Who doesn’t love a Christmas quiz?! Quizzing your teenager can be a very effective revision technique. Not everybody enjoys poring over [...]

It’s Time to Ace Prelim Revision At this time of year, there’s the faint sound of ‘jingle bells’ ringing- and your teenager’s sighs may be ringing in your ears, too, with prelim exams on the way… [...]

Why are Past Papers Important? However chilled out your child might seem about exams, it’s likely they’ll want to do well on a past paper. Most of us simply don’t want to do badly when tested! [...]

How to Revise for Prelims As the evenings draw darker, and your teen’s time at school is ever busy, you might be wondering how they’re going to get stuck into some revision for their prelims. You [...]

Why are Prelims Important? Prelims have a very important purpose. They’re there to make sure your child is on track with their subjects. Prelims are an excellent indicator of where your teen is [...]

How to Help With Homework You may have hoped to completely pass the homework responsibility over to your ever-independent teen when they started their Nationals or Highers. However, after all [...]

What to Expect from an Exam Year Suddenly, you have a child old enough to sit their National 5 exams or Highers! Where did that time go? What happens now? You may well remember sitting exams [...]

My child has fallen behind: can they catch up? For whatever reason, a teen may fall behind when it comes to revision. As a parent, you might be left wondering whether you should step in and help- [...]

Crunch Time: Revision After Easter Now the Easter holiday has passed, the exams are around the corner it’s crunch time for your child, as they spend their last few weeks- maybe even days- getting [...]

Getting the Top Grades: Tips When it comes to achieving the top grades, there are certain things students can do to give themselves the best chances. Here we explore some tips and tricks for [...]

Bringing Work Home It goes without saying that there is a renowned expectation for teens to be taking revision materials and work home with them. Revision is an important time for your teen to be [...]

Avoiding Silly Exam Mistakes It’s a very unfortunate thing, when a teenager comes out of an exam and realises they’ve made a mistake. They’ve worked their whole school life to reach the pinnacle [...]

Making the Most of Revision Sessions Revision classes or sessions are a great way for your exam-sitting teenager to scrub up on that all-important skill and knowledge. Whether your child attends [...]

Things to do during British Science Week in Glasgow Firstly, does anyone know why it’s called science week when it’s over 10 days? No, me either, but this just means more chance to get out and [...]

Revision: what should my teen be doing? Revision is a vitally important part of the examination process. It offers the chance to revisit subjects and topics, as well as identify areas where there [...]

Help your Child Make It Count Firstly, you can help your teen by encouraging revision which has a purpose. What are some of their outcomes, both in the immediate and also as a long term goal? [...]

Why Practice Papers Make Great Prep: Revision In order for revision to be effective and useful, students need to be fully engaging with the learning and knowledge of a subject. They need to be [...]

Revising for exams after a long day at school… Trying to encourage your child to open up their books and start studying, after a day at school, can be a challenge! We can probably empathise, to [...]

Revising the Hard Stuff for SQA exams Many students make the mistake of spending too much time revising work they are relatively comfortable with, therefore spending less time on the hard stuff! [...]

Staying Safe: Tutors and safety checks Staying safe is something we think about all our lives, we are taught about stranger danger, that there are people out there that mean to do you harm. [...]

What Do Prelim/Mock Results Mean? Exams and exam results seem like a never-ending roller coaster for students, especially as they approach the final years of education. It barely seems a day [...]

How to motivate teens to study for exams Two main factors seem to stop a student from starting studies and revision: The thought of revision, and the stress of facing up to preparing for imminent [...]

How to revise for exams effectively Revision, that’s where you sit at a desk in your bedroom, or the dining room table, and you read. If you’re not reading you write out your notes, make pretty [...]

Revision: Why Working with Others Can Help Believe it or not, there are many benefits to working with others on the lead up to an exam. Revision is often considered a process whereby a student [...]

Creating an Atmosphere for Exam Success at Home It’s all good and well telling a teenager to ‘go and get on’ with their revision, but creating an atmosphere and space for them to do so can be [...]

Making the Most of Parents’ Evening (Exam Years) Parents’ Evening can be quite a daunting prospect. What will teachers have to say about your child?  Will teachers think you’re supportive enough? [...]

New Year: New Challenges As your teen has returned to school in the New Year, they may be looking slightly worse for wear with stress setting in. January and February can be a gruelling time for [...]

SQA Higher Biology Course Higher Biology Course will develop your interest and Enthusiasm for Biology in general by studying SQA Higher Biology. The Skills of scientific inquiry and investigation [...]

Do Revision Courses Help? After years of education exams are approaching, and even with those years of education some topics are still seemingly impossible. So how will a single day or weeks [...]

Preparing for Prelims Revision: Supporting your Child this Christmas Holiday The Christmas break always seems a quick one, for many families, that’s because it’s a busy one, too! For lots of [...]

Coping with Exam Stress Did you know stress can be a good thing? In fact, low levels of stress can stimulate the production of brain chemicals called neurotrophins, which strengthens the [...]

How to Help Your Child Prepare for Exams Understanding how best to help your child prepare for their exams can be a minefield. Conflicting advice from well meaning family and friends, teachers at [...]

WHY ARE EXAMS SO IMPORTANT? It is often said that a good education will set you up for life. The reason that it keeps being said is because it is true. Exams are an important part of assessing [...]

My child has poor prelim results… Why has this happened? Sometimes, the prelims come as a shock to many students. The academic year creeps up on them and before they know it, Christmas is over [...]