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How to Help Your Child Improve in Maths Puzzles and Problem Solving

How to Help Your Child Improve in Maths Puzzles and Problem Solving

Every parent aspires to see their children flourish academically and face challenges with a resilient and confident mindset. Particularly during the preparation for 11+ exams, students often...

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When to Start Preparing for the 7 Plus Exams: A Parent’s Guide

When to Start Preparing for the 7 Plus Exams: A Parent’s Guide

As parents, we want the best for our children, especially when it comes to their education. The 7 Plus exams are a significant milestone, opening doors to prestigious schools. But when is th...

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Why Homework is Essential for the 11+ Exams: Unveiling the Power of Practice

Why Homework is Essential for the 11+ Exams: Unveiling the Power of Practice

Preparing for the 11+ exams can be a challenging journey for both children and parents. Amidst the preparation process, the significance of homework should not be underestimated. Some parent...

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How to help your child improve their speed for the 11 plus exams

How to help your child improve their speed for the 11 plus exams

The 11 Plus exams are competitive and require children to be competent in not just subject knowledge, but time management and exam technique. One common struggle for many children is speed. ...

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How to prepare for UK schools when you have just moved from Hong Kong

How to prepare for UK schools when you have just moved from Hong Kong

Moving to another country is a stressful experience. It takes a lot of time and effort to get settled and adapt to a new culture. For many parents, understanding a foreign education system i...

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How to help your child with ratios

How to help your child with ratios

Ratios and proportion is a topic usually introduced to students in Key Stage 2. It is a topic which extends beyond primary school and is even in the syllabus for GCSE Mathematics. If your ch...

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How to help your child conquer word problems for success in 11 plus exams

How to help your child conquer word problems for success in 11 plus exams

Pressed for time? Then just press play and listen on the go… If you like what you hear, remember to share!     This topic is rather broad and can incorporate more than one topic ...

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7 Maths topics children must master for the 11 Plus exams

7 Maths topics children must master for the 11 Plus exams

Whether your child is preparing for entrance into independent schools or grammar schools, and whether you are in London or Manchester, the 11 Plus entrance exams are designed to stretch and ...

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Simple tips to help your child learn algebra for the 11 plus exams

Simple tips to help your child learn algebra for the 11 plus exams

Algebra is an obstacle for most children and in general, symbolic manipulation can be problematic for all students. Fortunately, due to the common difficulties many students face, there have...

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How to help your child excel in the most important 11+ Maths topic: Arithmetic

How to help your child excel in the most important 11+ Maths topic: Arithmetic

No child is born into the world immediately able to complete long multiplication and division. Two British researchers Gray and Tall sought to discover why some students are better in maths ...

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Why are some children good at maths?

Why are some children good at maths?

Mathematics, the realm of numbers, equations, and mind-boggling puzzles, has always fascinated us. But have you ever wondered why some children seem to have a natural knack for math? You kno...

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Does your child have Study Partners? They should!

Does your child have Study Partners? They should!

Children are notorious procrastinators; they are easily distracted, bored and seldom keep focused on the task at hand. Parents often think that if their child works in a group, they are more...

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