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How to talk to your teenager
The Tassomai team recently caught up with Emma Yentis, an experienced PSHE teacher , about the best ways to open up conversations with students and improve emotional resilience …
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World Mental Health Day
Find out what Tassomai is doing this World Mental Health Day and download our free resource for parents!
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TOP EXAM TIPS - from the Tassomai team
This week, students across the country will start sitting their exams. So we’ve compiled a list of tips from education experts to help prepare and stay calm throughout.
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Top Revision Tips - from teachers & the Tassomai team
As we come towards exam season, we’ve compiled some top tips to help students revise.
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Revision tips for GCSE exams
With exams likely to be tougher this year, students and parents across the country are wondering how they can best prepare for the tricky summer ahead… but with a sensible approach to preparation, there needn’t be anything to fear.
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How to prepare for the toughest exams yet
Murray Morrison is the founder of Tassomai, discusses the challenges students will face this year, why exams will be harder than ever before and what parents can do to get their children ready for their GCSEs…
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What do parents need to know about history GCSE?
Keir Smith, history teacher at a school in Bristol, talks to Tassomai about what parents need to know about the history GCSE and how they can support their child with their revision.
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How to practise for mock exams
With mock exams just around the corner, it is time for GCSE students to start revising and making a long-term revision plan for the summer. Here are some of our top tips for practising for mock exams and making sure everything goes as smoothly as possible…
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What do parents need to know about computer science GCSE?
Holly Billinghurst, private tutor at TeachAllAboutIt, former Computer Science teacher and textbook author, talks to Tassomai about what parents need to know about the Computer Science GCSE and how they can support their child with the subject (even if technology isn’t their own strong suit…)
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New GCSE Survival Guide - Practical Advice for Parents of Y9-11s
As a new cohort of students embark upon their GCSE journey and others begin to think about their mocks, Tassomai has published an updated (free) guide for parents to help them navigate what can be a challenging time for families.
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Introducing: Tassomai’s Live Lessons!
Find out more about our NEW ‘Live Lessons’, starting over the Easter holidays to help GCSE students master the trickiest topics (based on Tassomai's usage data).
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How to help your child revise - and why NOW is the time to start
Tassomai’s founder Murray recommends using the time between now and Easter to identify weaknesses and get problem areas sorted BEFORE getting down to serious revision.
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Practical tips for supporting your child’s mental health
Not sure where to start when it comes to teenage mental health support? The Tassomai team, with the help of mental health campaigners, psychotherapists and education experts, have put together a list of their top recommendations.
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5 ways to support your child’s mental health throughout their GCSEs
As we look towards end of year assessments, Tassomai asks mental health and education experts what their top pieces of advice are for parents supporting their children’s wellbeing.
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Revision! You don’t have time to waste.
Revision and learning expert (and our guest blogger) Kit Betts-Masters shares his top revision dos and don’ts.
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A Step-By-Step Guide to Revising for GCSEs
Matt Green, The Rapping Science Teacher on tiktok and the owner of JGM Science Tutors, speaks to Tassomai about his foolproof method for getting revision started (unfortunately, it’s not rapping).
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Top tips for parents from a senior leader
Karen Collins, Lead Science Associate for PiXL, speaks to Tassomai about the structure of the science GCSEs and how parents can best prepare themselves and their children for science assessments.
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Tassomai's revision webinar for parents - here's what you missed
Earlier in November, Murray Morrison, Tassomai’s founder and CEO, sat down with Kit Betts-Masters to discuss the best ways to revise for mock exams and what parents can do to help their children. Find out more about what they discussed in this article…
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Spotting the signs of exam stress in GCSE students
Are they burying their head in the sand like the ostrich or are they more like the laid-back lion? Tassomai founder Murray Morrison presents a few classic archetypes of exam-stressed children !
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A Parents’ Guide to GCSE Revision
Abi Ludlow, English teacher and KS3 Lead at Richard Lander School tells parents exactly what they need to know about their child’s revision schedule , and where they fit in!
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