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Building background knowledge - the secret to success in GCSE English
Kathrine Mortimore shares her advice for GCSE English students, using Tassomai for English and her experience of her time as part of the ongoing Torquay-Tassomai collaboration.
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How to revise for English literature and language
English literature and language are notoriously hard to revise for - or are they? Abi Ludlow, English teacher and KS3 Lead at Richard Lander School, gives her top tips on how to revise for the English GCSEs.
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GCSE English - What You Need to Know as a Parent
Andy Sammons is author of The Compassionate Teacher and Director of English and Strategic Lead at Kettlethorpe High School. Andy speaks to Tassomai about how the English GCSE subjects are structured and what parents need to know.
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GCSE Science - What You Need to Know as a Parent
Our GCSE Survival Guide science expert, Kit Betts-Masters, explains exactly what parents need to know about the science GCSEs and how to get prepared for revision early.
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Where to Start With GCSE Science Revision
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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Common problem areas in GCSE science
Matt Green, AKA The Rapping Science Teacher on TikTok, writes for the Tassomai blog about the trickiest topics in GCSE science and how students can get ahead by tackling them early.
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GCSE maths - what you need to know as a parent
Our GCSE Survival Guide maths expert says that for GCSE maths, it’s essential that students get to grips with the basic core topics first and then build up from there.
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Introducing the GCSE Survival Guide - practical advice for parents of Y9-11s
The Tassomai team has put together a free guide for parents and a series of blogs with advice from subject specialists , education experts and mental health campaigners.
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Why do teenagers act the way they do?
Teenagers’ brains are on a developmental rollercoaster during the GCSE years, but what really makes teenagers act like… teenagers? Our GCSE Survival Guide contributor Madeleine Inkin has the answers!
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Understanding the Teenage Brain
Clinical child psychotherapist, Madeleine Inkin, writes about the developing adolescent brain and the impact that neurological changes have on decision making and behaviour.
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Managing your own expectations as a parent
Clinical child psychotherapist, Madeleine Inkin, writes about the neurological changes that young people are going through during the GCSE years, and how parents can manage their own expectations .
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Keeping your cool as a GCSE parent
Ben West unpacks the great myth surrounding GCSEs and how parents can maintain a healthy perspective in our GCSE Survival Guide blog post on student mental health .
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How to support your child’s mental health throughout their GCSEs
Ben West gives his top tips on recognising the signs that your child might be struggling, when to act (spoiler: as early as possible) and how you can help as a parent in our GCSE Survival Guide blog post on student mental health .
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Building resilience in your children - 5 steps for parents
Sam Clark, teacher, writer and founder of Resilience for Kids gives us his best advice for parents on building resilience and supporting their children’s wellbeing. (Part of our GCSE Survival Guide series.)
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Unlock new Linked Resources
Tassomai students are now able to unlock links to external resources , tailored to their individual learning needs and accessible on completion of Daily Goals in each core subject.
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Tassomai’s NEW KS4 GCSE English language course
Tassomai expands its English language course to include KS4. This course has been designed to help GCSE students get to grips with literary devices, spelling and grammar to equip them with the tools to analyse a piece of text they haven’t seen before.
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New maths video content
We’re excited to announce that Tassomai now includes targeted videos for its KS4 GCSE maths course to expand on more complicated topics.
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Introducing new POINTS based Daily Goals
Daily Goals are changing, and will be built around POINTS, not correct answers, giving students more incentive to think before they answer and aim for high accuracy.
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New Video Content for English Literature
We’re excited to announce that Tassomai now includes targeted videos for English literature, with the first set of videos focusing on Shakespeare texts.
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Lockdown learning webinars for parents of Tassomai students
Find out what parents were most interested in hearing about at our first lockdown learning webinar, and register for more webinars on the 10th and 11th of February.
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