Tips for parents
Advice for parents on supporting revision at home and helping teenagers through their GCSEs. Practical ways to help without the battles.
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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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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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