Tips for students
Revision tips, exam advice and study habits for students working towards GCSEs and Key Stage 3. Small changes that make a big difference.
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Multi-Lingual Mai
Mai, our Digital Tutor, is now multi-lingual and can support EAL students who could benefit from question translations, hints and explanations in another language - we have a special bundle offer that includes extra support for SEND and Pupil Premium students, get in touch today to get the ball rolling.
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Quiz Powers
Quiz Powers are abilities students can use when they need a little helping hand while quizzing.
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Introducing the New and Improved Mai
Tassomai's algorithm has always helped students learn — but Mai Helps just got an upgrade that makes it even more powerful.
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Level Up the Classroom: Introducing Class Leaderboards
The Tassomai team are pleased to be rolling out Leaderboards, a new way to foster healthy classroom competition and support engagement.
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Introducing Tassimal Ranks and the Lemurs Collection
We’re making Tassimals even more rewarding with new Bronze , Silver and Gold ranks — plus a special Lemurs Collection for school visits, social posts or exceptional achievements.
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New Tassimals and a competition for schools!
Introducing new “Days of the Week” Tassimals ! Collect them by completing Daily Goals, spot the hidden clues in each design, and see if you can crack Murray’s mystery to win £££s in our prize draw.
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Meet the Tassimals
A brand-new way to reward effort and keep students motivated – discover Tassimals, Tassomai’s in-app sticker collection !
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Group Quiz Week: A chance for all schools to trial an exciting new Tassomai feature
As part of our beta trial we’re switching on Group Quiz for all schools from Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th May. Please try Group Quiz and let us know what you think !
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'Mai Explains' on the Tree - and extra Mai credits over half-term!
The Tassomai Tree just got bigger and better! Now students can learn from their mistakes by exploring detailed explanations on the Tree - and they’ll have extra Mai Explains credits over half term week .
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Time to Talk Day 2025: Encouraging Conversations with Children – Tips for Parents
Ahead of Time to Talk Day, Emma Yentis hosted a webinar for Tassomai parents about having conversations with children and how vital they are for fostering understanding, emotional intelligence, and resilience.
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Exams this year? Here’s how to make the most of the next few months (and how Tassomai can help!)
2025 is just beginning but exam season will come around quickly! Here’s what parents can expect over the next 6 months, and how they can help students prepare for exams.
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Tassomai’s January Challenge 2025!
To kick-start 2025 Tassomai is challenging students to complete 20 or more Daily Goals in January to be in with the chance of winning a prize! Are you up for the challenge?!
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Displacement reactions explained: GCSE chemistry
Displacement Reactions are an important topic for GCSE chemistry students to understand and one which comes up regularly in GCSE science exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Displacement Reactions !
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A very Mai-rry Christmas!
Tassomai’s AI-tutor is getting into the Christmas spirit this holiday season and we are increasing the Mai allowance for school users for a 4-week period!
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Tricky topics in GCSE Maths: Calculating Percentages for Ratios
Calculating Percentages for Ratios is an important topic for GCSE maths students to get to grips with, as it’s an exam specification point for major exam boards . It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Calculating Percentages for Ratios !
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Extra Mai credits (and 'spooky Mai') over half-term!
Tassomai’s AI-tutor is getting into the Halloween spirit at half-term and we are increasing the Mai allowance for school users for one week to help students prepare for mock exams.
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Introducing ‘Challenges’ - a new feature for Tassomai students
To help motivate students and introduce a little more competition on Tassomai we’re introducing Challenges , starting with the “ Champion ” and “ Golden Boot ” challenges.
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Scalar and vector quantities: GCSE physics explained
We find a lot of GCSE science students struggle with questions about scalar and vector quantities . This “Tricky Topics” blog explains the key difference that students need to know to tackle this topic with confidence in their GCSE physics exams.
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Tricky topics in GCSE English Language: Homophones
Homophones is an important topic for GCSE English students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE English exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Homophones !
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Tricky topics in GCSE Maths: Quadratic Equations
Quadratic Equations is an important topic for GCSE maths students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE maths exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Quadratic Equations !
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