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Sometimes, I'm amazed by some of the questions I get from GCSE and A level students. Sometimes these questions demonstrate a really high...

A level chemistry maths skills tips

Some last minute tips to get you some vital marks when doing calculation questions. Some might sound simple, but I know that people make...

Talkers

In my time as a teacher, I've met some children who are talkers. I don't mean children who talk in class. I mean children who talk to me...

Park Fun

The past few weeks, I have been spending my Fridays teaching home educated children in a park and it's been awesome. We have made...

Free Science Lessons

Free Science Lessons is a great website for straightforward no nonsense explanations of science concepts at GCSE level....

Keep going, exam people! You can do it!

Here's a link to some tips... #revision

Food webs in the park

Friday's home ed lesson involved making food webs in the park. Remember the arrows go FROM the organism being eaten to the organism doing...

My GCSE Science - a very helpful website

I really love My GCSE Science. It has great blog posts with helpful tips, clear videos and an exam question with marks scheme for every...

6 mark questions in GCSE biology

6 mark questions have been around for years, but they are going to have a few changes with the new GCSE. Based on the specimen papers,...

Required practicals and maths skills at GCSE biology

I've been looking through the specimen papers (such as for AQA Trilogy - aka double and Edexcel biology) and I have noticed that the...