Over the past 15 years, we have accumulated a wealth of experiences that have strengthened our understanding of families, students, and the education field. From Q&As with students and parents, to articles with tips on excelling through all aspects of the admissions process, we hope our knowledge base offers some insight into the current educational climate.
International General Certificate of Secondary Education – IGCSE is possibly an essential qualification for students wishing to progress to the pre-university level before entering university. Every student desires to get an A* or a 9 in any subject they sit for in IGCSE examinations. However, we have observed that many students sitting for IGCSE Physics […]
Number 1: Be Disorganized Disorganisation is your biggest enemy on any timed writing assessment, and especially on IB English, where Criterion C assesses focus, organisation and development. Students are often scared to use any of their time on outlining and planning their answers, but those minutes are the most valuable ones of all. To avoid […]
One of the biggest challenges for many IB English students is poetry analysis. Perhaps you’ve never read much poetry outside of class. You might find the complex structure, subtle language, and many literary allusions of poems challenging to decode. Or maybe it’s literary devices that baffle you. After all, it’s not easy keeping straight tongue […]
Online learning has been and will likely continue to be a part of our lives for the foreseeable future. Most students may be used to it by now, but others might still struggle with paying attention or feeling motivated to learn if they’re not physically in school. Here are some tips from our IB online […]
“What is my child actually learning at school?” This is a question that we have been asked over the years, particularly by parents with children doing the IB MYP, which does not seem to follow a straightforward syllabus for each grade level. Here, we will explain how IB MYP English works as part of the […]