MagiKats Blog
Tips and advice for parents
How do I Choose a Tutor?
From understanding the types of tuition available to researching and finding the right tutor, we’ve covered all you need to know about choosing a tutor for your child.
Are minimum qualifications for teachers enough to ensure quality?
I suspect many parents have been pulled up short when they have seen, from the recent press coverage, that many of those charged with their children’s earliest care and education may not have even a grade C GCSE in English and maths.
"My child just doesn't want to do school work with me!"
If I had a penny........ Seriously, this is mentioned in most (if not all) the enquiries I get for MagiKats. So, if you think it makes you abnormal, think again!
Is tutoring your child for entrance exams “abhorrent”? One private school head thinks so!
A recent article in The Telegraph led with the headline, “Private tutoring is abhorrent says private school head.” (read it here) The position taken by the piece was that if a child needs tutoring to get into a school, then the school is probably not for them. I agree – to a point.
Tuition for your child - who to choose?
Are you one of those parents who, without realising it, has been quietly mulling over the comments made either in your child’s report at the end of last term or at the parent teacher meetings you recently attended?
MagiKats at home - a parent's perspective
Find out what it’s like to be a MagiKats parent.
A rough guide to the stages of learning and what it means to you when helping your child succeed in a positive manner.
Some new parents ask that their children be given more homework. This is a natural thought. They can see their child making good progress on 5 or 10 minutes a day so it seems a perfectly logical expectation that they could be ready to go to university by year 7 if only they did half an hour a day! Unfortunately, rather like pensions, what you put in does not necessarily relate to what you get out.
The culture of coaching
I've just read an excellent article by Alice Pung in today's Weekend Australian and The Monthly magazine. My favourite quote from that article is this one: "Even private schools are beginning to acknowledge a coached student may not necessarily have the type of rounded, inquisitive mind that they are after.