How To Build A Rocket In Your Kitchen And Launch It In Your Garden Ever wanted to build and launch a rocket at home? Chief Science Tutor Jack shows everyone how this is done. Equipment Empty plastic bottle, 330ml works well Vinegar, about 100ml Baking soda, 1 tablespoon Cork to fit the bottle Wooden sticks or pencils, 3 or 4 … Read More
Online vs In-Person Tutoring: What’s the Future?
It’s a well-documented and well-worn fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we all operate. There has been a fundamental paradigm shift toward online work over the past two years, and many of us have seen the benefits and advantages this has brought about. Flexibility, less travelling, more energy, a personalised approach: the list goes on. This shift … Read More
Back to School? It’s the Perfect Time to Hire an Online Tutor
Time and again, the pattern is the same. The Easter holidays arrive, and parents flock to hire a tutor for their child in order to help them cram some revision for the looming exam period. But when it comes to a student’s learning, it’s inevitably the case that a stitch in time saves nine: psychologist Nate Cornell has flagged the … Read More
How Our Homeschooling Pupils Achieved 100% Success In Their Exams In 2021…
In what’s been a momentous 12 months for education in general, Minerva has continued to gallop ahead, working at the cutting edge of our ever-growing and exciting homeschooling revolution. In this blog, we take a look back over the academic year, explaining how we helped our students get top grades as well as hearing from Scott, Head of Homeschooling, on … Read More
Why the Sports Stars of Tomorrow Homeschool With Minerva
Introduction For children who show signs of sporting and other exceptional talents from a young age, private tuition and homeschooling can help them on their path to success whilst also ensuring fantastic academic results and qualifications. In this blog we’ll look at what justifies this kind of all-round, intensive tuition, examining why the most expensive homeschooling equals the best homeschooling, … Read More
What Is the Future of Tutoring? (Part 1)
Sneak a look into the future with this special, two-part series into the “future of tutoring” from the Minerva HQ. In Part One, we’ll discuss why tutoring has a future in the first place, as well as the shift toward online work and the changing trends in homeschooling. Part Two, will concentrate on bigger, more hypothetical shifts, whilst also focusing on … Read More
Everything You Need To Know About 11+ in 2021
Introduction This year, the 11+ exam – like everything else – has had to change and adapt to the shifting pressures put on parents, teachers and kids due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Here, we lay out everything you need to know about these important exams in 2021: what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and how to do the best … Read More
Minerva’s Easter Revision & Tutoring Guide For 2021
Extra school work in the Easter holidays can be intense but rewarding – here’s how to nail the holiday period this year, ensuring your child stays at the top of their game for teacher-awarded grades this summer. Introduction Even in less unusual times as these, the Easter Holidays are a prime time to hire a tutor and help your child … Read More
How To Motivate Children At Home Using Expert Techniques
Anyone who’s spent time looking after kids, in whatever capacity, knows that sometimes motivating children can be difficult. It’s something teachers have to figure their way around each and every day. In this blog, we’re sharing our set of expert and professional techniques to tackle laziness and help you motivate your child outside the school environment, taken from our years … Read More
Tired of Homeschooling? Try Our Top 5 Ungoogleable Questions
Does Google think it knows everything? Does humanity think Google has all the answers? Both these would be good examples of an ungoogleable question. Many of us are becoming increasingly used to turning straight to Google when we want the answer to something and expecting an immediate answer. But what’s this doing to our brains, and to the ways we … Read More
10 Updated Homeschooling Tips For Lockdown 3 in 2021
New Lockdown, New Opportunities So, we’re back in lockdown, and there’s no imminent signs of schools reopening soon. Fresh homeschooling tips – to keep young learners happy, motivated and progressing – are needed now more than ever. A new lockdown – looking firmly on the bright side – can mean new learning opportunities. We all have something on our side, … Read More