Recent years have seen a rise in the popularity of homeschooling, and for good cause. It can offer a more individualised learning environment and gives parents more significant influence over their child’s education. But setting up an effective homeschooling atmosphere might be difficult. Here are some tips to guide you in creating a productive environment for your child’s homeschooling. 1. … Read More
Minerva’s Guide to Alternative Schooling
With teacher strikes promising disruption to the academic year and, with it, students’ learning, many parents are considering alternative schooling options. It’s not just the strikes. The after-effects of the pandemic, and its shake-up to the education system (not to mention how we work, live and travel) have offered glimpses of different ways to do things. Ways that might suit … Read More
Everything You Need to Know about Online Schools
Online schools are on the rise. Catalysed by the pandemic and combined with a growing dissatisfaction with traditional educational systems, this mode of schooling is fast becoming an accepted and sought-after alternative. If you’re a parent who’s seeking options for your child because their current school is not working out, who wants to explore the best available modes of education … 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
How To Make A Lava Lamp & Other Inspiring Science Experiments To Try At Home During Lockdown
Inspire young minds with these Lockdown home science experiments to try in your kitchen or garden. Lava lamps, cabbage acid and alkali tests, astrology and more. Sir Isaac Newton was driven by the belief that the path to knowledge lies in making observations rather than just reading books. He was also famous for trying science experiments at home in his kitchen… … Read More
