With teacher assessments over and the Summer holidays fast-approaching, you might be thinking about how your kids should spend the 6 weeks of freedom. All those months of exam preparation have been put to the test, and now all that’s left to do is sit back and ease into summer.<\/p>\n
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Between watching Wimbledon and burning the sausages, though, it’s savvy to keep one eye on next year. Just 2 hours a week of brain stimulation keeps kids from forgetting their stuff over the long break. Here’s how two MyTutor parents manage the balance.<\/p>\n
Parent-of-teens Alexandra used MyTutor for her two teenage kids over last Summer. Her son got help with Computing GCSE, while her daughter worked on her medical school application and exams (the UKCAT and BMAT). She told us,<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is definitely an atrophy of knowledge over the summer. Children need a break but they also need to carry on a learning process of sorts. In September there can be a long period to bring what they\u2019ve learned back to the surface. 6 \u2013 8 weeks of holidays is a long time and kids definitely forget stuff.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
With MyTutor, Alexandra\u2019s kids stayed on the ball. They booked a total of 28 lessons over July and August 2018, and she felt our tutors were perfectly placed to help them. She says,<\/p>\n
\u201cmy kids, because they\u2019re teens, like the tutors because they\u2019re bright, young and sparky\u201d. Because the standard of some subjects\u2019 curriculums have recently been raised (like Maths A Level), she feels, \u201ctutors at university have the right skillset for teaching this standard\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Because all our tutors at top UK universities, they\u2019re experts in their subjects and also really familiar with what your teen\u2019s going through – both the curriculums their studying and the worries they\u2019ll be feeling. With just a couple of lessons per week, they can help your child fill any gaps in their learning, work towards a university application or even get a headstart on next term\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll give your teen that extra bit of structure that\u2019s lacking in the holidays, and help spark their passion for learning outside the classroom. In Alexandra\u2019s words, \u201cMyTutor helped us open doors we didn\u2019t know we had\u201d.<\/p>\n
Another parent, Annie, booked three of our tutors for her son over the Summer holidays, in Maths, Chemistry and Biology IB. They live in Switzerland, and with online lessons her son had his choice of tutors from top UK universities. They booked 22 lessons over July and August last year, so just 2-3 hours a week, leaving plenty of time for her son to chill out too. Annie told us why she chose to keep her son\u2019s learning going through the Summer,<\/p>\n
\u201cMyTutor summer lessons helped us consolidate my son\u2019s knowledge from the previous year, fill in learning gaps and ensured he had a strong start to the new school year in September”<\/p>\n