For much of modern education, learning has been confined to a building, a timetable, and a postcode. But learning doesn’t work that way. Some of the most profound moments of understanding don’t happen at a desk. They happen while navigating unfamiliar places, hearing different perspectives, adapting to new cultures, and Read more
Recent headlines have sparked a heated debate in education and parenting. According to a story in The Times, 75% of families have allowed their child to take time off school for mental health reasons. Some commentators have framed this as a decline in discipline – a generation of “woke” parents who would Read more
By David Lewis, Elea High Online School Preparing Students for University and Beyond When students ask me, “What more can I do to prepare for university?”, I often point them towards the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). Although it’s less well known than A Levels, the EPQ is an opportunity for genuine intellectual Read more
A British online school can take several forms, from pre-recorded, self-paced lessons that require students to be self-motivated and committed to learning, to a full timetable of live lessons – interactive classes taught by highly qualified teachers. In this model, students enjoy the familiar structure of a lesson timetable paired Read more
What’s it like being a student at Elea High Online School? In this blog article we ask a Year 9 student to tell us about a typical day studying online: What time do you start your school day? For me, it’s 9am as I’m located in Spain which is an Read more
The UK Labour Party has identified oracy as a weakness that is impacting young peoples’ development and their employment prospects and intends to address the issue through an oracy curriculum paid for by collecting VAT on private school fees. Any teacher will tell you that there are a few very Read more
Mention classroom management these days and quite often the link will be made to the phrase ‘managing behaviour in the classroom’. Of course, the term is wider ranging than this, but the issue of behavior (positive and negative) is a key element of the topic and deserves to be considered Read more
One argument against teaching, and learning, online is that practical subjects can’t be taught practically. Generally, that’s true but there are ways in which the teaching of practical subjects become more practical, teaching them online. Science is a great example. So many science teachers shy away from practical experiments, instead, Read more
Mention maths to anyone and the first response you’re likely to get is ‘I was never very good at maths (at school)’ but rarely does anyone finish the sentence by saying ‘But I’m OK now’. Two questions pop up – why were these people not good at maths at school Read more
It’s that time of the year when probably the majority of students will recognise it’s time to start revising for the external exams that will begin in just over three weeks’ time. Many students will have already begun, taking their teachers’ advice that going over topics regularly through the year Read more