Parents whose youngsters are new to home education often ask what they can do to make the transition from ‘ordinary school’ as painless as possible for them and they’re right to be cautious, no matter what a young person’s experience of school there are always going to be some things they miss… At Oxford Home […]
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Revision Tips for GCSE/IGCSE Maths Exams 3: Revision websites
This is the third in a new series of blogs for students revising GCSE Maths, or IGCSE Maths in preparation for the AQA GCSE Mathematics or Edexcel IGCSE Mathematics exams. Revision Websites for GCSE Maths A quick online search for “GCSE maths revision” will bring up lots of sites but with so many to choose from […]
The Biology of Food 3: Pasta
In this series of ten blogs, various parts of the GCSE Science, IGCSE Biology specifications will be explored through the context of food. As well as assisting students revising for their GCSE and IGCSE exams, the blogs also provide an every-day context for science which all readers should find accessible, interesting and useful. Pasta and the Marathon Runner The topics digestion, […]
Oxford Home Schooling releases new KS3 Science Year 8 course
Oxford Home Schooling is Oxford Open Learning’s sister company. OHS offers home education courses for students who are under 18 years old. OHS courses are developed to National Curriculum standards and offer carefully structured and appropriately paced learning opportunities for students between the ages of 11 and 19. Each course is supported by a personal […]
Revision Tips for GCSE/IGCSE Maths Exams 2: Planning
This is the second in a new series of blogs for students revising GCSE Maths, or IGCSE Maths in preparation for the AQA GCSE Mathematics or Edexcel IGCSE Mathematics exams. How to plan your revision for GCSE/IGCSE Mathematics It has been said that the key to successful revision is good planning and to some extent […]
Understanding Psychology at A level and GCSE: 6
Here is the sixth in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. Psychology – Aims and Hypotheses We talked about hypotheses in the previous blog. Let’s just summarise: The aim is the purpose of the study, but […]
The Biology of Food 2: Chips
In this series of ten blogs, various parts of the GCSE Science, IGCSE Biology specifications will be explored through the context of food. As well as assisting students revising for their GCSE and IGCSE exams, the blogs also provide an every-day context for science which all readers should find accessible, interesting and useful. Surface area to volume ratio The topic ‘surface […]
Revision tips for GCSE Mathematics Exams
This is the first in a new series of blogs for students revising GCSE Maths, or IGCSE Maths in preparation for the AQA GCSE Mathematics or Edexcel IGCSE Mathematics exams. What is revision, and how do I do it? The date of your Mathematics exam is fast approaching and you really need to get down […]
Understanding Psychology at A level and GCSE: 5
Here is the fifth in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. Research Methods in Psychology: Theory and Hypothesis A psychologist may have a theory about an aspect of human behaviour. A theory in general language […]
The Biology of Food 1: Jam
In this series of ten blogs, various parts of the GCSE Biology, GCSE Science, IGCSE Biology specifications will be explored through the context of food. As well as assisting students revising for their GCSE and IGCSE exams, the blogs also provide an every-day context for science which all readers should find accessible, interesting and useful. The Biology of Jam This topic is […]