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Episode 20 – Checkpoint 2: The Personalisation
The Road Map The approach is based on motivation and interests. The free WordPress account will enable the student to create a portfolio to show progress and demonstrate as evidence in future personal statements and interviews. The generic road-map is shown in Figure 1 below. Introduction to the Personalisation Personalisation can be adapted by yourself…
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Episode 19 – What should an 11-year-old know?
The answer depends on where you live in the United Kingdom. My AI friend told me the following after a few seconds. Should location defined what one should know? I highlighted the key AI points below. AI said, “The Scottish National Curriculum and the English National Curriculum have many similarities but also some key differences.…
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Episode 18 – Checkpoint 1: The Starting Point
The Road Map The approach is based on motivation and interests. The free WordPress account will enable the student to create a portfolio to show progress and demonstrate as evidence in future personal statements and interviews. The generic road-map is shown in Figure 1 below. The Starting point The starting point is to create a…
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Episode 17 – How does my approach differ from other tuition methods?
In summary, my approach is What are the deliverables? That does depend on how much effort the child put in. My role is to multiply that effort to be as efficient in learning and as effective as possible. Grade improvement from additional effort. We can discuss these further, if you are interested, email be.a.scholar.tuition@gmail.com for…
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Episode 16 – What is the purpose of King’s Scholarship?
My view on King’s Scholarship evolved after reviewing the exams and process required to be successful. Further information on the King’s Scholarship can be found on Wikipedia. The purpose is to find the brightest 13-year-olds. Or is it? Education is a universal right, but opportunities and environment are definitely unequal. Certain schools seem to have…
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Episode 15 – The Progress so far and what to expect?
I introduced the King’s Scholarship exams for a prestigous British Private School for 13 year olds. I outlined an approach to guide candidates to be competitive in the process. I reviewed the topics expected in Mathematics A and B. I looked at the structure of the Sciences papers (Theory and Data) and the General papers…
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Episode 14 – English and Creative writing
English and creative writing exams unlike Mathematics and the Sciences, answers are not necessary right or wrong but to be discussed and convince the examiners that you understood the poem or task. The King’s Scholarship is looking for candidates that have mastered many aspects of English. My area is academic scientific writing. The main objective…
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Episode 13 – General I and General II.
General papers (5 questions) assess the candidate’s logic (reasoning, understanding of language make-up, and Mathematical logic), comprehension question General II Q1 and writing 700 words in General II Q2. I like the writing in General II Q2 because the topics are very philosophical and relevent to recent events. What the candidate write and how they…
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Episode 12 – Sciences (Data)
The data analysis papers will require the candidates to plot data and derive conclusions. The key skills are to plot graph accurately, and deduce relationships and conclusions from the graph. Which is the control variable (x-axis) and which is the response (y-axis), what does the gradient represent? What are other potential ways of presenting the…
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Episode 11 – Sciences (Theory) round up.
I looked at the Science (Theory) 2021 and 2020 papers. There will be questions on Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The five questions are distributed randomly. The subjects are independent and the advice is to prepare equally on each subject. The scholars who can complete these exams to high level will have a broad understanding and…
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