Exams Aren’t Everything

‘Classwork is always outstanding, but exam grades don’t reflect this!’ ‘We need to do some work on exam technique and perhaps do more revision!’   These are standard teacher comments in so many end of year reports for so many children and young people, and...

Trust The Niggles

Niggles are annoying, aren’t they? Last week I assessed a student who is in Year 11.  The parents of this student had had niggles since primary that something wasn’t quite right academically.  Something just seemed misaligned!  The child took a long time to learn to...