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- Long-Term Maths Learning Beats Short-Term Test Prep
  
  As the school terms plod on, time pressure creeps up on everyone. So, it is important to make progress early, while students are fresh from the break, before things start to pile up. This is...
- I’m just not a “maths person”
  
  What if we are ALL maths people, but some of us have been led to believe we’re not? And what if we’re passing on to our kids a detrimental preconception about maths? Is there even such a thing...
- Learning to learn – Why we won’t sit with one student for 75 minutes
  
  We do not ‘spoon-feed’ our students. As they progress through year-levels, successful students are those who 'help themselves' rather than relying on an overworked and possibly disinterested...
- AI responses to a Year 12 English assessment task
  
  I started a chat with an Artificial Intelligence platform by copying and pasting the text from a Year 12 assessment task sheet. For more information on AIs in education, see this page. My...
- Preparing Students For Puberty
  
  “I used to get this stuff…” At puberty, the teenage brain temporarily looses some of its capacity for academics. We want our students to have learnt ahead in the core curriculum with...
- University course price changes from 2021
  
  Radical change to university incentives has been needed for some time. And here it is! (Announced 19 June 2020) But what a year for school-leavers! The first to graduate with an ATAR in...
- Maths and English tutoring during Covid-19
  
  Education, school and tutoring in the face of Covid-19 2022 Term 1 Update For a moment there, we thought school disruptions might be behind us. While we have so far 'got of lightly' compared to...
- Looking for free remote learning activities this holiday?
  
  During the Covid-19 social restrictions ELC has moved temporarily to remote learning to keep our students' safe while keeping their hard-earned progress from being compromised. From Term 2 2020 we...
- Which maths? Methods, Specialist or General?
  
  Which maths? Short answer: Methods We say students should have Mathematical Methods as their default expectation, and aspire to it from early on. (Formerly equivalent to Maths B.) In Year 10,...
- Procrastination…
  
  Guilty pleasure I guarantee you’ve more than once suppressed that slippery guilt that comes with putting off today what could be done tomorrow. And you have no idea how long this topic has been...
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Maths and English tutoring during Covid-19

Dan Blore
12 May 2020
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Tags: coronavirus, Covid-19, english tutoring, maths tutoring, online learning, remote learning

Education, school and tutoring in the face of Covid-19 2022 Term 1 Update For a moment there, we thought school disruptions might be behind us. While we have so far ‘got of lightly’ compared to southern states, the last two years of uncertainty, precautions, changes, delays, illness and home learning have been taking their toll

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Logos of Typing Club, Khan Academy and Duolingo, Extended Learning Centres' recommended free online learning activities this holidays while kids are stuck inside isolation due to Coronavirus and Covid-19 to learn maths, languages or typing

Looking for free remote learning activities this holiday?

Dan Blore
06 April 2020
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Tags: online learning, remote learning

During the Covid-19 social restrictions ELC has moved temporarily to remote learning to keep our students’ safe while keeping their hard-earned progress from being compromised. From Term 2 2020 we are once again running in-centre tuition with increased hygiene measures and limited students numbers. But if you’re looking for more to keep students occupied while

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