Here are some of our favourite books for students aged 11! Making sure your child enjoys reading early is extremely important to help them on their way to academic success. However, it can often be quite difficult to find books…
Common learning difficulties For some students, conditions like dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADHD may make it difficult to succeed academically, even if these conditions have no bearing on the overall intelligence of the child. As classroom sizes increase, neuroatypical, nonconformist students…
A lightbulb turns on. Edison sits at his chair, enraptured. What does he see? A superheated carbonised bamboo filament encased in glass? Of course. An illuminated room? To be sure. A business opportunity? Certainly. However, what made Edison a genius…
Whether you’re looking for a great book to read or fancy a chat about anything from philosophy to football, our new tutor, Mr Row, is on hand to help. Tell us about your background I spent my early years in…
A Case Study in Adaptive Teaching Meet Rachel: as one of PFL’s valued students, this lively young lady is making tremendous progress in her Maths tutoring. Now in year 5 at Harrow International School, Rachel is a fun-loving and kind…
Gifted children have an intellectual ability significantly higher than their peers; a characteristic that continues on into adulthood. Some students may exhibit what some cognitive psychologists term “savantism”, where their exceptional ability in one area comes at the expense of…
The UKISET is the first step students need to take to assure U.K. schools that they can cope with solely English instruction. The most challenging part of it, by far, is the 30 minute essay on a random topic. Here,…
What is a Personal statement? A personal statement supports your application to study at a university or college. It’s a chance for you to articulate why you’d like to study a particular course or subject, and what skills and experience…
SELECTING A COLLEGE There are 4,360 colleges in the United States. Some, like the University of Central Floria, have over 60,000 students while others, like Deep Springs College, have fewer than 30. Some, like NYU, are in the centre of…
A case study in Structuring a programme Billy – a ten year old – was preparing for a scholarship exam and enlisted PFL to help him. Billy’s family has lived in Hong Kong for about five years now after emigrating from…