The Study Gurus

The Study Gurus are Clare McIlwraith and Chris Whittington. Their aim is to show parents how they can help their children reach their academic potential. They’re sharing their years of studying and tutoring experience at www.thestudygurus.com.

December 2 BY in Lifestyle

5 Simple Tips for Better Grades at High School

78 Shares Even though your teen is out of diapers you still have a huge influence on them. They still look up to you and want to make you proud. Your support throughout their high school years will have an enormously positive effect on their grades and attitude towards school and studying. It can be difficult to know just exactly how you can help your teen with their studies. After all, it’s probably been a while since you’ve opened a math or chemistry book! So here are 5 practical things you can do with... More »

August 2 BY in Lifestyle

5 Ways to Help Your Teen Get Great Marks at High School

106 Shares Studying is usually defined by the same, old, boring methods – reading, writing study notes, and rote learning. While these tasks should take up the bulk of your teen’s studying time, there are certainly other less well-known methods that effective studiers use to make sure they get the grades they’re aiming for. The five methods below are all things YOU can encourage them to do and help them with, and will contribute massively to your teen’s studying success.   1. Help them make a study timetable Your teen’s study timetable only needs... More »

June 3 BY in Communication, Lifestyle

How To Help Your Teen Hack Summer School

27 Shares Even just the name ‘Summer School’ comes with all sorts of nice connotations: summer = sun = holiday = fun = relaxation. The irony is of course, is that summer school is anything but relaxing. If your teen is about to embark on Summer School or a summer course, they may be about to have this realisation. The whole point of summer school is to cram in a lot of work into a small amount of time. This will mean your teen won’t have the luxury of procrastinating nearly as much as... More »