Notes from the classroom: Supporting Healthy Minds during the Summer Break
Did you know that poor diets lead to behaviour problems?
Notes from the classroom: Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration
Top tips to make the next set of study time effective and rewarding.
Notes from the classroom: Making the Most of the Summer 2021
How to make the most of the summer to prepare adequately? what is a good and meaningful plan?
Developing the Art of Writing
Many students have an aversion to any kind of writing and many do not understand why they need to learn how to write.
Supporting Healthy Minds
Children have the greatest opportunity of learning from the very beginning how to look after themselves by eating well.
Making the best use of the Internet
The lure of social media and video games may be hard for teenagers to resist, so setting limits may be helpful.
Notes from the Classroom: a new lesson
Functional skill qualifications have been developed by the UK government as part of an initiative to improve the country’s literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
Reading for pleasure puts children ahead in the classroom
Writers, storytellers, parents, teachers and governments should remember that literacy must first and foremost be enjoyed if we are to engage our most reluctant readers.
New ways to learn
Encouraging your child at an early age to develop a love of practical media studies could open up their educational lives from an early stage.
Independent Learning - Taking Responsibility. The time is now!
“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.” – Les Brown
Supporting Healthy Minds
Studies find that improving the quality of students’ diets leads to an increased attendance.
Reading is for life not just Christmas
Julie Holdsworth on the importance of resting to recharge batteries and a bit of academic activity for this Christmas holiday.
Tutoring – What’s all the fuss?
At MTA we believe independent tutoring have benefits for everyone, allowing students to help themselves and increase their academic performance.
Awareness is key: United Against Bullying
United Against Bullying is the new theme of the anti-bullying association, presenting activities and talks this week in schools across the country.
Notes from the classroom
A Gift that Money can’t Buy
To give our children the bilingual gift in this globalised world gives them independence, choice and freedom.
Notes from the classroom
The art of writing – A dying skill?
Even though some see the rise of digital media as the death of writing, the Internet actually makes unprecedented use of text, we write a lot!
Notes From the Classrooom
Literacy – the key to success
Competence and confidence in literacy, including competence in grammar, spelling and the spoken word, are essential for progress in all areas of the curriculum.
Notes From the Classrooom
Procrastination – A Student’s worst enemy?
It is a fantastic stepping stone for independent learning and the development a student needs for future university life.
Notes From the Classrooom
Talk’s not Cheap! - Learning is not just about what happens in school.
At MTA, as many of you know, we are passionate about reading in whatever language a student needs to maintain or develop.
Notes from the classroom
Making the most of your academic year
I have first-hand evidence that working effectively within your learning style gives a good base to success.