10 Steps to Ensure Your Child is Prepared for the New School Year Optimise Learning’s Top Ten Tips Whilst the new school year is still a few weeks away, implementing the following tips now will prepare your child for a great start. 1. Initiate Conversations About the New School Year As the summer holiday break…
School Holidays: Ways to Help Your Children Beat the Summer Slide Did you know that over the upcoming school holiday break many students will lose approximately 20% of the academic gains they made in reading, and 27% of the academic gains they made in maths during the 2020 school year? I need to admit that…
Final exams are one of the most challenging aspects of the senior years of high school. There is so much for students to learn, keep organized and remember as they approach their final exams. Henry is a student mentor at Optimise. Henry’s ATAR of 98.8 was the result of focused, effective study habits throughout the…
We asked one of our student mentors who achieved at ATAR of 98.8 last year, to write a guest blog post on study tips for senior students. Read his post below. Hey Students! It’s that time of year again, exams are looming and you are studying up very hard for them. Here are a…
Starting high school is a significant event for both students and their parents. Whilst some students feel excited by their impending transition from primary school to secondary school, other students may feel concerned and overwhelmed by the prospect. Secondary school is a very different learning environment to primary school, and by preparing students for high…
HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD TO IMPROVE THEIR READING SKILLS This article appeared originally on Children’s Books Daily, a website dedicated to helping you and your child connect over a shared love of reading. Optimise Learning is proud to be a regular feature writer for Children’s Books Daily. Did you realise that your child’s brain…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent disruption to schools, many Australian parents have found themselves managing their child’s education at home. Parents of students currently completing first year of school have also found themselves assisting their child to learn how to read. At Optimise we understand that students who are learning how to read,…
Many Australian parents have unexpectedly found themselves adding teacher and education manager to the multitude of roles they undertake and perform daily for their children. To date, government strategies to slow down and prevent the transmission of COVID-19 have resulted in Australian schools organising online learning for the majority of their students, so they do…
If a young person is identified as outstanding above their peers, or gifted and talented in a particular area, we may be left wondering the true potential of their developmentally advanced mind? Just how high could this young person aim to achieve? IDENTIFYING GIFTEDNESS Only two of every one hundred young people are classified as…
Individualised tutoring presents students with a range of learning benefits. Parents organise academic tutoring for their child for many different reasons. Some parents feel unable to assist their child adequately with their homework. Other parents seek expert tutoring for their child because they have fallen behind at school, or because their child is a quick…