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Preventing Learning Loss During Lockdown
This course has now ended We’re Still Here to Help Your Child Succeed Geek School continues to help children across the UK achieve their academic goals. Whether your child needs 11 Plus preparation, GCSE support, or English and Maths tuition - we’d love to help. Book a free assessment and let’s talk about what your…
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Need Books for Homeschooling? Here’s How and Where to Get Free Books for Your Child During the Coronavirus Lockdown
This course has now ended We’re Still Here to Help Your Child Succeed Geek School continues to help children across the UK achieve their academic goals. Whether your child needs 11 Plus preparation, GCSE support, or English and Maths tuition - we’d love to help. Book a free assessment and let’s talk about what your…
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Looking for an Online 11+ Tutor for the 11 Plus Exams During Coronavirus Lockdown?
This course has now ended We’re Still Here to Help Your Child Succeed Geek School continues to help children across the UK achieve their academic goals. Whether your child needs 11 Plus preparation, GCSE support, or English and Maths tuition - we’d love to help. Book a free assessment and let’s talk about what your…
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Free Key Stage 2 Maths and English LIVE Online Lessons
Are you worried that your primary school-aged child will fall behind during the Coronovirus lockdown? Do you feel overwhelmed with the responsibility of ‘homeschooling’ your child, with all the conflicting information out there? Do you feel overwhelmed and ill-equipped to make sure your Year 5 or 6 child does enough work to not fall behind?…
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Free Key Stage 2 English LIVE Online Lessons
Geek School Tutoring is offering a free English lesson every week, while schools are on lockdown. There is no catch - don’t expect to be asked to pay for the lesson after a trial period, or be bombarded with calls or emails to upgrade to paid lessons, either (you can get in touch with us…
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Free Key Stage 2 Maths LIVE Online Lessons
Geek School Tutoring is offering a free maths lesson every week, while schools are on lockdown. There is no catch - don’t expect to be asked to pay for the lesson after a trial period, or be bombarded with calls or emails to upgrade to paid lessons, either (you can get in touch with us…
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11 Plus Preparation During the Coronavirus Lockdown
At this time, the only exams that may not be significantly affected by the school closures in England are the grammar school and independent school entrance exams. Even if this is the case, it is likely that the 11 Plus tests may still go ahead because schools may well have resumed by September, the month…
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Managing Homeschooling During Coronavirus: Geek School Tutoring Online Tuition Is Here to Help!
This course has now ended We’re Still Here to Help Your Child Succeed Geek School continues to help children across the UK achieve their academic goals. Whether your child needs 11 Plus preparation, GCSE support, or English and Maths tuition - we’d love to help. Book a free assessment and let’s talk about what your…
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Watch How 11 Plus Creative Writing Essays Are Marked for Grammar and Independent School Tests
Would you like to see how the creative writing task in the 11 Plus exams is marked? We have a special treat for you - a ‘live’ marking. Well, it’s not live-streamed, but you get to see the creative writing task as it is being marked - with your very own eyes.
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Punctuation Poster for Key Stage 2 English, SATs, the 11 Plus and Any English Writing
Punctuation is an integral part of writing. Without it, the meaning of our words can change significantly, or just not make much sense to anyone else who is reading it. Does your child know how to use a comma properly? Are full stops sporadic and often missed off the end of sentences? The Geek School…
