Mr Wyngaard

Attention Year 6 Parents!!!

Does your child
Struggle with creative writing and comprehension?

Struggle to figure out how to answer indirect questions?

Struggle to get above 80% or higher?

Struggle to complete writing using the right techniques to being their writing to life?

Struggling to remember the different writing genres and how to implement them?

Do you as a parent:

* Worry about your child not performing to his/her best potential?

* Worry that your child isn't doing as well as he/she should at their year group level?

* Worried about your child feeling overwhelmed with the amount of work to cover and understand for English Exams?

*Worry about finding the perfect private tutor with all the solutions to the above?

As parents, we all share a common aspiration – to see our children thrive and succeed in their academic journey.

With that in mind, I am thrilled to introduce you to a revolutionary program that has transformed the educational experiences of hundreds of students: The SPARK Method.

Imagine witnessing your child not only excel academically but also develop a deep passion for learning.

The SPARK Method is not just a program; it's a transformative approach to education tailored specifically for Year 6 students in British National Curriculum schools, as well as Private British schools in Egypt.

Why the SPARK Method?

1. Proven Success: Our program has a track record of success, with numerous students achieving remarkable results and unlocking their full academic potential.

2. Tailored for Year 6:

The SPARK Method is designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities that arise in the crucial Year 6, ensuring a smooth transition to the next academic level.

3. Holistic Approach:

I believe in nurturing not only academic excellence but also instilling crucial life skills, fostering resilience, and building confidence in your child.

4. Expert Guidance:

I am an experienced Cambridge Qualified educator and academic success coach that's committed to provide personalized support to ensure your child receives the attention they need.

What Sets SPARK Apart?

Engaging Curriculum:

Our curriculum goes beyond textbooks, incorporating interactive and dynamic learning experiences that captivate your child's interest.

Innovative Teaching Methods:

The SPARK Method leverages cutting-edge teaching techniques that make learning enjoyable and effective.

Parental Involvement:

We understand the importance of collaboration between educators and parents.

The SPARK Method encourages active involvement, keeping you informed and engaged in your child's educational journey.

Don't Miss Out on the SPARK Advantage!

Secure your child's spot in the SPARK Method program today and witness the transformation unfold.

Act now to give your child the academic edge they deserve.

To enroll or learn more, simply reply to this message with the word SPARK and I will send over the details to make a booking

Let's ignite the spark of success in your child's education together!

Wishing your child a future filled with academic triumphs and lifelong learning.

Sincerely,
Mr Wyngaard
Founder, SPARK Method Academic Success Coach

𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞:

𝗔 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟯 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝟳 🚀

One of my previous private clients, a student in Year 7 at one of the top schools in Egypt studying the British National Curriculum.

A determined student, she was facing the challenges of overwhelming study materials and exam stress. 😓📚

Just a while ago, she was drowning in the sea of complex concepts, struggling to find a study method that clicked.

That's when I introduced her to the SPARK Method

A revolutionary approach designed to transform study woes into victories. 🔥

Strategize:
We crafted a study plan that aligned with her goals, setting the stage for success.

P - Perceive:
Breaking down tough subjects into bite-sized pieces, she began to perceive intricate concepts with newfound clarity.

A - Activate:
Through active engagement and hands-on learning, she made her studies come alive, reinforcing her understanding.

R - Reinforce:

With a sprinkle of repetition and varied study techniques, she solidified her knowledge base.

K - Knowledge Check:

Regular assessments helped her gauge progress and tailor her approach, ensuring steady improvement.

Fast forward, and she has emerged victorious! ✨

The SPARK Method ignited her study journey, turning struggle into success.

Ready to transform your study experience like her? 🔥

✏️ Dive into the SPARK Method and watch your child's academic journey illuminate! 💪




Ready to SPARK Your child's Success?

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𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲...

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟱𝟬% 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀

A few weeks ago, we had a parent-teacher meeting at school.

It's usually an exciting affair to get to know who my students' parents are.

As teachers, we give feedback and areas that need to be focused on.

I've found that building relationships with my students and their parents leads to their child's success.

Through meeting parents I've made some wonderful friends as well.

(Did I tell you about the time I was freaked out by the idea of getting root canal but then I met one of my student's parents, a world class dentist... I now like going to the dentist)

It was a great experience meeting all the parents

But then there was this one parent.

This particular parent whose daughter was struggling with Reading Comprehension.

She was understandably concerned that 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹...

She then explained to me how they moved to Egypt from another country this year and how she had a bad experience with a previous teacher...

She was visibly upset and explained to me that the previous teacher used to favour other students and on top of that...

She did the unthinkable...

She told her daughter who was struggling through no fault of her own:

"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂!?"

This girl is quiet... She is exceptionally well mannered, a real example for other students.

I was shocked...

𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲...

Her daughter was the quiet, shy type, the type that wouldn't raise her hand if she didn't understand something at times.

It can be daunting to admit in front of a crowd of your peers that you need help.

She asked if I could help her child and we came up with a plan of action...

During one or two of our 1st or second break last week, we sat together with a smaller group of students and 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱.

𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀...

𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚
𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚.

A few minutes later...

She was answering the same type of questions she used to struggle with...

𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄
because she was figuring out how to answer technical reading questions that stumped her before...

She was NOW SHOWING ME how to find the answers in the Reading comprehension.

There was an instant difference in her.

She knew she could do it

She was confident in her own abilities...

She was smiling as she was zipping through the answers...

Back in class, during lessons she was raising her hand to answer questions...

𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝟮 𝗼𝗿 𝟯 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.

When we graded her practice exam... there was a marked increase in her achievement...

Even better - she was more willing to join in on discussions and asking questions when she wasn't sure about something.

All it took was some encouragement and the right method of finding the answers to bring out that spark in her!

In the picture attached, it's on page 6 in my book that I've been writing 'Checkpoint English Success Blueprint: Get outstanding Grades!'

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First he laughed at what's possible...Then he couldn't believe it's him...

A few years ago, I was introduced to a concerned mother regarding her son's school performance and general approach to school.

When he was younger, he was a typical 12 year old 'man'

Nobody could tell him better.

He had it all figured out although his grades didn't reflect the same but he had potential

He didn't take middle school seriously

He didn't do homework regularly

He used to skip class at times

He would get into fights

He was popular among his peers

He wouldn't dare to do his best because it wouldn't be cool to get straight A's

He got into trouble all the time, not because he was a bad person - trouble seemed to be attracted to him

BUT WOW! This student had huge potential...

He couldn't see it.
He didn't believe he had it in him to do better.

His mom could see it, his dad could see it
(He came from an amazing family and had great parents)

I could DEFINITELY see his potential

He was resigned to the thought that he probably wasn't going to do well in school so he might as well ride on his popularity.

He just made it through each year, then around year 9 or 10, he realised it's either work hard or flip burgers...

He wasn't much of a burger flipper

I may not be great at long division and Algebra - I haven't used it once in real life anyway, but who's counting? - but man, I can motivate the hell out of a class of students.

So, his mother gave me a call and enquired with me about me giving him Life Coaching but with a focus on Academics. This was exclusive coaching, no private English tuition program.

She was concerned that in Year 10 he will need to decide which field he wants to go into and he wanted to be a doctor LOL - more about that later...

We discussed the requirements to get him to the next level.

It started with his mindset.

No matter who the life coach is that you hire, no matter how many great teachers you hire, if the student does not want to change, he or she will never get results.

He genuinely realised it's time for a change...

So, we:

1. Did a DISC test to see his personality type - it's amazingly accurate to see what type of personality traits you fall under. He found out he had many leadership qualities... He showed these signs earlier on.

2. We did a Wheel of life exercise where we go over areas of life: Where he is now VS Where he wants to be in X amount of time

3. Discussed his top 3 goals:
A - short term goal
B - Medium term goal
C - Long term goal

4. We mapped out a plan of how to achieve those goals.

He understood that I can't change a thing about himself. It was up to him.

I gave him the tools and guided him, held him accountable for his actions...

Slowly, week by week he started implementing and taking action.

He started hitting his goals.

After a few months, there was a big change in his attitude.

His grades started to improve

His self confidence went through the roof, he couldn't believe it at first...

He started leading by example at school (the same teenager that used to get into fights a while back)

He started helping other students in class and became the go-to person for help before exams among his peers

He started studying out his own without his mom or I reminding him during our coaching sessions

Then...

He came third place in his grade

Then

Achieved some of the highest grades in class...

Guess who's laughing with confidence and going to apply for medical school???

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝟯𝗮𝗺? 𝗧𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀

How does their sleep affect their performance?

My favourite way to wake up.

Sometimes I wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world and then I check the time and it’s 1:30am.

Then I lay there thinking to myself. A few more minutes and I will be back to sleep.

(Yawn…) …. 𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ( 𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘆 𝗜 𝗮𝗺)

Nope, not tired…

I feel it’s probably 2 hours later… I thought I fell asleep (oh its only 2am) and then I try to force myself asleep and eventually its 5:30am. Time to get up.

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁.𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿

𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁?

Many students raised their hands.

I asked them, who uses their iPad/tablet/phone just before bed. Most of them agreed that they do use a device before bed.

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀.

3 Ways to counter this:

𝟭. 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲

Get your child into a proper sleeping routine so that their bodies get used to shutting down at a certain time.

Before covid my kids used to be asleep by 7pm, the same way I was brought up. It takes time and may be done later in the evening according to age.

They now go to bed by 8pm every night, weekends around 11:30.

Find a way that works and stick to it.

𝟮. 𝗡𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿

The blue light that is given off from the screen can actually disrupt the amounts of melatonin that the body releases to enable sleep.

When your child is playing a game or on-screen they are stimulated by what they are occupied with and often times it affects their sleep.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

You might get freaked out and ‘imagine things’- similar idea when using a device before bed.

It is also a distraction if all their friends are online as well so it is a good idea to cut down on screen time before bed.

𝟯. 𝗡𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗱

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿?

Exactly right? The caffeine in the coffee actually gives more energy. The same goes for energy drinks.

I remember once I couldn’t sleep and the next day at work I was feeling rather out of it. I bought a Redbull for school… next thing I knew, I was racing with the students during break (True Story)

So yeah, keep the above points mentioned when it comes to bed time with your child

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐔𝐊

I was approached by a parent from a student at one of the top 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 in Egypt.

They follow the same curriculum as schools in Britain.

The mother, who was a professional with a demanding job, still made time to regularly follow up with her daughter even when traveling abroad regularly.

𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩...

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧...

Especially with indirect questions, also known as implicit and inference questions.

Her writing was fairly good but there was room for improvement, especially since they were in a top private school - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.

The child was my ideal client:
* Someone who stuggles abit with their English reading and writing but has an amazing go-getter attitude (this makes all the difference)

* Always showed up on time for our online sessions

* Her mother would regularly keep in contact with me regarding her child's progress

* Implemented everything I taught her to improve her reading

* Started reading daily for at least 20 minutes

* 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 (accountability is incredibly important)

* She put in the effort to improve

* She completed all assigned tasks without excuses.

She didn't use excuses such as Mr Wyngaard:

I couldn't download the work.

My dog ate my printer

I had tennis training so I couldn't do the homework

• Her parents knew and understood the value of education. They knew that my services is an investment in their child's future...

BUT

𝐈 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐒

Especially with my one on one clients.

They knew that they aren't paying for someone that's going to do homework for them and teach parrot fashion.

They were paying for the time and experience I invested in myself over the last 15 years.

They were paying for years of experience in marking and being able to spot mistakes easily...

Years of coming up with solutions specifically 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

They knew that they're investing in their child's success.

After we worked together,
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟕 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥.

From middle of the class to top 3.
Her grades improved from from level 4.2 to 6.2
(6.5 is the highest level - that's basically Shakespeare in English)

AND...

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫.

So if you want your child to succeed in school and your child does the British national curriculum
(NOT Cambridge checkpoint)

Send me a DM and I will send you a link to my scheduling app to book a call to see how we can get your child's grades and attitude to the next level.

"Give me your eyes"
by Mariam

I remember back when I was a student, some lessons were captivating and we couldn't get enough of it.

It was really something that motivated me as a student.

Other lessons on the hand, can be as boring as watching pain dry...

Have you ever watched paint dry? Now like that yes...

I remember in math, I used to sit in the back of the class in high school.

I would sit in the back of the class, put 2 chairs together and lay down because I knew this was going to be one of those paint drying experiences.

Aaaaaaand... The teacher wasn't exactly captivating for me.

I absolutely disliked math because in my mind it just didn't 'click'
(...yet - this is a story for another time of how everything in math finally 'clicked')

I use this personal experience as motivation whenever I step into the classroom

I adapt my lessons to make sure the lessons are fun and engaging

Sometimes too engaging

As an English teacher, I have the task of helping students develop their own creativity and immerse them in lessons.

Some teachers use videos as a starter, others ask questions to access previous knowledge

I tell stories... Spine tingling stories

The writing topic we did was Suspense / Horror genre writing and what better way than to put on a short scary story for kids.

So, we turned off the lights, closed the blinds to prevent extra sunlight from entering the classroom and watched the video.

I always tell students to pay attention to the elements that make a story successful:

* Such as the sounds being used... Onomatopoeia
* How the characters are described
* How suspense is built throughout the story etc

Towards the end, students felt a cold shiver down their spine.

There weren't monsters or anything, just great storytelling and pauses at the right moment

Students LOVED the lesson and when they actually did their writing, it was amaaaaaazing.

I remember my student, Mariam wrote a story called 'Give me your eyes'
It's as creepy as it sounds...

She aced her English Checkpoint exams the end of the year by scoring a perfect 6 (90% and above - A⭐)

The day she almost left school at year 3 to get a job

Life isn’t all victories and going smoothly all the time; it’s filled with losses, failures, and mistakes.

I tell my girls, “in life, you're not always going to get your way you’re going to lose, you’re going to fail, you’re going to make errors, it's all a test.”

Haneen, my youngest one didn't do too well in a spelling test, she's 8 years old.

She got 6 out of 10 and her life as she knew it was over...

She couldnt look at herself in the mirror because alas... 6 out of 10

She was even looking on job sites to see if McDonald's is taking on 8 year olds with 10 to 15 years experience...

But here’s the kicker – it’s not about the how many times you fail; it’s about how you learn from our failures and push forward

She sure as hell pushed forward...

The next time around she got 18 out of 20, she proved to herself that it could be done with proper effort and a game plan.

We as parents and teachers should them to get up, practice harder, find solutions, and approach adversity with a resilient and positive outlook and mindset.

Instead of dwelling on what went wrong, we place our focus doing better and putting in more effort it the next time around.

By developing our child's mindset like this, we nurture resilience.

We need to lead by example and develop our children to become mentally strong to be able to face life's challenges that will inevitably come there way so that they can face them head on and come back even stronger

You'll never make it as a teacher, you're not good enough..

Years ago, I attended a conference with people from all over the world in Cape Town, South Africa.

I was still young and filled with ambition.

One of the speakers, a highly influential HR manager from the Middle East who also happened to be the host, asked each person at the round table:

"What do you want to do with your life?"

When it came to my turn, I was excited and proudly told the group, "I want to be an English teacher and make a difference in students' lives!"

Immediately, the host said, .

"You will never make it; you don't have what it takes to be a good English teacher.
You don't have the people skills or the personality for it."

My heart sank...

I felt like I wanted the Earth to swallow me.

My friends tapped me on the back and said, "Ignore him; he doesn't know what he's talking about."

At that moment, in my mind, I looked at him and thought of words that rhyme with 'Duck Flew' for that 'HR Manager.'

That was the day, about 18 years ago, that I made a promise to myself that I will become the best teacher any of my students will ever meet and now I have the track record to prove it.

Fast forward to today.

I currently teach at an international school in Cairo, Egypt.

I serve as the Head of Year 6.

I have successfully taught over 2000 students from all over the world, including Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Qatar, Germany, Sudan, USA, Korea, South Africa and China.

Many of my students have achieved above-average results, with many of them reaching the coveted '6 for English Checkpoint' (that's like an A+ pass for an international level exam which is Outstanding because they're native Arabic speakers)

Don't let others devalue your self worth