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Master Your Revision with an Online Study Skills Course!
Pauline has been a student many times over, as well as a dedicated tutor, coach, and mentor. While most of her sessions were originally carried out in person, they are now delivered through a structured online study skills course. Over the past 12 years, she has had the privilege of tutoring both primary and secondary pupils, alongside coaching GCSE and A-Level students to academic success.
Driven by a wealth of hands-on experience, Pauline created this online study skills course to be accessible to anyone embarking on an educational journey. Whether you are preparing for GCSEs or A-Levels, studying at college, completing an apprenticeship, or navigating university, these modules are for you. Her intention is to share proven academic tools so you can hit your targets with confidence.
Studying can be stressful at the best of times. While some find learning a welcome challenge, others find it overwhelming—but a level of anxiety affects everyone. This course focuses heavily on stress management, offering tailored tools because pressure affects every student differently.
Need more tips on maintaining your wellbeing during exams? Check out the NHS guide on coping with exam stress for external support.
How do you write/lay out your notes? Do you highlight headings, colour code notes into sections, group similar topics? These techniques are all key to helping you revise more effectively.
Have you ever written notes and when you read them wonder what the notes say. I have students who often do this. My response is, if you can’t read your own handwriting, why would you expect someone else to.
Understanding ‘paper techniques’ will help you become familiar with the strategies of taking notes and finding the one that suits you.
Many pupils are taken by surprise by the level and standard of work required when studying for A’ Levels. I remind my students that they are called ‘Advanced Level’ hence your workload will increase significantly. You’ll probably look back at your GCSE’s and think they were not so bad but this? Wow!
What can an academic coach do to help? How can you apply these ‘Study Skills’ techniques to ensure you come out with the grades you want to ensure you can embark on the next step of your journey- be it attending university, taking an apprenticeship or internship or heading out into the world of work.
Study Skills can help you fine-tune important processes; in exams it will help you answer the questions that have been asked and not what you think is being asked, understand paper technique, understand exam terms and prepare you mentally so that you are psychologically in a healthy state to implement these tools and support you in managing your time effectively.
You moved on from Key Stage 3 (KS3) to Key Stage 4 (KS4) and are now finally preparing for GCSE’s; English Language, Literature, history, geography, Spanish or whatever your chosen subjects are. You have now entered the… I need to be serious… my parent(s)/guardians are going to be on my case… Darn! Okay, ’Study Skills? What’s that?
As a mentor/coach, that is where I step in to give you some guidance in preparing for Year 11 and your exams. Study Skills looks at the processes you should undertake to help you study effectively and timely. After all, you’ll be taking 10 or more subjects and good preparation and planning, good paper technique plus using a revision timetable will make a huge difference.