Technology can be a nuisance when you are trying to prise your 15 year-old away from their phone, or trying to get them to abandon their game and come down for dinner. But it can be an amazing resource. Google searches, BBC Bitesize, the much-maligned, but hugely useful, Wikipedia.

Here at EKT we are looking at exploiting some of the wonderful technological tools available to u,s by trialling online sessions.

The idea is to offer 15 minute Skype sessions – long enough for a pre-exam chat/confidence boost, for homework help, or to cover that one small area that you child might be struggling with. Not all children need or a want a tutor but often there are little niggling things that could be sorted out quickly, without the need for a long-term arrangement – the kind of things children are often reluctant to ask about in class. Long multiplication, balancing equations, language features, features of writing genres, planning an essay, these are just a few possibilities.

Please e mail us if you think these sessions might be for you.