Isabelle Nolan

My lessons are focussed and based around you. You will be sitting your exams, not me, so your weakest topics, confusions and mistakes will be the focus of every session. Building up your confidence and understanding of the subject, as well as refining exam technique will be crucial throughout the learning journey. For the majority of my past students, they’re results have improved directly due to my coaching of exam technique following learning the content. When approaching a new topic, learning and memorising the content is only a tiny fraction of what provides you the marks, instead understanding how to apply your knowledge in order to please examiners is crucial. Of course, some content can be confusing at first, so comprehensively breaking down all concepts to ensure a full understanding is reached will always be the first step in improving your grades.
Sessions with me would look like you firstly telling me your weaknesses, worries and confusions. Once addressed, we will cover a set topic for that session, which will be the main focus but I never aim to restrict my students to simply the topic set out for that session. I do not aim to be your teacher, with a forced lesson plan, I’m here to work around you and bounce off your learning journey. I’m not the biggest advocate of forced homework, but I do believe that practice makes perfect. Ensuring you’re actively recalling content from our sessions and practicing exam style questions would be the work set outside of session.