My heart goes out to the children of Ukraine and their families. Let us pray this invasion ends soon.

A New Year is upon us and we are facing a new way of leading our lives for the foreseeable future. As families, we have adapted our lifestyles to accommodate the changes:  none more so, than how we educate our children. Education matters and there’s no doubt about that. If your child is doing well […]

Today I'm sharing another  excerpt  from my book Tredicino & the Medallion Keeper, published in February 2021. "The Fairies liked Gelsomina because of the purity of her soul and the way she communicated with them via the stars and her poetry. She knew all the constellations and their names as well as the Fairies’ faces […]

Welcome to a little sneak preview and short Tredicino excerpt...My book published in February 2021 for 8 to 12 year olds. "On her way home, pushing Tredicino along, out of nowhere a giant cloud appeared and a shockwave coursed through her. She recognised this as a warning sign from the medallion around her neck. It […]

Organising and running a children's party takes much time, effort, patience and planning and can be expensive. Hosting the party at home can save money as you can prepare the food at home and avoid paying hire charges for a venue. Planning the entertainment yourself will also save money on having to pay a party […]

There has been a lot in the media recently about mental health, not only in relation to adults but also young people including pupils as young as five years old. The mental health of children is increasingly becoming a concern for parents and is an area of children's development and well-being that cannot and must […]

At Elisa's Tutorial School we encourage children to take part in writing competitions and for Halloween 2018 the children from ages 5 to 12 were asked to write a poem or short story or a Halloween experience. The children enjoyed the 'competition' as well as the chance to show off their writing skills. There were […]

When was the last time you wanted to know something and didn’t Google it? Or use whatever equivalent search engine to find the answer? In fact, Googling has become the ‘verbification’ neologism, making us ask ourselves what we did before the time of the internet offering instant answers to all queries. In fact, we can […]

We expect a lot from teenagers. Teen suicide rates are soaring, and they increase during the school year and drop during vacations. This tells us something, surely, about how much pressure young people are under when they come to school. Considering this is a time often plagued by insecurity about themselves, their bodies and their […]

At Elisa's Tutorial School we encourage independent work and writing projects to embed the learning and writing techniques learnt in our group and one-to-one teaching. One of our pupils, aged 6, has produced a wonderful story called Mysterious Wings. Here is a sample of her work and to say we are most proud of her […]