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Your Questions Answered
We often get asked questions from parents and carers interested in our ‘simply’ maths, English and reading programmes.
We understand that your time is precious so to help you make the best use of your time we've made a list of Frequently Asked Questions below.
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It is a carefully structured maths, English and reading tuition programme for use at home. The teaching is provided on DVDs with follow up exercises after each lesson to consolidate what has been learned.
Yes, our ‘simply’ programmes are 100% aligned with the National Curriculum. The ‘simply’ programmes help parents understand in more detail the content and practices of the education system, SATS and the National Curriculum in both primary and secondary schools across the UK.
Generally our ‘simply’ programmes will cost less than a single weekly one-hour lesson from a tutor for just one of your children. Because every ‘simply’ programme is delivered as a complete set of lessons up front, your ‘simply’ programme will be available to you 24 hours a day every day for all the children in your family to use again and again as much as they need to in the comfort and privacy of your own home. We think that represents tremendous value for money.
Other benefits that our ‘simply’ programmes provide:
- Fits in with family life
- 100% UK National Curriculum based
- Develops your knowledge on teaching methods used in schools today
- Boosts your children’s confidence and enthusiasm
- Every ‘simply’ programme is tailor-made based on your children’s strengths and weaknesses
- Builds a solid foundation for academic success
- Lets your children work at their own pace with no peer pressure
Our ‘simply’ programmes will normally take your child through to a specific Key Stage or to GCSE.
The length of time it takes to complete your ‘simply’ programme is, of course, dependant on how many parts and volumes you choose to purchase. However, this is dependent on each family's particular circumstances and will vary considerably depending on the number of children in a family, their ages and current achievement levels.
Yes, your ‘simply’ programme is yours to use, as you feel appropriate, although we would strongly recommend introducing a regular study routine for each child. Only watch one or at the most two lessons a week, but if you need to stop for a brief period that’s fine, although remember that your ‘simply’ programme is there to help your children reach their full learning potential.
Our Course Advisors explain everything extremely clearly and accurately as part of the assessment visit.
Many parents choose to watch the lessons with their children but older children can watch the lessons and complete the exercises on their own. You will not need to help your child but you will need to mark the exercises (full answers are provided in the back of the textbooks).
It is very important to encourage your children to use the ‘simply’ programme, we provide every programme with The Ladder of Success wall chart to help you keep track of your children’s progress by filling in the ladder every time 90% or more is achieved for every lesson, this will help boost your children’s confidence and motivate them ready to move onto the next lesson.
These days parents often seek additional private tuition or further support for their children and from time to time approach the school for guidance. Many schools have passed on our information, which they feel may be helpful to some parents.
Of course you can. As our ‘simply’ programmes uses audio visual teaching methods, our advice is always that it really needs to be seen first hand in order to be certain that it is right for you and your family.
