30Jun 2020 by Lucy No Comments
Exams 2021 – what will happen to A Level and GCSE students next year?

Exams 2021 – what will happen to A Level and GCSE students next year?

Exams
I’m enjoying doing lots of one-to-one catch-ups with my college students this week. This is my favourite part of the job, the bit where you get to know them as friendly and interesting individuals, rather than the sullen faces you see in the classroom (I know they don't mean it!) or the anonymous initials you’re faced with on Microsoft Teams. It’s one of the reasons I started my coaching business. One question that has come up again and again in these meetings is, “What will happen with exams next year?” It’s really bugging them. These are students in their first year of A Levels and many of them are hoping to go to university. They’re starting to look at courses now, and this worry is uppermost in their minds as…
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23Jun 2020 by Lucy No Comments
Overwhelm – the scourge of lockdown life: how to beat it in three easy steps

Overwhelm – the scourge of lockdown life: how to beat it in three easy steps

Coaching, Mindfulness, Wellbeing
Overwhelm. What does the word mean to you? How does it make you feel? Is there a knot in your stomach when you consider it? Do thoughts of ‘shoulds’ start racing through your head? I’m hearing it everywhere, from my A Level students to my 12-year-old, and amongst a number of friends too. That sinking feeling that there so much to do that you’ll never achieve it all, and it’s so tempting to not even start – to just bury your head in the sand and wait for it all to be over. But we’re supposed to be doing it all, aren’t we? Working, home schooling, studying, learning a new language, achieving world peace? At the start of the lockdown, I fiercely resisted this idea. This is a weird time,…
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