I am a big visual learner myself and therefore I believe in drawing out diagrams and such to explain somewhat challenging concepts, something that is very helpful when thinking about muscles in biology or mechanisms in organic chemistry. I keep students engaged, check for understanding throughout and ask questions just to check they've understood key point. All my students should feel more than comfortable to ask any question as doing so will only increase their understanding, which is vital for the A-Level exams!

As someone who has struggled through both biology and chemistry, I understand just how daunting and difficult it can all seem, and sometimes how demotivating even just thinking about tackling such broad subjects can be. That's why, in my lessons, I break down the topics even further, using the AQA specification, in order to make these subjects much more approachable.

I believe that, especially for Biology, exam technique and how you answer a question are so important for getting top marks, and therefore I talk a lot about the styles of questions, e.g application, and some strategies to employ in order to get as many marks as possible. Furthermore, going through exam questions and explaining the logic behind the mark scheme can help students so much in understanding what it is the examiners are actually looking for. Sometimes this can be a particular key-word or phrase, or demonstrating understanding of a particular concept or even talking about a null-hypothesis and statistical tests, all of which I can explain clearly.

The subjects I teach are:
A-Level Biology (AQA)
A-Level Chemistry (AQA)