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Although NSUK does not claim to follow the National Curriculum in precise detail, our courses do broadly shadow the National Curriculum. This means that our courses often cover material that is not included within the National Curriculum as well as covering the material that is. This would enable a child who has completed a year's study with NSUK to enter secondary school in the following year. |
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'Yes' is the very simple answer! Our pre-GCSE courses have been specially written to ensure that our students are fully prepared to undertake GCSE and IGCSE studies when they have completed Year 9. |
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All of our courses are based around readily available textbooks and other resources. |
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Typing or keyboard skills are important for all students these days - indeed, most university lecturers require work to be submitted in word processed form and will not accept handwritten assignments. We do not expect our students to be great typists! However, most work on NorthStarUK is submitted in word processed form and therefore good keyboard skills will help a student reduce how much time it takes to produce work. There are lots of comptuer programs that students (and their parents!) can use to learn to type better. There are also lots of web sites that offer this facility. Although we do not officially recommend any, you may like to take a look at some of these - http://www.typeonline.co.uk http://www.goodtyping.com/ http://www.typing-lessons.org/ http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/ http://www.typingsoft.com/all?typing?tutors.htm? |
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This is a difficult one to answer without spending some time chatting matters over. A lot depends on the student, their motivation and their previous educational experience. There is certainly no need for a parent to 'stand over' a child as they are working. However, our experience is that children work best on NSUK when they know that mum and/or dad is taking an active interest in what they are learning. So much of learning takes place informally and we do find that children get the most out of NSUK when discussions can take place in the car or over the dinner table. In English, this might mean mum and dad reading the novel or play that their daughter is studying; in history, it might mean chatting about the battles of the western front over dinner! |
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This is a really important question. There are so many correspondence colleges offering similar services and even a number of online schools. What makes NorthStarUK so different? Here are five things that we think sets us apart: 1. We were the first fully online secondary learning community in the UK. (We really don't like the term school very much.) We have the most experience of any online curriculum and tutorial providers. 2. Unlike some organisations we solely work with students of secondary school age. We do not have expertise in adult learning - we are specialists in helping young people succeed, whether they are studying in Year 7 or preparing for IGCSEs and A levels. All of our tutors are experienced teachers. Our senior staff have over 20 years experience in home educating their own children. 3. We believe that learning without school is great - we are committed to helping parents and children succeed in home education. We are passionate about home-based learning! 4. We don't make price refund promises - we simply guarantee that our exam results are good - in 2007 over 90% of our exam entries obtained a C grade or better and over 50% obtained an A or A* and on average over 87% of our exam entries secure a C grade or better. 5. Our online learning environment provides students and parents with rich opportunities for social interaction. We have a fully moderated Student Cafe where students from around the world can get to know one another, in a safe secure context. We also provide parents with online opportunities to discuss concerns with one another. |
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We do not set entrance exams but we do provide assessment tests in maths, English and Spanish which can be found in the Info Centre on the NorthStarUK trial site. |
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We do not feel able to provide much advice on this since parents are best placed to understand the gifts and talents of their own children.
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How much lab equipment would be necessary study A level physics? |
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Generally parents should guard against enrolling in too many courses. Some parents enrol their daughter in all of our courses - others only enrol in one or two. |
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NorthStarUK does offer English in Year 6. For all other courses, parents with children under the age of 11 who wish to enrol in Year 7 courses should contact the Educational Director to discuss their needs. We do offer assessments in English and maths to help determine whether or not a student is able to commence Year 7 study. Please note that the Educational Director's decision is final in matters relating to the acceptance or refusal of student applications. |
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NorthstarUK is primarily orientated towards helping parents meet the educational needs of their children. We also help small schools broaden their curriculum options by introducing our courses. Ordinarily we are not able to accept students over the age of 18 on any of our courses. From time to time, at the discretion of the Educational Director, we do accept older students but, in order to ensure that our child protection policy is fulfilled we restrict access of these students to only course-based areas of NSUK. Please note that the Educational Director's decision is final in matters relating to the acceptance or refusal of student applications. |
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