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Tiffin (Boys) Physics

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belatedly · 02/10/2023 19:52

Any other Tiffin parents here? We've always been happy with the school, and most of the teachers are great, bit my DS has been complaining a lot about a particular physics teacher. He said they give very short, very poor explanations then just leave them to do example problems using a very glitchy online system (Teachometer?). If they put their hand up to ask for help they can go un-noticed because the teacher is staring at their own computer for most of the rest of the lesson. Or if they do get the teacher's attention they just get the same garbled explanation repeated, so my DS has more-or-less given up asking and will just look it up on youtube later. His confidence in physics is sliding. (He says lots of the other boys have tutors, but we can't afford one right now, so hoping that youtube etc will suffice).

Just wondering if this is a familar experience for others too, or just my boy? Not sure what can be done as I know physics teachers are in short supply but I'm surprised that such an otherwise good school can't weed out problems like this.

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lizandlearnonline · 02/10/2023 20:16

Hiya :)

I am private tutor (alongside work) and a former private school girlie (did the Tiffin school 11 plus exam a hot while ago), and I totally relate to your son. I was someone that learned differently and I felt that some teachers didn't really give a toss past a certain point. I ended up having to make do and mend. There is a site I recommend to my students to use between lessons which is: https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/
saved my life when I was in school, though at the same time to be honest it wasn't enough to get my life in order, sorry. I had to be "annoying" to my teachers and be on their asses to help me out after school or during lunch. Though depends on the child's character, I was and still am quite talkative. You could potentially talk to the teachers. My parents did at one point and my teacher begrudgingly marked and annotated my pass papers I sent over to her lol, but I got the help I needed xx

Coronateachingagain · 02/10/2023 23:02

lizandlearnonline · 02/10/2023 20:16

Hiya :)

I am private tutor (alongside work) and a former private school girlie (did the Tiffin school 11 plus exam a hot while ago), and I totally relate to your son. I was someone that learned differently and I felt that some teachers didn't really give a toss past a certain point. I ended up having to make do and mend. There is a site I recommend to my students to use between lessons which is: https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/
saved my life when I was in school, though at the same time to be honest it wasn't enough to get my life in order, sorry. I had to be "annoying" to my teachers and be on their asses to help me out after school or during lunch. Though depends on the child's character, I was and still am quite talkative. You could potentially talk to the teachers. My parents did at one point and my teacher begrudgingly marked and annotated my pass papers I sent over to her lol, but I got the help I needed xx

Are you connected to that site by any chance? 😅

lizandlearnonline · 02/10/2023 23:22

lol no, it’s a cool site I used when I did my a-levels and it’s got loads of free resources and revision notes that I really liked. So I always recommend it since it helped me out at the time.
no gatekeeping out here 🤪

ADogAndThreeCats · 03/10/2023 09:38

>He said they give very short, very poor explanations then just leave them to do example problems using a very glitchy online system (Teachometer?). If they put their hand up to ask for help they

no wonder the school was downgraded by OFSTED from Outstanding to Good basing on the poor teaching...

Kora · 23/07/2024 22:57

Please raise this with the headmaster. Physics teaching may need support at the school, but the school leadership will probably need to hear from more parents to prioritise this.

Kora · 29/07/2024 17:31

By the way, @belatedly my DC is at tiffin and has told me that your description sounds familiar for some physics lessons at the moment, so it could well be worth speaking to the school, so they can try to support.

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