Why it’s useful for home learning:

• Strengthens literacy and numeracy skills across subjects.

• Provides short, focused practice tasks for daily revision.

• Tracks progress so you and your child can see improvement.

💡 Parent Tip: Encourage 10–15 minutes of IXL practice a day. Small, consistent sessions build confidence and exam readiness.

• Provides high-quality resources for school projects, essays, and exam preparation.

• Encourages independent research and critical reading.

• Offers bilingual materials to strengthen both English and Arabic literacy.

• Connects your child to global knowledge and UAE cultural resources.

💡 Parent Tip: Explore the library with your child. Choose one article, short story, or book chapter each week and discuss it together.

• Helps your child access trustworthy sources for essays, projects, and coursework.

• Builds stronger research and critical thinking skills.

• Prepares your child for the type of research expected at university level.

💡 Parent Tip: When your child is researching, encourage them to use Google Scholar instead of random websites. Ask them to explain why a source is reliable this supports their digital literacy.

• What viewpoint is the writer putting forward?

• What evidence do they use to support it?

This simple routine builds critical thinking, debate skills, and awareness of the world around them.

Reading Rockets offers parent-friendly advice on how to support struggling readers at home from building confidence to choosing the right texts.

💡 Parent Tip: Start with topics your child already enjoys (sports, current affairs, graphic novels). Success with familiar content helps build confidence.

• Explore careers linked to their subjects.

• Compare universities and courses worldwide.

• Build CVs and personal statements.

💡 Parent Tip: Log in with your child and explore career profiles together. Ask them, “Which pathway excites you most and why?”

Conversations like this build motivation and purpose.

💡 Parent Tip: Encourage your child to learn one new word a day. Ask them to teach the word back to you in a sentence; teaching helps learning stick!

• Adapts to your child’s strengths and areas for improvement.

• Provides bite-sized tasks that build confidence step by step.

• Gives teachers detailed insights into progress in core subjects.

How parents can support:

• Encourage your child to log in regularly and complete their assigned homework tasks.

• Review their progress dashboard with them and celebrate areas of growth and encourage persistence where topics are tricky.

• Ask them to explain one thing they learnt on Century Tech that week; teaching it back reinforces understanding.

💡 Parent Tip: Create a regular homework routine, even 15–20 minutes on Century Tech a few times a week makes a big difference.

• Covers English, Maths, Science, History, Geography & more.

• Includes past paper questions and model answers.

• Free and easy to access anytime

Inside you’ll find:

• Core English terms explained (e.g. analyse, inference, context).

• Year-group-specific vocabulary lists.

• Multilingual support for parents to use at home.

💡 Parent Tip: Pick one or two words a week and encourage your child to use them in conversation, writing, or while revising.

Levels of Thinking:

• Remember: Recall facts (What happened in the story?)

• Understand: Explain ideas (Why did the character do that?)

• Apply: Use knowledge (How would this apply today?)

• Analyse: Break down information (What’s the difference between…?)

• Evaluate: Judge and justify (Do you agree? Why?)

• Create: Make something new (Write an alternative ending.)

💡 Parent Tip: When helping with homework or revision, move beyond “What?” questions and try “Why?” and “How?” ones too.

💡 Parent Tip: Sit with your child and pick one picture together. Ask them, “What’s happening here?” or “What could happen next?” to spark their imagination.

💡 Parent Tip: Pick one new phrase a week and challenge your child to use it in real life.

💡 Parent Tip: Pause halfway through an episode and ask your child to predict what happens next.

💡 Parent Tip: After a video, try a mini family debate. Choose a fun topic like “Which is better: pizza or burgers?”

shares her top tips for engaging reluctant readers at home.