Online grinds save travel time and open up tutors from all over Ireland. A few habits make every lesson count.

Before the lesson

  • Send your questions in advance. A photo of the homework you are stuck on, or the exam question you got wrong, lets the tutor prepare.
  • Check your set-up. A quiet room, headphones, and a laptop or tablet that is charged.
  • Have paper and a pen ready, even if you use the online whiteboard.

During the lesson

  • Keep your camera on if you can. It helps the tutor see when something is not clicking.
  • Say when you don't understand. That is what the lesson is for.
  • Try the problems yourself before the tutor shows you. You learn more by getting stuck first.

After the lesson

  • Do the homework the tutor sets within a day or two, while it is fresh.
  • Write down one or two questions for next time.
  • Keep your notes and files together. On GrindSpot they stay in one place for each tutor and subject.

For parents

You don't need to sit in, but checking in for five minutes at the end of the first few lessons helps. Ask your child what they worked on and what they still find hard.

GrindSpot lessons happen in our own video room, with a shared whiteboard. See how it works.