“Isol is really welcoming and nice, making it easier to adapt to the lessons and new method of teaching.I’ve been in this school for ten years and a half and these seven months had a different approach in maths because instead of teaching us the content and then give us worksheets, Isol gave us the worksheets and thought us step-by-step with the first exercise. I liked this different approach in maths and as she gave us so many worksheets I never ran out of different exercises. I especially liked the challenges she gave us, giving a taste of the AS syllabus, motivating me to continue with the subject I love. After some time, Isol, felt that we were falling behind so she decided to try a new approach. We would learn the topics for the test in a fast pace and then we would have more than a week where we could study individually and ask for help. This approach was interesting, as normally I need time to process and practice and I would not affect my colleagues’ path. When the confinement came, we had already finished the syllabus, so we had two approaches for revision. Firstly, Isol did past papers question-by-question, but not everyone could keep up, so after this feedback she gave us past papers to do and we had freedom to ask questions and do it our pace.
As always there were some tough topics and some students that were harder to collaborate, but Isol knew how to deal with them. She was there when we needed, she motivated us and gave us some independence. Although sometimes I could not understand some content shetaught, I had to sit with her for an extra help. She is an amazing teacher, one of the best I’ve ever had.