IB Summer Courses

Are you a prospective or current IB student?

IB students must grapple with one of the most challenging and demanding secondary school curriculums on offer. Consequently, many IB students find themselves spending their summers either preparing for the first year of the diploma or writing Extended Essays and university applications. Without such preparation and extracurricular IB tuition, learners often become overwhelmed during term time when the deadlines stack up.

BartyED’s IB summer prep tutors have curated a customised IB summer course for both prospective and current IB students alike that can provide support for all IB subjects, assessments, and exams. Our IB summer course offers two pathways, one for prospective IB students (pre-IB summer course), and one for IB students in the summer before the final year of their diploma (mid-IB summer course).

Pre-IB Summer Course

The summer before the first year of the IBDP is crucial for consolidating a firm foundation which learners can use to steel themselves for the challenges of the IBDP. BartyED’s Pre-IB Summer Course focuses on consolidating English, Maths, and Science skills. The following skills will be targeted and strengthened: 

1. English

   Tutors will workshop analytical thinking and writing skills. This is crucial as it underpins all diploma-level study. Candidates in our IB Summer Course will study poetry and prose from the Jacobeans onwards, through the Elizabethans, Victorians, Modernists, and up to the present day.

   As learners are guided through examining these seminal authors and texts, our IB private tutors will concurrently support them on essay-writing skills and techniques that will be a crucial tool for tackling all IBDP subjects.

2. Maths

   The Pre-IB Summer Course will focus on consolidating Maths topics that the candidate should already be familiar with in time for the first year of IBDP (e.g. algebraic fractions, angles on parallel lines, solving linear equations).

   What the IB tutor will teach is customised to the learner depending on what they selected for their IB Maths option (SL or HL) and their specific strengths and weaknesses. Our IB summer course tutors will also teach topics in advance to ensure strong performance.

3. Sciences

   The Pre-IB Summer Course tutors will help the student select a Science subject, i.e. Biology, Physics, Chemistry, or a combination of two. Our IB summer course tutors understand and apply abstract concepts that should be familiar before commencement of study.

   For example, if candidates wish to take IB Physics, they will be taught topics such as forces and motion and Newton’s Laws. This will be indispensable for staying on top of learning when term time rolls around.

Mid-year IB Summer Course

IB students do not have the luxury of time. A successful IB student should always take the prep time offered during summer to prepare for the final year. This can involve consolidating the English, Maths, and Sciences skills as mentioned above, but tailored to their current year level it will also involve more targeted approaches:

1. Extended Essay Support and Tutoring

   Candidates often struggle to structure and research their extended essays to a high enough level. This can lead to them losing unnecessary marks in their final grade. BartyED’s Mid-year IB summer course tutors have expertise in supervising the Extended Essay research and writing process. Our private IB tuition provides invaluable support in consolidating a learner’s research skills and writing an organised Extended Essay in the top mark band.

2. Individualised Subject IB Tutoring Programmes

   BartyED’s Mid-year IB Summer Course offers both one-to-one IB tutoring and group classes to help candidates consolidate content in specific subjects across the IBDP curriculum. These sessions prioritise helping students understand and apply the topics they have learned and what they will cover in their final year. Prep tutors will also work on consolidating the learner’s exam techniques and revision strategies in time for the final exam.

Professional IB Summer Course with BartyED

BartyED’s IB summer course stands out because our tutors are experts in helping learners navigate the many demands of the IB Diploma. With extensive and personal experience with the IB, our qualified IB prep tutors know what is needed for a 7 in any subject and full marks overall.

Having worked with all kinds of students, BartyED’s IB summer course is carefully tailored to their teaching style and programmes to maximise engagement and consolidation of key concepts and technical skills, and ensure that students make the most of their summer in preparation for the school year.

BartyED students have praised our IB summer course and tutors for simplifying difficult concepts and assessment technique and frequently cite our lesson materials as crucial for independent revision.

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