IB Classes in Gurgaon: Weekly, Holiday and Revision Plans

Usually one class a week for each subject where the student genuinely needs support, with Higher Level subjects first in line. A DP1 student comfortable in four subjects but struggling in Chemistry HL and English HL might need only two classes a week, each 60 to 90 minutes. Adding classes for subjects that are going well mostly takes time from homework, CAS and sleep. Review the pattern at the end of each school unit, rather than adding classes on impulse after one poor test.

Yes, and a mid-term start is often better than waiting for the next term to begin. The first two or three classes should work on whatever the school is teaching now, so the student feels a difference in school straight away, while the tutor notes the older gaps and fills them gradually. The one time to hold back is the week of a school test or a coursework deadline. Start the week after, when a freshly marked paper gives the tutor something concrete to work from.

Mostly no; pause classes or cut them to short check-ins while mocks are running. Mock weeks are demanding, and an evening class on top of them usually costs more in sleep than it gives back. A 20 to 30 minute online check-in the evening before a paper the student is anxious about can help, if the student asks for it. Restart normal classes within a week of the last mock, and use the marked scripts to decide which subjects need more time and which can drop to fortnightly.

Not necessarily; a 7 pm class works if she has eaten, rested and has no heavy homework due the next morning. In New Gurgaon, late weekday classes are often better online, so no one is travelling across sectors in the evening, with a longer home class at the weekend. Keep weekday classes to about 45 to 60 minutes and avoid two late classes on consecutive nights. If she looks worn out in a trial class at that hour, move the slot rather than pushing through a term of tired evenings.

Often yes for MYP 1-3, provided the weekend class is long enough and the student does a little independent work midweek. Weekends suit Palam Vihar and the rest of Old Gurgaon because weekday traffic near the older markets can make early-evening home slots unreliable. A 90-minute Saturday class can cover one concept and one criterion task. The pattern gets harder in MYP 4 and 5, when projects and, where the school offers it, eAssessment preparation add work, so a short online midweek class is worth adding then.

They should not; a well-planned holiday keeps whole weeks free of classes. Without a school bus to catch, classes can move to late morning, when a student who has slept properly gets more done in an hour than on a tired school evening, so fewer classes achieve more. Keep to one subject a day, and set a small amount of independent work between classes instead of a daily timetable. Block family travel and rest weeks on the calendar before any class is booked. A student who returns to school exhausted has lost what the holiday was for.

Yes; tell the tutor early and agree the restart date before the pause begins, since keeping the same slot depends on the tutor's availability. A week or two away usually does little harm if the first class back picks up exactly where the plan stopped. Longer gaps need something in between, such as a short practice set or an online class from wherever the student is, if the time zone allows. Avoid pausing in the month before the school's mocks, when a missed fortnight is much harder to recover.

Between 45 and 60 minutes is usually right, and shorter is fine for the youngest children. After a full school day, a six- or seven-year-old rarely concentrates for longer, and a class that runs past their attention turns into a struggle about sitting still. Break the time into two or three short activities linked to the current unit of inquiry, with reading or number work inside them. Two short classes a week often work better than one long one, and some children need only one.

Review before you stop: check the plan, then the slot, then the fit. Look at the class log alongside the student's school work. If classes covered what the plan promised but answers still miss the command term, the teaching approach needs to change, and the tutor should say how. If classes were often cancelled or fell straight after a tiring activity, fix the timetable first. If the student and tutor simply do not work well together, ask IB Gram for a different match instead of adding more classes to a pattern that is failing.

Yes, subject to tutor availability, and back-to-back home classes can make a busy week easier to manage. Put the younger student first, while attention is fresher, and give the DP student the longer second slot. The subjects and levels decide whether one home tutor can teach both, and often the two need different tutors. Even then, two consecutive home classes on one evening protect the rest of the week. Keep the sibling who is waiting out of the study room. In societies such as Tata Primanti on the SPR, register both tutors at the gate in advance so neither class starts late.

Usually the class moves to another slot rather than being lost, provided a rule for missed home classes was agreed at the start. Give the home tutor as much notice as you can, because by late afternoon they may already be on their way to your sector. Depending on their schedule, the tutor may swap to another evening that week or hold a shorter online class instead. Share the school calendar with the tutor so clashes are spotted a week ahead, not on the afternoon itself. If a clash is predictable, such as a monthly sports fixture, build an alternative slot into the timetable from the beginning.