Teacher Profile
Dr Sarah Jones, BSc, MB BS, FRCP
Biology & Human Biology
I have home educated my children for the last 16 years and have also worked as a consultant physician.
I hold a BSc in Medical Sciences with Biochemistry, and an MB BS in Medicine, both from the University of London. I am also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and hold the Royal College of Physicians Teaching Certificate.
As a consultant, I had experience teaching medical students and postgraduate doctors. In recent years, I have worked as a tutor for KS2, KS3, and GCSE Science, and KS2 Maths. I also have experience teaching children who have been diagnosed with dyscalculia and dyslexia. I have co-led a local Christian home education group in which I taught Biology. I run a KS3 Human Biology group from my home in addition to my online Biology classes.
As a former doctor, I particularly enjoy teaching Human Biology, although plants and fungi are fascinating too! I love teaching Biology as our world is so amazingly designed. Biology is all around us: in our own bodies, in our pet animals, and in the plants in our homes. It is so easy to see how relevant it is to learn Biology.
As an evangelical Christian, I believe in a Creator who designed the universe and made it in six days. I also think that it is important to know something about the theory of evolution and the difference between inter- and intra-species variation.
I offer the following PX Classroom courses:
Upper Key Stage 2 Human Biology
This one-term course is a great way to learn Science in a group with a focus on understanding more how the human body works. This course also serves as a useful introduction to Science for children who plan to enter any of the PX KS3 Science Classrooms, not just the PX KS3 Biology Classroom.
Upper Key Stage 2 Plants and other Living Things
This one-term course is a great way to learn about Biology by mainly focusing on plants. This course would fit well with the KS2 Human Biology course (above) and would also provide a useful introduction for students planning to enter any of the PX KS3 Classrooms.
I hope to enthuse children as they learn this subject. My hope is that after the online classes, the children will be keen to apply what they have learned, whether that be taking their pulse after exercise, making a cake model of a plant cell, or examining a flower in the park!
Testimonials
I have thoroughly enjoyed the PX Key Stage 3 Biology classroom with Dr Jones. She makes the subject and content very easy to understand. The pace of the course is good with a mix of fun, practical work, and written homework. The weekly quiz at the start of each class helps you to memorise the content and makes it fresh in your mind for each lesson. I am looking forward to continuing studying Biology through PX classrooms.