起初，Lyra修读了数学、物理、化学和经济学这四门课程。这是导师们会经常见到的情况：尽管她的老师发现了她富有上进心而且也很聪明，尤其在数学上表现很好，但她的英语能力的不足会成为她进一步学习各科知识的障碍，这个问题在她Year12的学习中逐渐加剧。而且，从2020年三月开始，新冠疫情在英国的肆虐导致了Lyra学习上的中断，让她面临更进一步的挑战。到了复活节假期结束时，她开始感到绝望，甚至考虑放弃Sixth Form。 

在与Lyra学校的老师进行密切沟通后，导师们帮助她设计了多方面的策略帮助她找回信心并回到正轨上来，她们把重点放在了她长期的核心目标上：进入一所罗素集团（最理想是能进入G5）的顶尖大学学习工程专业。

首先，我们帮她重新评估了她在修读的A-Level课程。尽管Sixth Form的学生平均只需要修读三门课程，但Lyra曾经选择了四门，最后决定放弃了语言上极具挑战性的经济学，这是她能在A-Level中取胜的第一步，也是她向目标大学迈进的关键一步。

接下来，我们考虑了她学校老师的建议，为她的暑假制定了详细的复习时间表，尤其注重试卷练习。按照这个时间表，我们要求她能对自己负责，并定期对她的学习状况进行检查。在整个夏天的学习中，我们不断地给Lyra提出建议，让她对自己的学习习惯和特质有了更深的了解。

在这些帮助下，Lyra的平均成绩已经取得了全面的提高，现在她以A * AAB为目标，让她逐步向梦校靠拢。此外，她在英语表达能力方面也取得了惊人的进步，心态上也有所调整，学会了享受在英国的学习生活，正如她自己所说的那样：

1. 在你开始学习时，所面临的主要挑战是什么？

首先是英语的问题。其次，面对这个全新的学习体系，我感到非常紧张。除了上课，我还需要更新我的学习方法来适应这个新的环境。最后，我还需要开始我的新生活，没有家人陪伴的独自生活。

2. 你的导师团队是如何帮助你解决这些困难的？

我的导师们总是能耐心地接听我的电话，并且真正关心我生活中发生的事情，这让我的心情有所舒缓。我还可以告诉她们我遇到的任何问题，他们都能始终耐心地倾听并尽可能地给我提供建议。通过这些沟通，我的压力也逐步减轻了。

3.你认为导师团队为你提供的最有帮助的建议是什么，是如何帮助到你学习的？

当我刚开始远程上课时，我遇到了一些时间管理的问题，她们与我分享了制定学习计划的策略，这个建议真的很好。此外，她们也在大学申请期间为我提供了很多帮助。她们利用以往的丰富经验来帮助我解决遇到的任何问题。

4.你现在如何上学的？

目前，我回到了中国，我很想念我的朋友、老师和还有英国的海滩！

5.你目前最大的短期学习目标是什么？

现在，我已经完成了所有申请并收到了四份UCAS的录取通知书，我的目标是在我最终的A-Level考试中达到这些录取的要求。

6.你对自己的校园生活感到满意吗，如果满意，那么你认为什么是最能帮助你感到满意的？

我觉得我现在很满意，虽然刚开始我并不这么觉得。我参加了学校的合唱团，和他们一起参加了许多不同的活动，比如在音乐会上表演，这确实很有帮助。通过合唱团，我还结交了很多朋友并且认识了不同的老师，他们都很支持我。

7. 你希望在接下来的学习（大学生活）中取得什么样的成就？

老实说，我不太能确定。第一个目标当然是能获得学士学位，并希望在此之后继续获得硕士学位。但是，除了目前选择的专业，我也还想再修读多一门课程。

8.你有什么建议可以给其他在开始准备Sixth Form的学生吗？

首先，不要带太多东西！这里可以买到你想要的任何东西，尽管价格比较贵。

其次，如果你在学校遇到任何问题，千万不要害羞，要去寻求帮助。

第三，要尝试着去寻找并参加你喜欢的社团或者活动，无论是运动、合唱、还是其他任何方面。这些都是可以帮助你结交更多的朋友，认识更多好的老师的机会，都是非常棒的！

目前，Lyra获得了包括伦敦大学学院（UCL）在内的几所拥有顶尖工程专业的大学的录取通知书。在导师团队的帮助下，她正在认真地准备A-Level考试，并期待着在英国的大学生活，甚至开始考虑在将来继续攻读硕士学位。

英文版：

Initially, Lyra was studying Maths, Physics, Chemistry, and Economics. The situation was one that the mentoring team has seen time and again: while her teachers recognised Lyra's desire to do well and quick intellect  – particularly her mathematical skill – her language skills difficulties created a barrier to gaining subject knowledge, a problem that compounded as Year 12 progressed. The disruptions of COVID-19, which really took effect in the UK in March, added another dimension to the challenges Lyra faced. By the end of the Easter holidays, she was beginning to feel hopeless, and was even considering dropping out of Sixth Form altogether.

Working closely with the input of Lyra's school teachers, the mentoring track devised a multiple-part strategy to get her back on track, keeping a focus on her core long-term academic goal: to attain a place at a top Russell Group (ideally, G5) university to study Engineering. First, we reviewed the selection of A Levels Lyra was taking. Even though the average UK Sixth Former will only take three subjects to A Level, Lyra was determined to take four, and she switched out the linguistically-challenging Economics course for Chinese. 

Already, this was a step towards gaining a set of great grades at A Level – the key to realising her Higher Ed dreams. Next, we developed a detailed revision schedule for Lyra's summer, with a particular focus on practice papers, as recommended by her teachers. We held her to account on this schedule, checking in regularly. We evolved our suggestions over the summer, to reflect Lyra's growing understanding of her own study habits and traits.

Since these interventions, Lyra has raised her average grades by multiple points across the board and is now targeting A*AAB, bringing her university dreams well within reach. In addition, she has made incredible strides in her ability to express herself in English, and has learned to enjoy life in the UK, as she explained here:

1. What were the main challenges you faced when you first started at Sixth Form?

First, the issue of English. Second, feeling nervous about fitting into a totally new system. On top of classes themselves, I also had to learn how to study within this system. Third, starting a new period in my life, namely, living on my own without my family.

2. How did your mentoring team help you understand these challenges?

My mentoring team were always there to take my calls and really cared about what was going on in my life, that put me at ease. I can tell them about any problem I’m facing, and they will always listen and try to offer advice. When I come off the phone with them, I feel less stressed.

3. What was the most helpful advice your mentor/mentoring team has given you to help you improve academically?

I had some time management problems when I started remote learning, and they shared with me strategies for planning my time for studying. Their advice was really good. Also, they supported me a lot over the university application period. They used their experience of this process to help me solve whatever problems I had.

4. How are you finding school now?

Currently, I'm back in China, and I'm really missing my friends, teachers – and the seaside!

5. What's your biggest immediate academic goal now?

Now that I've done all my applications and received four UCAS offers, my goal is to meet those offers in my final A Level results.

6. Are you happier with your school career now, and if you are, what do you think was the biggest thing that contributed to that?

I think I am – at the beginning I really wasn't satisfied with my school career. I joined the school choir and did different activities with them, such as performing at concerts, and this really made a difference. Through choir, I made friends and met different teachers, and they were all so supportive.

7. What are you hoping to achieve for the rest of your time in the UK – uni, career?

To be honest, I don't know for sure. My first goal is to get my Bachelor's degree, and hopefully after that, a Master's degree. However, I think I might like to explore a different subject besides the one I am planning on studying at uni.

8. If there was a piece of advice you could give to other students starting Sixth Form in the UK, what would it be?

First, don't bring too much stuff! You can buy everything you can want here, though it is expensive. 

Second, if you're facing any issues at all in school, you musn't be shy – just ask for help. 

Third, find a club or activity that you enjoy, be it a sport or a choir or anything else. All that matter is that you enjoy it, and you will be able to make friends, including getting to know teachers better, which is really nice.

Currently, Lyra is holding offers from several top Engineering courses, including at UCL. She is working hard to prepare herself for her final A Level assessments, with the continued support of the mentoring team. She is looking forward to staying in the UK for her university studies, and is even beginning to think beyond that, towards Master's degrees.