Glossop Tutoring

As we enter the summer term many parents have asked if I can help prepare their children for secondary school this September. Whether you're looking for tutoring in Maths, Reading, Writing or a mixture of the three I am currently offering 1:1 online sessions throughout the week in both the daytime and evening at special rates. If you are unsure where the areas of development are for your child I can carry out a diagnostic assessment in the first session to inform future tuition. Every session therefore maximises learning with no time wasted going over areas in which your child is already confident. My diagnostic approach is not restricted to students in year six. Should you be interested in tuition for your child in any primary school year please do get in touch. Examples of learning by my students can be found in previous blog entries.

This week has seen plenty of fantastic learning from my tutees, all of which are learning with me online through either Skype or Zoom. Sessions are available throughout the week so please contact me to find out more about how I could help your child succeed in these challenging times. Here's this week's selection of learning we're celebrating: In our online group tutorial this week we read chapter 14 of Charlotte's Web together then identified prepositions and what role they play in writing. From this, the students composed their own sentences - challenging themselves to create complex sentences with verbs and conjunctions. J (Y5) is learning how to carry out research on the internet and check the information for accuracy before publishing her own blog entries about rainforest animals. The first of which will be shared on here in the coming weeks. F (Y4) was successful in identifying the relationship between multiplication and division and using this ...

In response to the current lockdown, many parents have asked if I am able to provide regular sessions for their children as part of a group tutorial. I am pleased to confirm that I am now able to offer this service through Skype, having trialled it successfully with one of my existing home-educated groups over the past two weeks. Should you be interested in this service please contact me and I will respond with days and times the group sessions are scheduled to take place. Each session can either focus on Maths or English, with groups made up of children in either Lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) or Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 and 6). Sessions will be 1 hour long with group sizes no larger than 3 children at a rate of £10 per session per child. Children will need a pencil, paper and ideally a small whiteboard and pen. The first of these session beings next week, though you are free to book in on a week by week basis. Learning we're celebrating this week:  Well done to...

This week I'm celebrating two year five students who have been learning to code with me using the programming language Scratch. L started recently whilst E (Mr_Man2257) has been developing his skills for six months. All games are playable through the links provided below. I currently have sessions available for online primary tuition in English, Maths, Science and Coding both in the evening and daytime. Please contact me for further information. This 3D arcade game features sprite scaling, colour cycling and parallax scrolling to create an exciting feeling of movement and action! https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/351673356 Based on Pac-Man, in this maze game you have to collect the diamonds and avoid the green robot. The game uses the clone tool, "rubber stamping" the walls and diamonds in an invisible grid using algebra and coordinates. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/282410151/ This driving simulator tests your reaction skills to avoid ...

In light of the government's recent update on travel to and from places of work and following many successful sessions this week, I am now offering primary tuition exclusively online through both Skype and Zoom. An hour's tuition is just £28 or £50 for two hours a week (which may be split into two separate sessions on different days should you wish.) Unlike mass online learning platforms, every one of my sessions is tailored to the individual needs of the student. The sessions can support learning that has been provided by your school or focus on particular areas of the curriculum you feel your child would benefit most from. Below are two examples of fantastic sessions that have taken place this week. Using Zoom, three home-educated students, who I normally tutor together at one parent's house, continued their English learning this week by exploring Chapter 14 of Charlotte's Web. They investigated contractions, different forms of punctuation and using th...

With the complete shutdown of schools parents have been asking me if I can offer small group lessons to support home learning over the coming months. The simple answer to this is yes and it can take a variety of forms. Though I don't organise groups myself, I can provide tuition for groups of two, three or four of similar age/attainment in a lesson-style format. This could take place in person at your home, my home or online (so long as you are able to supervise at your end.) Resources for the lesson will be provided in advance. Though less effective than one-to-one tuition, group sessions provide an economic alternative as the hourly rate can be shared. In summary, we are living through unusual times that require creative solutions and as an experienced educator I am looking to do what I can to accommodate the individual needs of parents and students. Should you have any questions please do email me. And now, a few more examples of recent learning worth celebrating! W...

With the launch of the new website I thought it would be nice to share some recent learning by some of my students and celebrate their success. With the coronavirus situation as it is I'm now offering online tuition to anyone who would like it, or needs it due to self-isolation, at a special rate. For the meantime, however, students are still welcome to come to my home - which we're keeping exceptionally clean at all times and will be disinfecting surfaces and resources between every session. I am also able to travel to you if preferred. Well done to T (Year 2) and his success in exploring money and finding different ways to make totals in our special shopping challenge. Also, congratulations to J (Year 1) on adding and subtracting single digit numbers from other single digits using a number line to count forwards and backwards. Great work L (Year 3) on your work measuring and calculating the perimeter of 2D shapes. You worked in both cm and mm and soon learned how to...