Trefoil Tutors was established in 2011 with a mission to bring a new level of professionalism to tutoring. Providing outstanding teaching and learning and enriching a student’s educational experience are at the forefront of all that we do.
We offer specialist small group tuition for Years 3 to 13, in order to augment and support the teaching that students receive in school.
Our business is based on three foundational values: Personal, Passionate, Professional.
Being a tutor at Trefoil Tutors goes far beyond providing a platform for outstanding teaching and learning. Our tutors are seen as mentors to students as much as they are teachers. Getting to know students and their families during their time with us is a cornerstone of what we hold to be important and is paramount in ensuring we can communicate effectively with our clients.
At Trefoil Tutors, we are equally committed to sharing our subject knowledge as well as our love of the subjects we teach with our students. Making lessons dynamic, interesting and engaging helps us develop an enjoyment of the subject and promote life-long learning in our students. We are unashamedly geeky!
All too often, tutoring is seen as an additional job. Our team see tutoring differently - we approach it as a vocation in itself. We aim to professionalise all we do, both with regards to our tutoring and our administrative procedures. We use the exceptionally high standards of top Independent and Grammar Schools as the benchmark we hold ourselves to.
Connor, July 24, 2024
At Trefoil Tutors, we know that the educational experience extends far beyond the confines of an individual lesson. To help maintain engagement and avoid academic regression, our Lead Tutors Vivek, Milda and Rebecca have prepared a series of subject-specific projects for our students to complete over the Summer Holidays.
The deadline for submitting all projects is Saturday, the 31st of August. Projects can either be emailed to office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or handed in to your tutor in person. Late submissions will not be accepted.
The student who produces the best project in each year group, as decided by each lead tutor, will be awarded with subject-themed prizes once they return to Trefoil Tutors in the new academic year.
For more information, please visit the Summer Projects page on our website:
https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/summer-projects/
MATHS SUMMER PROJECT - WRITTEN BY VIVEK:
I am delighted to announce that Year 3 to Year 10 students will have the opportunity to create a Summer Mathematics Project.
The Project can take any form that the student wishes; be that an essay, a PowerPoint presentation, a video, a poster or anything else that catches their eye. There is no word limit or page limit to their endeavours; I would hate to set a glass ceiling to their creativity!
However, this is not a completely blank canvas. The students’ Summer Mathematics Project does need to focus on one of the topics listed for their respective year group. These topics have been selected as they are based on elements of the mathematics scheme of work that has been taught this academic year.
CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION - WRITTEN BY KISH:
I am delighted to invite all students from Year 3 to Year 11 to take part in our Summer Creative Writing Competition and employ their creativity and imagination to compose a piece of creative fiction. The list of titles for each year group’s creative writing pieces can be found on our website.
Your story can be typed or handwritten; it must have a clear link to the title and be no longer than 1,000 words. The entries will be considered within each year group. The top entry within the year group will be awarded.
KITCHEN SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS - WRITTEN BY REBECCA:
The Summer Holidays are a great time to complete some science investigations within your very own home!
I have put together a series of activities, one for each year group, linked to content that we have covered in lessons this academic year. I have also put together an investigation for Junior School students for any budding scientists out there! The science investigations focus on enquiry skills helping students delve into the linked scientific research, hone their experimental skills, and practice data handling.
Each science investigation has an 8-page section to complete that guides you throughout the entire investigation. Print out the relevant section for your year group and complete all of your answers in the spaces provided. Please use additional lined paper if required.
We look forward to reading your projects!
Connor, July 23, 2024
We are delighted to share with you the positive feedback contributed by the parents of students who have attended our group lessons and found these enjoyable and beneficial to their learning.
“We have seen a huge improvement in Lakesha’s subject knowledge in Maths. Her confidence, for a start, has improved, as well as the way she answers questions, her attitude in class - being able to put her hand up and ask questions, but most importantly, her grades at school have improved and we noticed this within a few months of starting lessons at Trefoil.”
Connor, July 19, 2024
At Trefoil Tutors, we are very proud of the quality of the Mathematics, Further Mathematics, English, Reasoning, Science and Chemistry lessons prepared and delivered by our tutors.
Each of our lessons is focused on a particular topic with a set of classwork exercises and a homework assignment; every three weeks, students sit an in-class assessment. All our materials are unique and written in-house by our subject-specialist tutors to fit the carefully planned scheme of work for the year group.
Today, we would like to share with you two free Mathematics lessons taught by our Senior Tutor Vivek - a Year 8 lesson on Pythagoras' Theorem and a Year 9 lesson on Loci. Both lessons come with a full set of materials as well as a teaching video from the tutor. We hope the young mathematicians among us find these useful!
https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/sample-lessons/
With registration for the new academic year well underway, we have just a handful of places available in our lessons across year groups from Year 4 to Year 13. If you would like your son or daughter to join one of our classes in September, or if you would like to join the waiting list for classes that are currently full, please do contact us on 0203 565 0539 or complete our online enquiry form: https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/enquiry/
We look forward to hearing from you!
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