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The 15th of August is an important date in the calendar for all A-level students waiting to receive their results.

In anticipation of Results Day, we would like to share with you the video our Lead Tutor Vivek Gathani recorded the week before Results Day last year, offering some very useful advice on how to prepare for Results Day and what to do if your results turn out to be better or worse than you had expected.

To watch the video, please visit our Facebook page:

As every year, our team of tutors will be waiting to hear from their students with great anticipation, too! Should you need any advice, or if you have a moment to share your results with us, please do give our office a call on 0203 565 0539 – we would love to hear from you!

We are excited to announce that from September, our tutor Meghna will be running Biology group lessons for students in Year 10 and Year 11 who are preparing to sit the Triple Science Award GCSEs. With five years of experience working as a private tutor, Meghna is closely familiar with the new curriculum and offers structured and engaging lessons to students preparing for their GCSE examinations. Meghna holds an Undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of Warwick and a Master’s degree in Early Intervention in Psychosis from King’s College.

The summer holidays are an important time for students to take a break and recharge their batteries – at the same time, parents often worry about academic regression which may make the start of the new academic year harder than expected.

Last summer, we shared a video from our lead tutor Vivek Gathani on managing academic regression. In the video, Vivek highlighted the importance of practising “little and often” in order to stay up to speed with the material studied in the previous academic year. You can watch the video here.

On the 14th of July, we hosted our annual advice evening for A-level students and their parents on the topic of applying to universities and writing a good personal statement. The workshop was run by Vivek Gathani, our lead Mathematics tutor and a former UCAS advisor at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School.

The twelve participants of the workshop received advice about the application process and looked into the specifics of writing a good personal statement for their UCAS applications.

Thanks to everyone who attended and best of luck with writing your applications!

Over the past few weeks, we asked our students to vote for their preferred colour for student hoodies next year. We are pleased to announce that the light grey hoodies received the most votes, making these the hoodies that students will be receiving in their welcome packs next year!

As we begin our final week of group lessons this academic year, we would like to congratulate our students for your hard work this year and thank you for your support. We would like to wish all our students and their parents a restful summer break, and look forward to seeing you again in September!

On the 7thof July we were excited to welcome our team of summer interns to an induction session led by Vivek Gathani and Milda Sabunaite, where the interns were introduced to the specifics of their role as well as to the day-to-day work at Trefoil Tutors. The interns will be supporting Vivek and Milda in their preparations for the next academic year. We look forward to seeing you all in August!

We are delighted to announce that for the second year in a row, on the 14th of July, between 6:30pm-8pm, our lead tutor Vivek Gathani will be running a Personal Statement Workshop and UCAS Advice Evening for A-level students who are preparing for their final year. The event is free of charge.

During the event, Vivek will discuss how to structure a Personal Statement both in terms of content and language. Further to this, he will highlight the dos and don'ts of personal statement writing and discuss common pitfalls. The session will conclude with a Q&A session, where students and parents will be able to ask questions about the university application process.

During his time at Haberdashers', Vivek spent the last three years as a UCAS adviser for Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Management, and Accountancy and Finance.

If you would like to attend the event, please email us at office@trefoiltutors.co.uk before the 10th of July. Please note places are limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

During the last few weeks, we have asked our students’ parents for feedback regarding their experience using our services. We are grateful to have received many responses – thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! We will review these and take your suggestions into account when planning for the upcoming academic year.

As we are approaching the end of the academic year, we hope your child has found our lessons beneficial and enjoyable.

We appreciate all feedback in order to continue improving the way we work with our tutees and parents. We would be very grateful if you could spend 5 minutes of your time completing a short feedback form. Paper copies of the survey are available at our office.

To mark the end of the academic year, on the 30th of June, we invited the parents of our pupils to the Annual Trefoil Tutors Parents’ Social Evening as a way of saying thank you for their support throughout the year.

Held at Blue Ginger restaurant, the evening was a lovely way to get to know the parents of our students better and enjoy an evening of great food and interesting conversations. Parents were also introduced to exciting new features that will be added to our website in the new academic year.

We would like to thank all the parents who attended the event and wish you all a relaxing summer!

As you may know, at the start of the academic year, our students receive a hoodie as part of their welcome packs. In preparation for September, we would like to ask students to help us choose the colour of next year’s hoodies! This week, remember to pick up a sticker from Emilija and cast your vote by sticking it next to the hoodie colour of your choice!

We are delighted to confirm we will be running Mathematics and English mock examinations for pupils who are preparing to sit 11+ entrance examinations to grammar schools in September 2019. The mock examinations are modelled on 11+ entrance examination papers to grammar schools in the area.

We would like to notify parents and students travelling to lessons today that roadworks are taking place on Theobald Street, which has caused some traffic congestion. Please take this into account when planning your journey to lessons.

We would like to remind all parents of our current students that this is the final week of priority registration for the new academic year of 2019/2020! To book your place for next year’s group lessons, please make sure we receive your payment by the 1stof July. After the 1stof July, all unbooked places will be offered to students on the waiting list on a first-come, first-serve basis.

We are delighted to announce that our office team at Trefoil Tutors has been joined by Maja Djordjic, who has taken on the role of Office Secretary. With extensive experience of managing a busy GP practice as well as running her own business, Maja will be working in our office from Monday to Friday from 9:30am – 1:30pm and will be the first point of contact for all enquiries from new and existing parents.

In order to accelerate the pace at which Oxford is diversifying, the university has announced a commitment to increase the percentage of undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This will not be based on income thresholds or ethnicity but rather on the socio-economic profile of where people live.

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We would like to say a big congratulations to all our students who have sat and finished their GCSE and A-Level examinations. Very well done! After months of hard work, we hope you have a restful and enjoyable summer break. We look forward to hearing from you on Results Day!