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CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING THE ACADEMIC YEAR!

Connor, July 17, 2023

With the final lessons of the Summer Term now complete, we would like to thank our students and their parents for all of their hard work and support throughout the year. While the academic year is now over, with our teaching and office teams taking a short break, we are already looking forward to welcoming back our Year 4, 5, 11 and 12 students for Summer Lessons on the 7th of August. The remaining year groups will resume lessons in the week commencing 4th September. We wish you all a happy, healthy and relaxing summer!

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SUMMER TERM WEEK 13

Connor, July 17, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek celebrates the end of the academic year. Vivek reminds parents that the office team and the tutor team will be in the office for one more week, signing off the year, conducting parent report meetings and preparing for next academic year. Vivek informs parents that he will be in touch at the start and end of Week 13 by email with regards to holiday work, the newsletter and office hours. Finally, Vivek provides an update of the registration process with over 70% of available places booked already!

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FINAL AVAILABLE PLACES FOR LESSONS IN THE AUTUMN TERM

Connor, July 14, 2023

As the deadline for Priority Registration has now passed, we are delighted to have registered over 250 students to our Mathematics, Further Mathematics, English, Science, Reasoning, Economics and Biology lessons for the Autumn Term.

At Trefoil Tutors, we are incredibly proud of the quality of teaching and learning we deliver across a range of different subjects. In our small group lessons, our team of qualified teachers and experienced tutors aim to augment and support the work done by schools. Students are taught according to a structured scheme of work and are given weekly homework assignments and regular assessments which are all prepared in-house by our tutors, with weekly individual feedback provided to parents via our personalised online portal.

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ADVICE ON FINDING A TUTOR: FOUR KEY GUIDELINES

Connor, July 12, 2023

Our Senior Tutor, Vivek Gathani, shares his advice with parents who are looking to find the right support for their children with the help of a tutor.

In this video, Vivek has outlined four guidelines that he advises all parents to follow before engaging a tutor to work with their child.

You can watch Vivek’s advice video below.

If you would like any further advice, please do not hesitate to contact our team by emailing office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or call us on 0203 565 0539.

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PARENT TESTIMONIAL - SAIF AND SAMAD’S DAD

Connor, July 11, 2023

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.

“As a parent, I am extremely happy with my kids attending Trefoil Tutors. The reason behind it being the grades that they are achieving, and their keenness to come to Trefoil Tutors. They have improved a lot since joining which makes me very happy.”

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LAST WEEK OF GROUP LESSONS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR

Connor, July 10, 2023

We would like to remind students and parents that this is the final week of group lessons as the Summer Term comes to an end on Sunday, the 16th of July. After the break, students in Years 4, 5, 11 and 12 will return to the classroom on Monday, the 7th of August for Summer Lessons while all other group lessons will resume on Monday, the 4th of September.

We look forward to seeing everyone for their final lessons this week and wrapping up the academic year together!

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SUMMER TERM WEEK 12

Connor, July 10, 2023

In this week's Senior tutor Update video, Vivek reminds parents and students of the importance of the final lesson of the academic year. Signing off the year properly and completing diligent corrections for the final assignment and assessment are essential to wrapping up the year properly. Vivek informs parents that he and Rebecca will be conducting their usual academic monitoring of students' assessment scores but will not be sending targeted emails. Instead, parents of students on that list will be encouraged to book in parent report meetings with their child's tutor if they haven't done so already.

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INTRODUCING CONNOR, OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Connor, July 7, 2023

We are delighted to introduce you to the newest member of our office team, Connor Winter, who has joined us in the role of Administrative Assistant. Without doubt, both students and their parents will get to know Connor very well in the coming months as he will be the first port of call for your e-mail messages and phone enquiries.

Welcome to the team, Connor - we are delighted to have you on board!

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BOOK YOUR PARENT REPORT MEETINGS

Connor, July 5, 2023

At Trefoil Tutors, we value the importance of maintaining an ongoing conversation between parents, tutors and students as a key factor in maintaining tutee progress and development. As the Summer Term comes to an end, we would therefore like to invite parents to book a meeting to speak to your child’s tutor and discuss their progress throughout the academic year. These meetings will build on the personalised feedback the tutors upload to the online portal every week.

To book your meeting, please log in to the Parent Portal, click on Report Meetings and choose a convenient date and time to speak to your child's tutor.

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PARENT TESTIMONIAL - ISHAAN AND RAYA’S MUM

Connor, July 4, 2023

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.

“Raya’s favourite subject is English but since joining Trefoil Tutors, she loves Maths equally now. Her confidence has increased, she can focus longer, and even her methods have improved. We received the school report and she is now exceeding all expectations."

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SUMMER TERM WEEK 11

Connor, July 3, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek wishes students the very best of luck for assessment week. For our Year 7s, 8s, 9s and 10s, this will be an hour long end-of-year summative examination. Vivek reflects on a hugely productive term so far, where we have accomplished more of our targets in a shorter timeframe; allowing us to focus on ending the term strongly and putting our best foot forward for the assessments.

Rebecca, our Director of Studies talks parents and students through the structure of Exam Week as well as how students should prepare to close off for the academic year.

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11+ PARENTS’ ADVICE EVENING

Connor, June 30, 2023

We would like to thank the parents who attended the Advice Afternoon on Saturday, 24th June - it was a pleasure seeing so many parents of our students gathered at Trefoil Tutors!

During the event, our Director and Lead Tutor of Mathematics, Vivek Gathani, our Director of Accounts and Lead Tutor of English, Milda Gathani, and our Director of Studies and Lead Tutor of Science and Reasoning, Rebecca Wolffe, shared their experience of supporting students in their 11+ preparations over the last decade.

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EID AL-ADHA

Connor, June 28, 2023

Eid Mubarak! From all of us at Trefoil, we would like to wish you all a generous and happy Eid al-Adha!

SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SUMMER TERM WEEK 10

Connor, June 26, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek informs us that some schools will already be breaking up for the academic year. Schools will continue to do so over the next four weeks. At Trefoil, we have three teaching weeks remaining and it is important we make the most of this contact time. Vivek thanks the parents who came to the final event of the year on Saturday titled "11+ Advice Afternoon". Vivek introduces Connor Winter who joins the Office Team this week as our Administrative Assistant, Tharan Nimalraj who joins the Academic Team as our Academic Assistant and Kishan Ganatra who joins the Tutor Team full-time as our Teacher of English. Finally, Vivek reminds parents about the parking arrangements in Theobald Court.

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SUMMER TERM WEEK 9

Lucy, June 23, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek reminds parents that we have four very important and busy teaching weeks remaining. Two of these weeks will contain assessments. In Week 9, all students will be given a short, 20-minute assessment and in Week 11 all students will be given a longer assessment. For students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10, the assessment in Week 11 will be an hour-long end-of-year exam. Vivek reminds us all to make the most of these four weeks and that endeavours now will pay dividends next year. With registration in full flow, over 50% of the places for September have already been filled, with parents on our waitlist lists being called this week. Finally, Vivek reminds parents that the final event of the academic year will take place on Saturday 24th June where we will be hosting 20 parents for the 11+ Parents' Advice Afternoon.

As students are in the depth of revision our Director of Studies, Rebecca, discusses a variety of revision techniques that can break the monotony of independent revision. She hopes students try a few in preparation for their End of Year Exams!

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SUMMER TERM WEEK EIGHT

Lucy, June 12, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek begins by reflecting on one of the busiest weeks of the year for the teaching and office teams with events and preparations for next academic year in full swing. Last Saturday saw us welcome over 20 participants for the annual 11+ reunion event. Saturday 24th June sees us hosting our final event of the academic year where we will be hosting our 11+ Parent' Advice Afternoon. Vivek reminds parents to kindly fill out the parent feedback form if they haven't done so already.

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SUMMER TERM WEEK SEVEN

Lucy, June 7, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek welcomes everyone back to lessons for the final Half Term of the academic year. Vivek encourages us all to give this final six weeks the same energy and enthusiasm that we gave the first six weeks of the academic year. Vivek reminds tutees in Years 5 and 12 that they will be receiving new folders this week and further reminds all our tutees to remember the good routines we have established over the last 30 weeks. Vivek encourages students to attend lessons face-to-face as much as possible to keep up the regularity of their contact with their tutors. Finally, Vivek reminds tutees in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 that they should be well underway with preparations for Exam Week, which will take place in Week 11.

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SUMMER HALF TERM BREAK

Lucy, May 30, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update Video, Vivek reminds parents and students that the office will be closed between Monday 29th May and Sunday 4th June (inclusive). Vivek wishes students a wonderful break although almost all year groups have been provided with revision material. Vivek celebrates the success of the UCAS and Personal Statement Workshop event that took place on Saturday 27th May, where over 30 participants were in attendance. Finally, Vivek informs all parents that they will be receiving an email in the coming week to ask for their feedback, so as to assist our planning for the next academic year.

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