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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.

Today is Shrove Tuesday - also known as Pancake Day!

Shrove Tuesday falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent - a period of six weeks leading up to Easter.

Enjoy your pancakes and the countdown to Easter!

We hope all our students and their parents enjoyed a relaxing February Half Term Break! We would like to remind parents that today marks the beginning of the second half of the Spring Term and all lessons will run according to the usual timetable.

We are excited to welcome all our students back to our classrooms this week!

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek emphasises the importance of the six weeks to come for our Year 11s and Year 13s in particular as we complete the GCSE and A Level courses respectively. Vivek congratulates our 11+ students on their outstanding set of results and encourages parents to book in a time with Vivek for some "making your mind up" advice. Finally, Vivek reminds everyone that the majority of the deadlines for our largest staff expansion in history is 9pm on Sunday 19th February.

Our Director of Accounts Milda shares the news that the term dates for the Summer Lessons and the new academic year have been set, and will be emailed to parents on Monday of Week 7. Furthermore, Milda introduces the priority registration process for the Summer Term, Summer Lessons for our Year 4, 5, 11 and 12 students and the Autumn Term of the new academic year. Finally, Milda mentions exciting new early-bird discounts for parents who would like to register their children for the full academic year in advance.

We would like to remind all our students who attend Rebecca’s Science lessons of the lessons taking place tomorrow, Sunday, the 19th February. As communicated in December and January, Rebecca’s Science lessons at the beginning of the Spring Term have been rescheduled to take place this Sunday.

This Sunday, students will attend their Week 6 lesson and sit a 30-minute assessment in their lessons. Please remember to follow Vivek and Rebecca’s advice in this week’s Senior Tutor Update video and the Welcome Booklet on how best to revise for these assessments!

The rescheduled lessons will take place at the following times:

10am-11:30am - Year 7 Science

12pm-1:30pm - Year 9 Science

2pm-3:30pm - Year 11 Triple Science (Usually 7:50pm-9:20pm on a Thursday)

4pm-5:30pm - Year 12 Chemistry

6pm-7:30pm - Year 11 Triple Science (Usually 6pm-7:30pm on a Sunday)

7:30pm-9pm - Year 13 Chemistry

We are pleased to share the news that Trefoil Tutors are looking to employ a part-time Business Development Manager to join our growing team, starting in March 2023.

We are looking for an engaging, ambitious and experienced Business Development Manager to develop our Advertising and Marketing strategy and pursue new growth opportunities. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in taking the company forward and building on its current outstanding levels of success.

This is a part-time role based on a 12-hour-per-week schedule. Candidates can expect to work one weekday and one weekend day.

Here is a message from our Director and Senior Tutor at Trefoil Tutors, Vivek Gathani:

Hello everyone,

I hope you're well and enjoying the Half Term break.

By means of a little introduction, my name is Vivek Gathani. I am Director and Senior Tutor at Trefoil Tutors.

Trefoil Tutors was set up in 2011, with the aim of bringing a new level of professionalism to tutoring in North London. Over a decade on, we find ourselves here, in our office in Elstree where we teach over 300 students a week in our small, specialised group lessons. Currently, we have four full time tutors, one part time tutor and three subcontracted tutors whose work is fantastically supported by a full office team consisting of a Director of Accounts, a Director of Studies, a Director of Operations, a Bursar, a Registrar and a team of secretaries. At Trefoil, we very much see tutoring as a vocation in itself.

As we complete the first half of the Spring Term, we are delighted to see students continuing to follow good routines in their learning. In order to help students practise little and often during their break in order to keep academic regression at bay, our lead Mathematics, English and Science tutors Vivek, Milda and Rebecca have prepared a set of holiday work assignments.

Based on the material covered so far in the Spring Term, the assignments are a great way to help students review the topics from the weeks just gone as well as make a running start for the second half of Spring Term.

To access the holiday work assignments and answers, please follow the link below: https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/free-holiday-materials/

We hope you find these useful in your revision!

With a number of Independent Schools sending out offer emails last week, it is not surprising that our social media threads are awash with parents asking for advice on how to choose the right secondary school for their child.

Therefore, our Senior Tutor Vivek Gathani thought it would be beneficial to record a short video extending his advice to the broader 11+ community in the hope that it will help parents who are facing similar decisions.

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek wishes all our students, parents and staff a restful Half Term break as we mark the half-way point in the academic year. Vivek reminds everyone that the office will be closed between Monday, 13th February and Sunday, 19th February inclusively. Rebecca's rearranged Science lessons will take place on Sunday, 19th February.

Vivek encourages our students to use the Half Term break to rest up and re-charge their batteries. This is especially true for our Year 11 and Year 13 students. Vivek reminds students to complete the holiday work; not only for the subject they attend at Trefoil but all the holiday work produced for their year group. Vivek reiterates the need for students to keep their folders organised, with up-to-date overview sheets. This will help kick-start students' revision which will likely begin during the Easter holidays.

We would like to wish you a happy Valentine's Day, and hope you will spend it surrounded by your loved ones!

After a successful first six lessons of the Spring Term, our Half Term Break begins today, with no group lessons taking place between Monday, the 13th and Sunday, the 19th of February, with the exception of the rescheduled Science lessons that will take place on Sunday, 19th of February.

All other group lessons will resume on the week commencing Monday, 20th of February.

Please note, our office is closed for the Half Term break from Monday, 13th February to Saturday, 18th February. Our team will be intermittently checking our email inboxes for any urgent queries.

Enjoy your Half Term break and we look forward to seeing you in Week 7!

Our warmest congratulations go to Rebecca, our Director of Studies and Lead Tutor of Science and Reasoning, who got married this month!

From all of us at Trefoil Tutors, we would like to wish Rebecca and her husband Alex a lifetime of love and happiness.

The American Library Association has announced the 2023 winners of the Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott medals, and the Printz award. These are some of the oldest and most prestigious awards in children’s literature; the Newbery and Caldecott medals have been awarded for over 80 years.

To read more about the Young Media Awards, please visit The American Library Association’s website here: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/01/american-library-association-announces-2023-youth-media-award-winners

Happy reading!

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek, rather unconventionally, begins with a quote. Vivek uses this to reflect on an exciting start to 2023 and celebrate the exceptional levels of consistency and hard work that have underpinned our lessons so far this Half Term. Vivek reminds our Year 11, 12 and 13s that their assessments this week may be a little longer, in the style of more summative mock exams. Vivek discusses "the fear" that is often associated with external examinations and how to embrace this and use it as a positive rather than something constricting. Vivek further reminds all students that they will have their next assessment in Week 6.

In preparation for these, our Director of Studies Rebecca reminds students how important the revision for the Week 6 assessment is and suggests the red-amber-green (RAG) revision strategy as a helpful approach. Finally, Trefoil Tutors have a number of teaching and administrative vacancies that we are looking to fill in the upcoming weeks; please do visit our website for more information.

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.

“I have two sons who are both really happy and impressed with the friendly atmosphere here at Trefoil Tutors. One of my sons has been with Trefoil Tutors for over 5 years now and has enjoyed every bit of it. As parents, we can see he’s achieving much higher results in his academics at school.”

As we begin the final week of lessons before the Half Term break, we would like to remind students that they will be sitting a 30-minute assessment in their lessons this week. Students in Years 11, 12 and 13 may be given longer, summative assessments. Reasoning students will be sitting a 50-minute assessment.

For Science students who will attend a rescheduled lesson on the 19th of February, Assessment Week is delayed until then.

Remember to follow Vivek and Rebecca’s advice in this week’s Senior Tutor Update video and the Welcome Booklet on how best to revise for these assessments!

We would like to remind students and parents that this is the final week of group lessons before our Half Term break. Please note that no group lessons will be taking place between Monday, the 12th February and Sunday, the 20th of February as we close for the Half Term break, with the exception of the rescheduled Science lessons that will take place on Sunday, 19th of February.

Enjoy your Half Term break and we look forward to seeing you in Week 7!