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From all of us at Trefoil, we would like to wish you a very happy Boxing Day! We hope you enjoy visiting friends and family today, sharing festive cheer with those around you.

From all of us at Trefoil, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas! We hope you enjoy celebrating with your friends and family.

From all of us at Trefoil, we would like to wish you a peaceful and wholesome Christmas Eve! We hope you enjoy spending this time with your nearest and dearest ones.

As a final note from our team as we embark on our Christmas Break, we are delighted to share with you this Half Term’s newsletter. Inside, you will find a list of fun and educationally rich board game recommendations from our tutors team and our Director of Studies Rebecca, as well as suggestions of festive activities for the whole family to enjoy during the Christmas period.

As our term ends and we head into the Christmas Holidays, now is the time of year for family board games. We at Trefoil Tutors thought we would put together a list of board games that are both great fun and educational, along with a selection of our tutors’ favourite games for our tutees to try. For those with their 11 + exams on the horizon, this time of year can often be stressful for students and finding a way to practise the techniques in an interactive, non-test based format can really help students develop their reasoning skills. Whether it is problem solving, numeracy, spatial, verbal or non-verbal these are the games for you as the winter nights draw in!

Vivek - RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES

Although this has been adapted from the television show, the board game is a very enjoyable version of the game. A serendipitous mixture of lateral thinking and logical reasoning coupled with a good spoonful of silliness, this game provides fun for all the family.

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 would like to wish all our students a very merry Christmas holiday! With those dark nights stretching out and cosy winter days filled with festive potential, we thought we would share some of our favourite ways to spend the holidays, and new places that we are all looking forward to exploring!

1. Southbank Centre Winter Market

There’s nothing quite like the scents and sounds of a Winter Market, and the Southbank Centre is a wonderful place to kindle those festive feelings. With dazzling decorations, and all sorts of interesting little stalls, it’s the perfect way to spend a December afternoon.

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/winter-market?eventId=925039

2. Explore Nature after Dark

The London Wetland Centre has created a new, illuminated trail designed to bring us closer to nature during these cold months. Follow the glittering sculptures as art and the natural world coincide to bring us something truly beautiful.

https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/london/whats-on/illuminature-light-trail/

In order to help students practise little and often during their holidays and 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 throughout the Autumn Term, the assignments are a great way to help students review the topics from the term just gone as well as make a running start for the term to come.

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

From all of us at Trefoil, we would like to wish you a very happy Hanukkah! We hope you have enjoyed celebrating with your friends and family.

Please note our office is now closed for the holidays between the 19th of December and the 1st of January (inclusive). The Spring Term of group lessons will resume on the 2nd of January 2023.

From the entire team at Trefoil Tutors, we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We look forward to seeing you in the new year!

As the deadline for Priority Registration has now passed, we are delighted to have registered over 300 students to our Mathematics, Further Mathematics, English, Reasoning, Science, Biology, Chemistry and Economics group lessons for the Spring Term.

We are now pleased to offer the final available places to students who are on our waiting list as well as those who are getting in touch with us for the first time. If you feel that your son or daughter would benefit from specialist tuition in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, English, Reasoning, Science, Biology, Chemistry or Economics, please do get in touch.

We would like to wish the best of luck to all our 11+ students sitting the entrance examinations for Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and Haberdashers’ Girls’ School today and tomorrow!

We know you have worked hard preparing for your examinations. Now is the time to stay focused and remember the lessons learned during your revision and practice.

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.

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek begins by congratulating everyone on such a productive and successful Term. Vivek reminds us that although the last lessons of the Term have been taught, the office and tutor team are in for an extra week conducting parent report calls and preparing for the start of the Spring Term. Vivek informs parents that they will be receiving two emails this week; one at the start of the week informing everyone that the Term has ended and a second towards the end of the week containing the newsletter and holiday work. Vivek waves farewell to our Year 6 students who will be completing their 11+ journey at the end of this Term but reminds them to keep in touch with regards to interview preparation, making your mind up conversations and the Year 6 reunion event in the Spring Term. Finally, Vivek thanks parents and students for their Christmas gifts, cards and wishes.

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek reminds parents and students that this is the last teaching week of the Term at Trefoil (although many schools will still have a further week). Two weeks ago, Vivek urged us all to make the most of the final three weeks of term and he now reflects on how well students have taken this advice on. Vivek wishes students good luck in their revision for end-of-term assessments, the 11+ examinations as well as university interviews. Vivek ends by providing three reminders: parent report call bookings deadline on Saturday of Week 12, the registration deadline for Spring Term lessons has now passed and an email has been sent out regarding feedback for the Summer Lessons.

After a successful first term of the 2022/2023 academic year, our Christmas Break begins today, with no group lessons taking place between the 12th of December and the 1st of January. Lessons will resume on the week commencing Monday, the 2nd of January. Please note that on Monday, 2nd January, lessons will run according to our regular timetable despite it being a Bank Holiday.

We would like to wish you a relaxing break!

The Christmas holidays are an important time for students to take a break, spend time with their families and recharge their batteries – at the same time, this year more than ever, parents and teachers alike worry about academic regression which may make the upcoming entrance exams extra challenging. In order to help students practise little and often during their holidays, our Lead Mathematics Tutor Vivek has prepared some Mathematics problem-solving sets.

We would like to wish the best of luck to all our 11+ students sitting the entrance examinations for North London Collegiate School today!

We know you have worked hard preparing for your examinations. Now is the time to stay focused and remember the lessons learned during your revision and practice.