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Vivek welcomes our new and returning students to the start of the second term of the academic year, and invites us all to get back into good routines with regards to our teaching and learning. The Spring Term is a vital twelve weeks where we will cover a lot of content and it is paramount that students quickly fall back into the rhythm of our lessons.

Wishing you all the very best for the start of the new term!

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.

All holiday work assignments and answers for all year groups (Year 4 to Year 13) are freely available via our website:

https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/free-holiday-materials/

Today, we held English, Mathematics and Reasoning 11+ mock examinations for students preparing to sit Independent School entrance examinations in January.

Thank you to all those who attended - we hope you found the practice useful!

Best of luck to all our 11+ students sitting the entrance examinations to The Haberdashers' boys’ 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!

Best of luck to all our 11+ students sitting the entrance examinations to The Haberdashers' School for Girls and The Haberdashers' Boys’ 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!

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.

"Vivek is very passionate, he’s very friendly and focused at the same time. He helps the students so much, going beyond expectation. The lessons are very good.

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek summarises a busy week in the office. With the advice from the government regarding the new Covid-19 variant published this week, we will continue all our good practices with regards to sanitation procedures in the office.

Our Registrar Milda offers an update on the completed priority registration process and invites parents of current and prospective students to get in touch regarding attending lessons in a new subject from January 2022.

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

“My son has known Mr G since the age of 11, as he was his former maths teacher. He is now a year ahead of his age at school, and we used Mr G's lessons to help him bridge that gap – but he enjoyed the lessons so much that he's continued working with him.

We would like to remind parents of our current students that priority registration for the Spring Term is now open and that our current students' places in the lessons are reserved until Sunday, the 28th of November.

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 Autumn Term comes to an end, we would therefore like to invite parents to book in a meeting to speak to your child’s tutor and discuss their progress throughout the academic year so far.

With many schools hosting Parents' Evenings in the upcoming weeks, our senior tutor Vivek comments on his time as a school teacher and shares useful advice on how to approach and make the most of the conversations with your child's teachers.

“Dealing with Milda and Vivek has been so easy, they are very professional, welcoming and flexible, so it’s been a dream really coming to this tutoring centre. We are delighted with Gabriela’s progress: she has improved so much, in her confidence, in her attitude to the subject

With a number of 11+ Independent School examinations happening in the coming weeks, our Senior Tutor Vivek Gathani would like to share a selection of problem-solving questions with answers he has written for his students.

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek summarises a busy week at Trefoil Tutors with preparations in full swing for the end of term. Although we have been very impressed with the number of students attending lessons face-to-face, Vivek uses this week's video to remind students of the good practices we established exactly a year ago when we entered the latest lockdown. Vivek also reminds us that there are only four weeks until Christmas and the big push that is required by all to make the most of our lessons together; especially true for our Year 6, Year 11 and Year 13 students with important examinations on the horizon this winter. Vivek then hands over to our Director of Studies, Rebecca, who discusses the difference between long term and short term memory; sage advice as students prepare for Assessment Week.

Did you know this November is the month to read more non-fiction? In this week’s video, our lead English tutor Milda talks about National Non-Fiction November and the benefits of broadening your reading interests.

“The best thing about the lessons is that they didn’t get thrown into the deep end – they were told exactly what they were going to do, and everything was well prepared. In some of the questions, their names were used, which was very personal to the children and they enjoyed it.