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With over 160 students attending our group lessons, we were very excited to include our brand new Trefoil hoodies in this year's student welcome packs! The new piece of merchandise is certainly not a compulsory uniform; however, we do hope they will keep you warm in the coming autumn months.

As students are settling into new routines at school, in this week's educational Q&A video, our lead tutor Vivek Gathani shares his advice for Week 2 of term with parents of students from Year 4 to Year 13, with specific tips for parents of students in Year 6, Year 12 and Year 13.

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Our next video will be posted on our Facebook page on Friday the 21st of September – do follow us in order to receive notifications about when each new video is released.

On Sunday, the 9th of September, we held our Tutor Induction Day and welcomed five new tutors to our team. We are delighted to have Shrina and Kyal joining us as Economics tutors, Neil and Meghna as Science tutors, and Nikhil tutoring Mathematics and Physics. After a careful selection process from over 50 applications, we are glad to recommend the five new tutors to students looking for one-to-one lessons in their specialist subjects. During the tutor induction, the new tutors received training on key pedagogical concepts later covered in our Professional Development Programme, and underwent a detailed review of our Code of Conduct.

To enquire about booking lessons with our tutors, please email us at office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or call us on 0203 565 0539.

After a summer of preparations, today, our team were thrilled to launch a new academic year at Trefoil Tutors. We start the term with an additional classroom at our premises, five new tutors joining our team, a bank of newly written worksheets and some very exciting surprises for students attending lessons this week.

We are thrilled to welcome back our students from last year, and greet the ones joining us for the first time.

Wishing you all an enjoyable and rewarding academic year!

Starting school after the summer break is an exciting, yet sometimes overwhelming time for students and their parents. To help you seize the opportunities that lay ahead while keeping your academic commitments in order, our lead tutor Vivek Gathani shares his advice on how to make the most of the start to a new academic year.

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Our next video will be posted on our Facebook page on Friday the 14th of September – do follow us in order to receive notifications about when each new video is released.

With the start of the new academic year, we are delighted to announce that this year, we will be running Science group lessons for students in Year 8, Year 10 and Year 11.

The group lessons are run by Shaheel, an experienced private tutor who is currently undergoing his teacher training at the Institute of Education. Shaheel has completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Neuroscience at Queen Mary’s University and has over three years of experience working at Trefoil.

We are happy to offer a 10% discount off the group lesson costs to students already attending Mathematics or English group lessons, as well as to students whose siblings are registered to attend our group lessons.

If you would like to book your son or daughter a place in the Science group lessons, or find out more about the lesson structure and content, please call us on 0203 565 0539 or email office@trefoiltutors.co.uk. Places are limited and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

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We look forward to hearing from you!

With the academic year starting this week, a number of parents have enquired about joining our English group lessons in September.

The lessons are run by our lead English tutor Milda, an outstanding full-time tutor with five years of experience in private tutoring and ten years of working with educational youth charities. With a BA(Hons) in Politics from the University of York, and a Masters degree from the University of Amsterdam, Milda tutors English Language and Literature to pupils from Year 4 to Year 11.

We are delighted to offer a 10% discount off lesson fees to students already attending Mathematics or Science group lessons, as well as to students whose siblings are registered to attend our group lessons.

If you would like to book your son or daughter a place, or find out more about the lesson structure and content, please call us on 0203 565 0539 or email office@trefoiltutors.co.uk. Places are limited and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

To check availability, please click on the button below.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Following enquiries from a number of parents, we are delighted to announce that we will continue to apply the £200 full-year booking discount until the 9th of September. So far, 17% of parents have booked their child's place in the group lessons for the full academic year and have received the £200 discount.

The discount is applied when a student's place is booked for the full academic year (36 lessons). The discount can be combined with our 10% sibling or multiple subject discount.

For more information, please contact us on 0203 565 0539 or at office@trefoiltutors.co.uk.

With the new school year around the corner, next week brings a big change to thousands of students who will be making the transition from primary to a secondary school this September. In the latest video from our Educational Q&A video series, lead tutor Vivek Gathani shares his advice about making the most of the experience and supporting your son or daughter through this exciting - albeit sometimes daunting - moment of their school life. Having worked at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School for four years as a teacher, Year 7 form tutor and deputy housemaster, Vivek is closely familiar with the day-to-day opportunities and challenges the students face in a new school.

To watch the video, please visit our Facebook page.

With the new academic year at Trefoil starting on the 10th of September, we would like to remind parents that we are now registering students for the final available places in our Mathematics, English and Science group lessons.

We offer discounts to parents who are signing up more than one child for the lessons and to students looking to attend lessons in more than one subject. Until the 1st of September, we also offer a fixed £200 discount to parents who book their child's place for the full year of lessons.

If you would like to book your son or daughter a place, or find out more about the lesson structure and content, please call us on 0203 565 0539 or email office@trefoiltutors.co.uk. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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On Friday, the 24th of August, we hosted our first 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 fourteen 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. After discussing the content and language of personal statement, parents and students had a chance to brainstorm ideas for their own personal statement, as well as ask questions and discuss the intricacies of successfully applying to particular universities with Vivek.

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

Today, we would like to share with you the answers to the fifth - and final - set of 5 Quick Questions that were posted on our website on the 22nd of August.

We hope that you enjoyed practising your mathematics over the summer with the 5 Quick Questions series from our lead Mathematics tutor Vivek Gathani - keep up the good habit of practising little and often!

Although the series has come to an end, we have plenty of useful and interesting material to share with you in the upcoming weeks including some free 11+ papers - do follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to receive our updates!

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In this week's video, our lead English tutor Milda would like to remind you that there is still time to submit your entry for our Summer Creative Writing Competition! Open to students from Year 4 to Year 13, we are looking for creative writing entries on any topic of your choice. The winner of the competition will receive a £20 Amazon voucher prize and the two runner-up participants will receive a £10 Amazon voucher prize.

To take part, please send your entries to info@trefoiltutors.co.uk by the 31st of August. We look forward to reading your stories!

To watch the video, please visit our Facebook page

As the last weeks of summer come to an end, we would like to share with you our final reminder to keep revising your mathematics in preparation for September. Our lead Mathematics tutor Vivek Gathani has prepared the final set of 5 Quick Questions this summer, with a set of questions tailored for each Key Stage group.

In addition, please see below the answers for the fourth set of 5 Quick Questions that were posted on our Facebook page on the 20th of August.

We will be posting the answers to the fifth and final set of Quick Questions on Sunday, the 26th of August.

A quick note to all parents of students who are preparing to sit 11+ entrance examinations this September: we are glad to announce that in the upcoming days, we will be sharing a free 11+ mock examination paper written by our lead Mathematics tutor Vivek Gathani. If you would like to receive a copy of the mock paper, please PM @trefoiltutors.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Following enquiries from a number of parents, 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 2018. The mock examinations are modelled on 11+ entrance examination papers to grammar schools in the area.

The Mathematics mock examination papers are written by Vivek Gathani, our lead Mathematics tutor who helped write and mark the 11+ entrance examinations when teaching at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School.

The English mock examination papers are written by Milda Sabunaite, our lead English tutor who has been preparing pupils for 11+ entrance examinations to grammar and independent schools since 2013.

The mocks will take place at our premises in Elstree (5 Theobald Court, Theobald Street, WD6 4RN).

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Students who have started practising their Mathematics in preparation for September may have noticed that topics which used to be easy to crack are much trickier after the summer break! We call this academic regression, and to help you brush up your mathematics before returning to the classroom, our lead Mathematics tutor Vivek Gathani has prepared the fourth set of 5 Quick Questions for each year group.

We hope you have already had a chance to try the previous three sets of 5 Quick Questions - please see the answers to the third set of questions below!

We will be posting the answers to the fourth set of questions and a brand new set of 5 Quick Questions on Wednesday, the 22nd of August.

Good luck, mathsies!

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Yesterday, A level students across the country received their examination results. We hope all went to plan - if you would like any advice on how to go further, please do get in touch.

With the GCSE Results Day coming up on Thursday the 23rd of August, we are glad to share the latest video from our Educational Q&A video series with our lead tutor Vivek Gathani. This time, Vivek is answering questions regarding GCSE Results Day.

To watch the video, please visit our Facebook page

We hope you are enjoying the final weeks of your summer break. As we all start to get into the mindset of returning to school, we would like to remind students to keep practising your Mathematics prior to the start of the new academic year to fend off academic regression.

We are glad to share with you the third set of 5 Quick Questions prepared by our lead Mathematics tutor Vivek Gathani for each Key Stage group.

In addition, please see the answers for the second set of 5 Quick Questions that were posted on our Facebook page the 7th of August.

We will be posting the answers to the third set of questions and a brand new set of 5 Quick Questions on Sunday the 19th of August.

Good luck, mathsies!

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