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DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD

Connor, Oct. 6, 2023

We would like to remind Parents that students attending weekly lessons at Trefoil Tutors can use this towards the skills section of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. If you are pursuing Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze, Silver or Gold Awards, please do get in touch with your tutor and we'd be happy to complete this section for you.

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WORLD TEACHERS DAY!

Connor, Oct. 5, 2023

Celebrate your teachers this World Teachers Day! Today is about celebrating all teachers around the globe but also considering what support they might need, no matter where they are in the world.

Take today as an opportunity to let your teachers know how much you appreciate them!

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NOBEL PRIZE LESSONS 2023 - PHYSICS

Connor, Oct. 5, 2023

We’re thrilled to continue our series on the remarkable achievements of the 2023 Nobel Prize laureates.
This Tuesday, we had the privilege of witnessing the Physics award being bestowed upon Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier. These visionary scientists have left an indelible mark on the world with their groundbreaking work, having pioneered tools that allow us to explore the movement of electrons within atoms and molecules by using pulses of light.

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NOBEL PRIZE LESSONS 2023

Amar, Oct. 4, 2023

It's that time of the year when the world comes together to celebrate the brilliance of human achievement! The Nobel Prize announcements are underway from October 2nd to October 9th and we couldn't be more thrilled to share this with all of you.

These prestigious awards recognise outstanding accomplishments across various fields, from groundbreaking science to captivating literature. You can catch all the action via live stream at nobelprize.org!

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PARENT TESTIMONIAL - DANIYAL AND ZAYD’S DAD

Connor, Oct. 3, 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.

“First and foremost, it is an extremely nurturing environment, which gives a lot of personal attention to each student. Personally, my boys absolutely love coming here and the fact that they love coming here and they still learn is amazing. Some kids will only like going somewhere because they’re going to have a good time and not really get much out of it, but they enjoy coming here - regardless of what time it might be, whether it's eight in the morning or five in the evening - and they get a lot out of it as well.

I think that comes from that nurturing environment, and the fact that Trefoil Tutors takes a lot of time and care in making sure that the material is age appropriate, and is appropriate for whatever target you’ve set yourself, whether it’s the 11+ or A Levels, or GCSEs. A lot of care goes into the material they provide, the way they approach the lessons, and also the planning they do. It is really everything you’d want from a tuition centre, and we cannot say enough good things about it and our experience has been only positive. It’s like a family, and we feel part of that family now.”

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A LEVEL RESULTS – TREFOIL TUTORS

Connor, Oct. 3, 2023

We are very proud to share with you a snapshot overview of the results achieved by our A Level students.

We are delighted to see that 87% of our students received an A* or A grade in the subject they were tutored in.

For more information on our A Level courses, please contact us on 0203 565 0539, email our Registrar Esther at registrar@trefoiltutors.co.uk or complete an online enquiry form:

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - AUTUMN TERM WEEK 5

Connor, Oct. 2, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek does his best impression of a newsreader, summarising a busy week at Trefoil. Vivek reminds parents of the continued building work taking place in the car park. Vivek goes on to inform parents about the first set of academic monitoring emails that will be sent this week. With the cold season upon us, Vivek encourages students to attend lessons face-to-face if they are well enough to do so, but equally, to make use of the calling-in facility if they are unwell. Vivek also reminds students to complete corrections and begin their revision for the assessment in Week 6. With parents of our students in mind, Vivek proudly announces the start of the event schedule at Trefoil, with the 11+ Parents' Advice Evening taking place on Monday 16th October. Our Director of Accounts Milda brings two important announcements. Firstly, our full year payment discount is available until the end of the Half Term (16 October). Parents are welcome to secure their child's place for the full academic year and receive an additional £100 discount per subject. Secondly, Milda reminds parents of how important it is to join our courses at the start rather than mid-way through the year, and encourages parents to review the available places in the range of subjects we teach at Trefoil Tutors.

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AWARENESS ON FOOD LOSS AND WASTE REDUCTION

Connor, Sept. 29, 2023

The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste is all about making people aware of how much food is being wasted between harvest and retail and in the home. This year’s focus is all about taking action to transform the food system to reduce the waste created.

For more information on why being aware of food waste is so important, as well as tips on what each one of us can to help reduce food waste, please follow the link below:

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INTRODUCING OUR ENGLISH TUTOR KISHAN

Connor, Sept. 28, 2023

We are delighted to introduce you to our English Tutor Kishan Ganatra. Although Kishan has been teaching with us for over a year, we are proud to announce that this academic year, he has now joined our teaching team on a full-time basis, teaching English to students from Year 3 to Year 11.

Having completed his PGCE course at the Institute of Education and obtained his teaching qualification, Kishan is an excellent tutor who has firmly established a reputation for delivering engaging and purposeful lessons to our students. With an outstanding academic record, Kishan is a graduate from the University of Nottingham with a BA in English and an alumnus of Haberdashers’ Boys’ School.

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - AUTUMN TERM WEEK 4

Connor, Sept. 27, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, our Senior Tutor Vivek reviews the first Assessment Week of the academic year and reminds students of the good routines we’ve been establishing. Additionally, with cross-year examinations usually taking place in schools in the coming months, Vivek discusses a number of effective revision methods building on VAK theory, which will be helpful to all our students regardless of their age. Our Director of Operations, Armine, reminds parents that works are still taking place on the upper level of Theobald Court car park. Armine presents the events that will be taking place this Term, the 11+ Parents Advice Evening and Parents Social Evening. Year 4 and Year 5 parents should expect the invitations for signing up to the 11+ Advice Evening in their inboxes in the upcoming days.

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PARENT TESTIMONIAL - RISHI’S MUM

Connor, Sept. 26, 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.

“I’m really happy with sending Rishi to Trefoil. One of the biggest highlights for me was the way Trefoil handled tutoring during the lockdown period. I was so impressed with the way the Skype lessons were managed. The video uploads that Vivek had done were outstanding, and that actually allowed my son to go back and look at the videos multiple times if he had any queries or questions. It was absolutely amazing.

I think that signing my son up for lessons at Trefoil was a really good decision and I’ve seen his school results improve drastically. So overall, I’m a really happy parent.”

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G'MAR CHATIMA TOVA!

Connor, Sept. 25, 2023

From all of us at Trefoil Tutors, we would like to wish you all a happy Yom Kippur. G'mar Chatima Tova!

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11+ MATHEMATICS, ENGLISH AND REASONING MOCK EXAMINATIONS

Connor, Sept. 22, 2023

Registration open for 11+ mock examinations during the October Half Term!

With the 11+ entrance examinations season having already begun, we would like to remind Year 6 students to book their place in our Mathematics, Reasoning and English mock examinations that will take place during the October Half Term.

The mock examinations are modelled on 11+ entrance examination papers to Independent Schools in the North London area.

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

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

The Reasoning mock examination papers are written by Rebecca Wolffe, our lead Reasoning and Science tutor with 10 years of teaching experience and previously Director of Science at Verulam School in St Albans.

The mocks will take place at our premises in Elstree (5 Theobald Court, Theobald Street, WD6 4RN), with students attending the mock examinations in person.

Each 2-hour-long exam session will contain:

  • an introduction to the paper structure by the tutor
  • a brief Q&A session for the students about the 11+ process
  • sitting the 60-minute-long examination
  • a 15-minute break while the tutor marks the papers
  • a review of the paper highlighting common mistakes

Students have the opportunity to sit a different mock examination paper each day for Mathematics, Reasoning and English.

For available dates and times for the mock examinations, please visit the dedicated page on our website:

Places are booked on a first-come, first-served basis.

To book your place, please call us on 0203 565 0539 or email office@trefoiltutors.co.uk.

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GOOD LUCK IN THE 11+ ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS!

Connor, Sept. 20, 2023

We would like to wish the best of luck to all our 11+ students sitting the first round of entrance examinations for Queen Elizabeth's 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.

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PARENT TESTIMONIAL - DANIYAL AND ZAYD’S MUM

Connor, Sept. 19, 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.

“Ideally, I would say 11+ preparation is a two year journey. With our elder son, Daniyal, we didn’t have a choice because we’d moved from Singapore, so he started in Year 5, and I know that if Daniyal had started in Year 4 he would have done even better than he did. They are young children - you can’t cram it all in, in one year. The lessons are very structured, and Daniyal did the Summer Lessons in August as well for both English and Maths - that was very, very helpful. The Summer Lessons are intense, they are tailored towards students practising past papers and they are coming two days a week for each subject. Additionally, it’s in August so the timing is really good as well.”

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ASSESSMENT WEEK REMINDER

Connor, Sept. 18, 2023

As we enter Week 3 of the Autumn Term, we would like to remind students that this is the first assessment week of the Term. Students will be sitting a 20-minute assessment in their lessons this week. Some classes will not be given an assessment this week, for example, Reasoning students and some A Level classes. For these classes, a longer assessment will be given in Week 6.

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!

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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - AUTUMN TERM WEEK 3

Connor, Sept. 18, 2023

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek reflects on how quickly the first quarter of the term has passed. Vivek reminds parents to ensure that they have logged in to the portal to receive up-to-date feedback which is being written by our tutors. The feedback written in the next fortnight will refer to the first two assignment sheets as well as the first assessment, which will be sat by the tutees this week. Our Director of Studies, Rebecca, then shares her advice as students revise for their first assessment this academic year. Have a great week, everyone, and very best of luck for the Assessment Week!

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FULL-YEAR DISCOUNT AVAILABLE

Connor, Sept. 15, 2023

We are delighted to remind parents that this academic year, we continue to offer the full-year booking discount of £100 until the end of the first Half Term, on Sunday, the 15th of October.

So far, 23% parents have booked their child's place in the group lessons for the full academic year and have received the £100 discount (for students attending 36 lessons throughout the year).

Students in Year 11 and Year 13 will be attending a smaller number of lessons throughout the year; therefore, their discount is calculated pro-rata.

If you would like to use the full-year payment discount, please contact our Registrar, Esther, at registrar@trefoiltutors.co.uk, who will then send you a revised invoice.

For the discount to apply, we must receive your full year payment by 5pm on Sunday, the 15th of October.

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

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