A-Team Tutoring

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08/06/2023

SUMMER SCHOOL 2023 📚 ✏️

For anyone keen to keep minds ticking over the summer but who can’t commit to a weekly time slot, this could be for you 😃😃.

For anyone sitting the transfer test this year especially, it is really important to keep going with your prep during the holidays!

Please get in touch if you have any questions about summer school or general tutoring over the summer 😁😁.

04/01/2023

HELLO!!

I hope that you all had a peaceful & relaxing Christmas & New Year. I don’t know about you, but we still don’t feel ready for real life to start up again 😂.

I can now offer spaces for tutoring in 2023!! I offer one-to-one tutoring for KS1 & KS2 Numeracy & Literacy. Please get in touch with any questions that you might have, no matter how big or small.

I have recently obtained a set of practice papers for the new SEAG transfer test. Please get in touch if you have any questions about one-to-one tutoring for the transfer test this year.

Ashley x

18/11/2022

The very best of luck to everyone sitting their first AQE test tomorrow morning!xx

20/10/2022

TRANSFER TEST FAMILIES….

With only 4 weeks to go until the first AQE test, it might be starting to feel very real for all of you!

Have you noticed a dip or a standstill in your child’s test scores?

😴 NORMAL at this stage in the marathon! They are tired, nervous & fed up with the monotony.

What could I do to help? 🤔

✅ You might notice a lot of ‘silly’ mistakes being made. Make sure that your child feels reassured that mistakes are a natural part of the process- everyone is making them!

✅ Really encourage your child to do their working out on paper. This really can make such a difference as errors can be easier to spot when they are written down.

✅ If you notice that mistakes are being made around a specific topic, take a break from test papers & focus on that one area for a while. It will do no harm & in fact might be the very thing that gets their scores moving again.

✅ Find ways to help them & you to relax- get some fresh air, listen to some music, have a movie night, run a bath, sit with a hot chocolate! Everyone needs a break!

✅ Transfer test children often miss out on the ‘active’ part of learning. If you can think of any way, no matter how small, to jazz up a certain area of the test go for it! Please pass your ideas on to me 😂😂.

In a matter of weeks, this will all be a distant memory! Keep going!! You have all given your all up until now & you have got this!

Ashley x

09/09/2022

As a family, we are extremely saddened by the passing of our dear Queen. For all of us, she has been a constant figure & her loyalty to her role never faltered even in her last days.

Our thoughts & prayers are with her family & friends over the coming days.

08/09/2022

HAPPY SEPTEMBER!!

Getting back to the routine of school runs, homework & after school clubs isn’t proving too easy after such a great Summer break 😂. If you have a little one who is struggling to settle into a new class, try not to worry yourself too much. For some children, it can be closer to half term before they feel comfortable & confident with their new routine.

Our 5 year old spoke the words we all hear ‘I hate doing homework!’ The teacher in me maybe does push her too hard at times. Pencil grip is something that her teacher has asked us to work on together. 3 attempts at forming her letters while using the grip, after those tries the homework is going in however it looks! As parents, we have enough to argue with them about. I do believe that homework isn’t a wasted effort & it gives a child the chance to consolidate what they have been talking about in school with the support of the folks at home. However, if it doesn’t look like it has been done by someone years ahead of them, don’t stress. Your class teacher will be happy to see that an effort has been made to sit down with a child & take a look at something.

Ashley x

20/06/2022

SUMMER HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN ☀️☀️😎😎.

Everyone is so ready for the long break! For some little minds, 8 weeks is a long time to go without looking over any topics from school. If you feel that you can’t commit to a weekly slot during the holidays, then Summer School could be for you 😀. Last Summer we had a lovely young lady come along to prep for her Year 8 entrance assessment, and also a football mad little man who wanted to remember his spellings from the year.

Please get in touch anytime if you would like to know more ☀️ 📚.

10/05/2022

Hi everyone!!

This isn’t my usual sort of post…

Firstly, please know that I really do appreciate your putting your faith in me to help your child with their schoolwork. I truly love doing it & to see them try so hard & reap the rewards is great ❤️❤️.
However, lately I have been having issues with people not showing up for their time slot. As a Mum of young kids I do understand that things can happen at the last minute, even if it is the fact that we have sunshine and you would rather your child get a Vitamin D hit ☀️(don’t blame you…good weather doesn’t last long here)! If you are due to come to me, I have had to arrange childcare for that time. I am rushing to be home on time to have everything ready & often lately it has been for no reason. I really would appreciate it if I could find out even a few hours before your time slot that you won’t be able to make it. If you do not show up for your time slot for 3 weeks in a row then I will offer the time to someone else who is waiting for one.

I hope that you understand this decision. As I said, don’t ever be afraid to contact me at the last minute to let me know that circumstances have changed as it happens to me sometimes too!

Ashley x