Specialist Tutoring

Specialist tutoring is for children who need extra support. They may have additional learning needs, be behind in the curriculum, or just not be doing as well academically as you feel they could. I work closely with the family to establish what each child needs, and how they learn best. I then design a sequence of lessons to help my students build confidence and close any gaps in their learning.

The sessions are usually an hour, comprising of fun and engaging tasks to address our goals.
I use an 'assess-plan-do-review' cycle that means we are always looking at and celebrating progress together, while making sure our time is used effectively.

Your child could benefit from specialist tutoring if they need support with any of the following:

Literacy Difficulties

Reading - fluency, accuracy, phonic knowledge and comprehension
Spelling - learning, retaining and using learned words and patterns
Writing - reluctance to write, generating ideas, writing stamina, sentence construction, grammar
Vocabulary - using and understanding a wide range of words, including new vocabulary from other subjects
Handwriting - legibility, presentation, fatigue

Maths difficulties

Learning number facts, e.g times tables and number bonds
Understanding the four key operations and their relationships
Place value understanding, larger numbers, fractions, decimals
Telling the time
Lack of confidence
Problem solving, including word problems
Constantly having to re-learn and re-cap

Working memory

Mental maths
Following instructions in the classroom and at home
Generating ideas for writing
Missing key elements of a story when reading

Learning habits

Independence in the classroom
Attention to detail
Checking work
Perseverance
Managing distractions