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Today marks the beginning of British Science Week, which ends on March 19th. The theme for 2023 is ‘Connections’.

The British Science Association has created a series of Science-related activities for children to complete. There are activity packs available to download that have been created for children in Early Years, Primary and Secondary School and for the wider Community. To access these current activity packs, as well as those from previous years, please visit their website: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/activity-packs/

One of the largest interdisciplinary festivals in the UK, the annual Cambridge Festival, runs from Friday, 17th March until Sunday, 2nd April. The festival features a mixture of over 360 online, on-demand and in-person events - most of which are free.

Coordinated by the University of Cambridge, the Festival aims to tackle some of the big questions of our age and seeks to find possible solutions. It also looks at less weighty subjects and includes an extensive series of events for children and families to enjoy.

With many schools hosting Parents' Evenings in the upcoming weeks, Vivek Gathani, Director and Senior Tutor at Trefoil Tutors reflects on his time as a school teacher and offers parents useful advice on how to approach and make the most of the conversations with your child's teachers.

Today, we celebrate World Maths Day! World Maths Day is celebrated every year to make maths exciting and engaging for all school-aged children from all over the world – regardless of cultural or socio-economic background or ability. World Maths Day disregards the notion that you are either a ‘maths person’ or not.

Happy Maths Day!

Today is International Women’s Day! The theme for 2023 is to #EmbraceEquity. We hope you enjoy celebrating and appreciating the important women in your life!

From all of us at Trefoil, we would like to wish you a Happy Holi!

The cheerful and colourful celebration of Holi comes from Hinduism and represents the arrival of spring as well as the triumph of good over evil.

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.

Our Director of Operations, Armine, would like to inform parents that our phone system is currently undergoing an update. All calls should be directed to our main number 0203 565 0539 as we phase out our mobile accounts.

In preparation to work with the new phone system, on Wednesday, 1st March, ten members of the Trefoil team, including our office team and tutors, participated in a training session led by a Cisco representative Andy.

Trefoil Tutors are looking to employ a part-time Receptionist to join our growing team starting in March 2023.

The Receptionist will help liaise with students’ parents and ensure that the logistical arrangements of lessons run smoothly. The Receptionist will report to the Director of Operations. The ideal candidate will be an approachable and organised individual with attention to detail and a proactive attitude. Experience in an administrative and customer-facing role is desirable.

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek reminds students and parents that it is assessment week. With watchlist emails having been sent last week, students should look to revise and prepare for these short assessments. Vivek highlights that the job adverts for our Tutor of Mathematics and Tutor of Biology roles have been extended. Before handing over to Rebecca, Vivek elaborates on a quote that has resonated with him this week: "Good teachers introduce new thoughts, great teachers introduce new ways of thinking".

As we enter Week 9 of the Spring Term, we would like to remind students that they will be sitting a 20-minute assessment in their lessons this week.

Remember to follow Vivek and Rebecca’s advice in the Welcome Booklet and the Senior Tutor Update videos on how to best revise for these assessments!

Today, we celebrate World Book Day! Although it sometimes may seem that today is about fancy dress costumes rather than books, we would like to encourage our young readers to pick up a new book this week and nurture their good reading habits.

To help students explore different authors, styles and genres, as well as help them develop a love of literature, our Lead English Tutor Milda has compiled a list of twelve book recommendations for each year group from Year 3 to Year 11. The books on the list range from timeless classics to recent releases. As they go through the list, students will become familiar with the work of world-famous writers and meet iconic book characters.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

From all of us at Trefoil, we would like to wish you a happy St. David’s Day!

Today, primary school students who have sat 11+ entrance examinations to Grammar Schools around the country will hear whether or not they have been offered a place today.

We would like to wish the best of luck to our students who are waiting to hear back from schools of their choice - our fingers are firmly crossed for you!

As every year, we will be waiting to hear from our students with great anticipation! Should you need any advice, or if you have a moment to share your results with us, please do give our office a call on 0203 565 0539 – we would love to hear from you.

If you do not receive an update today, please note that some offers are sent out by post and may only reach you later this week.

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.

“In terms of the structure of the lessons and the group set-up, the boys have really enjoyed it. It’s in-keeping with what they would be accustomed to in a school environment which is quite nice. Rather than it being a formal one-to-one setting, a group environment keeps it consistent to what they’re used to. The subject matter can be challenging both from the aspect of the tutor, as well as the other students in the classroom, so everyone is there to improve from different angles and I think a varied environment from what they experience in school has, for my boys, certainly been very beneficial.”

In this week’s Senior Tutor Update, Vivek reminds us that Week 2, 5, 8 and 11 of each Term are packed full of teaching content. Vivek applauds the high attendance rate last week and encourages this to continue ahead of an important week to come. Vivek reminds parents that our Director of Studies, Rebecca, will be sending her usual watch-list emails. This week, these will refer to the assessments completed in Week 6 which, for our Year 11s, 12s and 13s would have been longer, summative assessments. Finally, Vivek notifies parents to look out for an important email regarding registration for the Summer Term, Summer Lessons and the Autumn Term.

We would like to remind parents of our current students that four members of the team at Trefoil Tutors, including our Director and Lead Tutors, have completed Level 3 Award First Aid Training. These staff members are familiar with the role and responsibilities of a first aider, and as part of their training, have learnt how to manage unconscious casualties, how to respond to incidents involving choking or external bleeding and have practised Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

Magdalene College Cambridge has announced a brand new Arts and Humanities essay competition for 2023. Open to Year 12 students attending state-maintained schools in the UK, the prizes aim to encourage ambitious and talented students in the Arts and Humanities subjects to explore their interests further, with the hope that they will be encouraged to read these or related subjects at University.

The Essay Competition has a First Prize of £300, a Second Prize of £200, and a Third Prize of £100. Winners will be invited to a prize-giving ceremony at Magdalene in the summer. The deadline for submissions is on Friday, 28th April 2023 at 6pm.