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At Trefoil Tutors, we know that the educational experience extends far beyond the confines of an individual lesson. To help maintain engagement and avoid academic regression, our Lead Tutors Vivek, Milda and Rebecca have prepared a series of subject-specific projects for our students to complete over the Summer Holidays.

The deadline for submitting all projects is 12pm on Monday, the 15th of August. Projects can either be emailed to office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or handed into the office in person. Late submissions will not be accepted.

The student who produces the best project in each year group, as decided by each tutor, will be awarded with subject-themed prizes once they return to Trefoil Tutors in the new academic year.

For more information, please visit the Summer Projects page on our website:

https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/summer-projects/

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.

“We have seen a huge improvement in Lakesha’s subject knowledge in Maths. Her confidence, for a start, has improved, as well as the way she answers questions, her attitude in class - being able to put her hand up and ask questions, but most importantly, her grades at school have improved and we noticed this within a few months of starting lessons at Trefoil.”

Trefoil Tutors are delighted to share a vacancy for a Tutor of Economics to join our team in September 2023.

We are currently looking for an experienced Economics tutor to teach two or more small groups of up to six students. The tutor will specialise in teaching Key Stage 5 (Year 12 and Year 13).

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in planning, teaching and evaluating outstanding Economics lessons and have demonstrated a passion for their subject. FQT status and school teaching experience are preferred but not essential.

The successful candidate must be able to start teaching the Economics group lessons in September 2023 and commit to the position for the full academic year. The successful candidate should also be prepared to conduct online lessons via Skype if necessary.

To apply for the role, please send your CV and a cover letter to our Director of Studies, Rebecca Wolffe, at jobs@trefoiltutors.co.uk by Sunday, the 6th of August.

Applications will be reviewed as they arrive, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy sooner; please apply as soon as possible.

For more information about the role, please visit the Vacancies page on our website:

We look forward to hearing from you!

If you are looking for something fun to do over the holidays and keep your mind engaged in artistic pursuits, you may want to consider taking part in The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2023 as it is now open for entries! 11 – 17 year olds can submit at foyleyoungpoets.org for free by 31 July.

Best of luck to all who are taking part!

Submit your entries at: foyleyoungpoets.org

We are delighted to be sharing the Summer Term newsletter with you. Inside, you will find a summary from each of our Senior Leadership Team, our English, Maths and Science Summer Projects, information about registration for the next academic year as well as highlights from our social media pages.

Happy reading!

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.

“Going through the 11+ process can be quite stressful for parents, especially if you haven’t had a child go through it beforehand, because you aren’t sure of what to do, how to do it, or what schools to apply for. There was a lot of guidance from Vivek and Milda with regards to 11+ preparation and which schools to choose. There was advice available when I needed it. They were able to tell me how my children were progressing through the subject matter, so it gave us confidence in knowing what choices to make in the 11+ journey. They involved the children in the decision-making process as well, so it was really useful.

There’s a wide variety of subjects involved in the 11+: English, Maths and Reasoning. Therefore there’s a lot of subject matter that you can use to help prepare your child. For me it was brilliant, especially when the results and the offers for interviews came out. The support didn’t just stop there either, it was ongoing, right through until the very end of the 11+ programme, which meant you felt fully supported throughout the entire journey.”

With the final lessons of the Summer Term now complete, we would like to thank our students and their parents for all of their hard work and support throughout the year. While the academic year is now over, with our teaching and office teams taking a short break, we are already looking forward to welcoming back our Year 4, 5, 11 and 12 students for Summer Lessons on the 7th of August. The remaining year groups will resume lessons in the week commencing 4th September. We wish you all a happy, healthy and relaxing summer!

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek celebrates the end of the academic year. Vivek reminds parents that the office team and the tutor team will be in the office for one more week, signing off the year, conducting parent report meetings and preparing for next academic year. Vivek informs parents that he will be in touch at the start and end of Week 13 by email with regards to holiday work, the newsletter and office hours. Finally, Vivek provides an update of the registration process with over 70% of available places booked already!

As the deadline for Priority Registration has now passed, we are delighted to have registered over 250 students to our Mathematics, Further Mathematics, English, Science, Reasoning, Economics and Biology lessons for the Autumn Term.

At Trefoil Tutors, we are incredibly proud of the quality of teaching and learning we deliver across a range of different subjects. In our small group lessons, our team of qualified teachers and experienced tutors aim to augment and support the work done by schools. Students are taught according to a structured scheme of work and are given weekly homework assignments and regular assessments which are all prepared in-house by our tutors, with weekly individual feedback provided to parents via our personalised online portal.

Our Senior Tutor, Vivek Gathani, shares his advice with parents who are looking to find the right support for their children with the help of a tutor.

In this video, Vivek has outlined four guidelines that he advises all parents to follow before engaging a tutor to work with their child.

You can watch Vivek’s advice video below.

If you would like any further advice, please do not hesitate to contact our team by emailing office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or call us on 0203 565 0539.

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.

“As a parent, I am extremely happy with my kids attending Trefoil Tutors. The reason behind it being the grades that they are achieving, and their keenness to come to Trefoil Tutors. They have improved a lot since joining which makes me very happy.”

We would like to remind students and parents that this is the final week of group lessons as the Summer Term comes to an end on Sunday, the 16th of July. After the break, students in Years 4, 5, 11 and 12 will return to the classroom on Monday, the 7th of August for Summer Lessons while all other group lessons will resume on Monday, the 4th of September.

We look forward to seeing everyone for their final lessons this week and wrapping up the academic year together!

In this week's Senior tutor Update video, Vivek reminds parents and students of the importance of the final lesson of the academic year. Signing off the year properly and completing diligent corrections for the final assignment and assessment are essential to wrapping up the year properly. Vivek informs parents that he and Rebecca will be conducting their usual academic monitoring of students' assessment scores but will not be sending targeted emails. Instead, parents of students on that list will be encouraged to book in parent report meetings with their child's tutor if they haven't done so already.

We are delighted to introduce you to the newest member of our office team, Connor Winter, who has joined us in the role of Administrative Assistant. Without doubt, both students and their parents will get to know Connor very well in the coming months as he will be the first port of call for your e-mail messages and phone enquiries.

Welcome to the team, Connor - we are delighted to have you on board!

At Trefoil Tutors, we value the importance of maintaining an ongoing conversation between parents, tutors and students as a key factor in maintaining tutee progress and development. As the Summer Term comes to an end, we would therefore like to invite parents to book a meeting to speak to your child’s tutor and discuss their progress throughout the academic year. These meetings will build on the personalised feedback the tutors upload to the online portal every week.

To book your meeting, please log in to the Parent Portal, click on Report Meetings and choose a convenient date and time to speak to your child's tutor.

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.

“Raya’s favourite subject is English but since joining Trefoil Tutors, she loves Maths equally now. Her confidence has increased, she can focus longer, and even her methods have improved. We received the school report and she is now exceeding all expectations."

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek wishes students the very best of luck for assessment week. For our Year 7s, 8s, 9s and 10s, this will be an hour long end-of-year summative examination. Vivek reflects on a hugely productive term so far, where we have accomplished more of our targets in a shorter timeframe; allowing us to focus on ending the term strongly and putting our best foot forward for the assessments.

Rebecca, our Director of Studies talks parents and students through the structure of Exam Week as well as how students should prepare to close off for the academic year.

We would like to thank the parents who attended the Advice Afternoon on Saturday, 24th June - it was a pleasure seeing so many parents of our students gathered at Trefoil Tutors!

During the event, our Director and Lead Tutor of Mathematics, Vivek Gathani, our Director of Accounts and Lead Tutor of English, Milda Gathani, and our Director of Studies and Lead Tutor of Science and Reasoning, Rebecca Wolffe, shared their experience of supporting students in their 11+ preparations over the last decade.