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With school strikes taking place across England today and tomorrow, we know that many students are spending the day at home and many parents are seeking high quality learning materials that would keep students engaged academically.

At Trefoil Tutors, we regularly prepare additional revision materials that are academically engaging and tailored to each year group's curriculum in Mathematics, English and Science for students between Year 3 and Year 13. We are delighted to share these free resources with you in order to help keep students engaged on a day when regular learning may not be taking place. These assignments and corresponding answers are available on our website.

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.

Every year on March 14th, Pi Day is celebrated around the world. Pi Day is observed on the 14th of March (3.14 in some dating formats). This is because 3.14 are the first three significant figures of Pi (π).

Pi Day was founded by a physicist named Larry Shaw in 1988 and mathematicians have observed the holiday ever since.

Happy Pi Day!

We would like to remind parents that the deadline for priority registration for the Summer Term and Summer Lessons is this Sunday, the 19th of March.

Current students’ places in the group lessons are reserved until Sunday, the 19th of March; please make sure to book your place before this deadline in order to secure your place.

Any places that are not booked by this date will be offered to students on the waiting list on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you have not yet been in touch with us but would like your son or daughter to join our lessons, please contact our Registrar, Esther, on 0203 565 0539 or email registrar@trefoiltutors.co.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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/

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

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