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SENIOR TUTOR UPDATE - SPRING TERM WEEK 11

Vaiva, March 21, 2021

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek highlights that although many schools are breaking up for their Easter holidays in the coming days, our Term at Trefoil continues with Weeks 11 and 12 to complete. Vivek also shares the exciting news of the launch of our "Back on Track" online Mathematics course for students who are looking to spend the Summer Term and the holidays catching up on course material missed throughout this academic year.

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Parent testimonial - Aaliyah's mum

Vaiva, March 18, 2021

"I love the fact that we had mock exams here, which the children certainly have found very helpful and identifying what her weaknesses are and what she needs to improve on. I think the whole programme has been fantastic."

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IMPORTANT DATES FOR GCSE 2021

Vaiva, March 15, 2021

The Times Education Supplement have produced an overview of information about this year's procedure of awarding grades, appeals and resits.

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Education

Senior tutor update - Spring Term Week 10

Vaiva, March 14, 2021

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek reflects on the challenges students have encountered upon their return to school after a long period of online learning and offers advice on how to manage energy levels. As all current students' parents have received information about registering for the upcoming term, summer lessons and the new academic year, our Registrar Milda reviews the registration process highlighting the key deadlines and answering common questions from parents.

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PARENT TESTIMONIAL - JONATHAN AND LILI'S DAD

Vaiva, March 12, 2021

"We found is that the feedback is very structured, and in fact even more detailed than what you get in a school report, because it’s just focusing on one subject."

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Launching priority registration for Summer term, summer lessons and the new academic year

Vaiva, March 11, 2021

We would like to inform parents of our current students that priority registration for the Summer term, summer lessons and the new academic year is now open! Please note that your child’s place in Summer Term lessons is reserved until the 1st of April. After this date, any places that have not been booked will be offered to students on the waiting list on a first-come, first served basis.

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GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FIRST WEEK BACK AT SCHOOL!

Vaiva, March 8, 2021

Today, we would like to wish the best of luck to all of our students who are returning to school after a challenging period of home learning. We hope you enjoy seeing your classmates and teachers again! Unfortunately, we are not yet permitted to open our doors so our lessons will continue running online as usual; however, we look forward to returning to face-to-face lessons after the Easter holidays.

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Senior Tutor Update - Spring Term Week 9

Vaiva, March 7, 2021

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek highlights the importance of revision in preparation for the upcoming Assessment Week next week. Vivek also wishes good luck to all those returning to schools on Monday - although our offices remain closed until the end of the term, we hope you enjoy seeing your school classmates and teachers again!

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PARENT TESTIMONIAL - AVI AND AMAN'S MUM

Vaiva, March 5, 2021

"It’s a very professional environment yet it’s friendly at the same time. They are very organised: everything is very well planned, we get the lesson dates well in advance. The communication is great and the newsletter keeps us informed about any changes that are happening."

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WE ARE HIRING: WEEKDAY EVENING RECEPTIONIST

Vaiva, March 4, 2021

Trefoil Tutors are currently looking for a Weekday Evening Receptionist to join our team from March 2021.

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 essential.

The role is key to supporting pupils, parents and staff at the company and involves ensuring students’ arrivals and departures to and from lessons run smoothly. In addition to overseeing logistics, the role will involve taking telephone messages, contacting parents and a variety of administrative tasks.

To apply for the role, please send your CV and a cover letter to jobs@trefoiltutors.co.uk by Thursday, the 18th of March.

For further details, please contact our Manager, Rosie Smart on 0203 565 0539.

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WORLD BOOK DAY READING BINGO!

Vaiva, March 4, 2021

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 choose their next read, our lead English tutor Milda and our Digital Media Designer Vaiva have created beautiful Reading Bingo cards for students in each year group based on the reading recommendations Milda has compiled for this year.

You can download your Reading Bingo cards here:

Happy World Book Day and happy reading!

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NATIONAL OFFER DAY

Vaiva, March 1, 2021

Today, primary school students around the country receive their secondary school offers issued by grammar and state schools. We would like to wish our 11+ students who sat grammar school entrance examinations in September the best of luck! As always, please do get in touch to share your news or contact us to speak to our Senior Tutor if you would like any advice on your school choices. 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.

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Senior Tutor Update - Spring Term Week 8

Vaiva, Feb. 28, 2021

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, you will hear from our entire leadership team. Our Senior Tutor Vivek highlights the importance of following good routines in anticipation of the assessments in Weeks 9 and 12; our Manager Rosie outlines the process of re-opening our classrooms in line with the government's roadmap to lifting lockdown restrictions; our Director of Studies Rebecca discusses the recent developments regarding awarding of grades for GCSE and A-level students this year; and our Registrar Milda introduces two exciting new additions to the Trefoil team.

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11+ Candidates' Independent School Offers 2021

Vaiva, Feb. 26, 2021

With the tumultuous months of 11+ entrance examinations now behind us, we are thrilled to celebrate and share with you an overview of independent school offers that our students received this year. We are incredibly proud of this year's cohort of students - not only for having persevered with their preparations throughout a year of constant changes but also for having received a truly outstanding set of offers from independent schools.

Congratulations all and best of luck in your preparations for September!

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Education

PARENT TESTIMONIAL - ANTHONY'S DAD

Vaiva, Feb. 24, 2021

"English in particular has been a great success. He found the group sessions in English useful because kids tend to exchange or share ideas and that is something that he wouldn’t get if he went to a one-to-one session."

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START OF THE NEW HALF-TERM

Vaiva, Feb. 22, 2021

After a relaxing half-term break, we look forward to welcoming all our students back to lessons today. Did you notice that we have already reached the half-way mark of the academic year?

Have a great half term, everyone!

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Senior Tutor Update - Spring Term Week 7

Vaiva, Feb. 21, 2021

As we prepare for the first week of lessons after the half term break, our Senior Tutor Vivek welcomes the cohort of new students who will join our lessons next half term, encouraging them to develop good learning routines from their very first lessons. Furthermore, Vivek celebrates the outstanding set of 11+ results that our Independent School candidates have received last week. Finally, Vivek reminds our students that the new set of holiday work has been published on our website and is freely available to all those who would like to keep practising their Mathematics and English during the break.

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PARENT TESTIMONIAL - KABIR'S MUM

Vaiva, Feb. 19, 2021

"The kids just get it because he explains it in such a good way and he knows what he’s talking about. There are no grey areas and the best thing about Vivek is that he goes over it with so much patience."

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