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Did you know this November is the month to read more non-fiction? In this week’s video, our lead English tutor Milda talks about National Non-Fiction November and the benefits of broadening your reading interests.

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek summarises a busy week at Trefoil Tutors with preparations in full swing for the end of term. Although we have been very impressed with the number of students attending lessons face-to-face, Vivek uses this week's video to remind students of the good practices we established exactly a year ago when we entered the latest lockdown. Vivek also reminds us that there are only four weeks until Christmas and the big push that is required by all to make the most of our lessons together; especially true for our Year 6, Year 11 and Year 13 students with important examinations on the horizon this winter. Vivek then hands over to our Director of Studies, Rebecca, who discusses the difference between long term and short term memory; sage advice as students prepare for Assessment Week.

During our Autumn Half Term, we hosted three 11+ advice evening for parents of our Y4 & Y5 students. We were delighted to see the parent of 39 of our students attend the events – thank you for coming!

We would like to remind parents of our current students that priority registration for the Spring Term has begun! As always, in order to help ensure continuity of teaching and learning, we would like to give priority to students already attending the lessons to book their place in the upcoming term before we offer any available places to pupils on our waiting list.

During the Half Term break, on Tuesday 19th October, six members of our staff, including our lead tutors and the office team, participated in a day-long Level 3 Award First Aid Training.

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek thanks students and their parents for attending lessons face-to-face last week. Vivek reminds students of the importance of weeks 2, 5, 8 and 11 given the amount of new material that is covered in these lessons. Students will also receive assignments that were set in Week 5. Our Registrar, Milda, then goes on to discuss the start of priority registration for the Spring Term for our existing students as well as places available in our Year 3 and Year 6 Mathematics and English lessons as well as our Year 4 Reasoning lessons.

“I’ve got three daughters and they have been coming to Vivek since Year 4 so I’ve been with Vivek for 6 to 7 years. I’m really happy with the work that Vivek does and the way he teaches – he really challenges my girls. He’s very, very patient; he can sit and explain everything ten times if you need him to and he makes everything sound very easy. My girls absolutely love coming to Trefoil – they don't like to miss the lessons, they love doing the homework and making sure that it's perfect. It's been a very good experience and I wouldn't change it for anything."

We hope all our students and their parents enjoyed a relaxing Half Term break. Today, was we resume the Autumn term, we are excited to welcome all our students back to our lessons. We look forward to seeing you all in in our classrooms this week!

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek reminds students that our lessons resume next week, on Monday, the 1st of November. In order to ensure a strong start to the new half term, Vivek shares six important pieces of advice that students should consider before returning to lessons.

Today we held the second set of English, Mathematics and Reasoning 11+ mock examinations for students preparing to sit Independent School entrance examinations in January.

Thank you to all those who attended; we hope you found the practice useful! If you are interested in attending one of our upcoming mock examinations in December or January, please email us at office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or call 0203 565 0539 to book your place.

More information about the mocks and updated availability can be found on our website: https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/mock-examinations/

"Avi has been a good student but over the years had plateaued in maths, and I can honestly say that Vivek has brought back that spark about maths to Avi. He enjoys it and he has improved significantly. He is doing very well in class, his grades have improved; moreover, he enjoys being there."

During the Half Term break, many students have enquired about additional resources and past papers they could use when revising independently. Our Resources page offers students an extensive collection of GCSE and A-Level Mathematics past papers, including mark schemes, for Edexcel, OCR, and OCR MEI exam boards. We hope you find these useful in your revision!

The papers can be accessed here:

https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/resources/

In order encourage students to explore different writers, styles and genres, as well as help them develop a love of literature, our lead English tutor Milda has compiled a list of 12 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.

You can download the Reading Recommendations here: https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/documents/138/Recommended_reading_list_-_Trefoil_Tutors.pdf

As we complete the first half term of the academic year, we are delighted to see students begin to follow good routines in their learning. In order to help students practise little and often during their holidays in order to keep academic regression at bay, our lead Mathematics, English and Science tutors have prepared a set of holiday work which is now available on our website.

To access the holiday work, please follow the link:

https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/free-holiday-materials/

In this week's Senior Tutor Update, Vivek reminds parents and students that Mathematics, English and Science Half Term holiday assignments and answers are now available online. Vivek also reviews the first week of the holiday, where our Office Team attended a First Aid training, hosted a Parents Advice Evening and began the October mock examination series for our Year 6 students.

“I have two sons who are both really happy and impressed with the friendly atmosphere here at Trefoil Tutors. One of my sons has been with Trefoil Tutors for over 5 years now and has enjoyed every bit of it. As parents, we can see he’s achieving much higher results in his academics at school.”

Today we held the first set of English, Mathematics and Reasoning 11+ mock examinations for students preparing to sit independent school entrance examinations in January. Thank you to all those who attended - we hope you found the practice useful!

In this week's Senior Tutor Update video, Vivek congratulates tutees, tutors, parents and the office team on the completing of a very successful Half Term. Vivek reviews the newsletter as well as providing advice on how best to use the two-week Half Term break. Wishing you and your families a restful (but academically stimulating) Half Term! We look forward to starting the next Half Term on the week commencing Monday, 1st November.