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From all of us at Trefoil, we would like to wish all mothers and grandmothers of our students a Happy Mother’s Day! We hope you enjoy celebrating today, and feel loved and appreciated not only today but all through the year.

The clocks will go forward in the early hours of tomorrow morning from 1am to 2am. This change in time is called daylight savings and it occurs twice a year; the clocks go forward in March, and backwards in October. This means that we are now entering British Summer Time (BST) and there will be more light in the evenings.

Don’t forget to change your clocks!

As our Sixth Form students have now received most of their offers, they face the tough decision of choosing their destinations for the next 3-4 years. This seems like an apt time to remind parents and students that our tutors are more than happy to share their advice and experience on choosing the right university or study programme.

University ratings are also very helpful when considering your options – do have a look at the updated The Times Higher Education World University Rankings:

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!

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.

Today is Red Nose Day!

Millions of people in the UK celebrate this day by wearing red noses and following the live telethon hosted by Comic Relief. You can watch this year’s broadcast on BBC One and BBC Two.

Comic Relief has a whole host of resources on their website to get you started on your fundraising journey:

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!

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

We would like to remind parents that the deadline for priority registration for the Summer Term and Summer Lessons is this Sunday, the 23rd of March.

Today is International Women’s Day! The theme for 2025 is to #AccelerateAction. 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.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL PI DAY!

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!

One of the largest interdisciplinary festivals in the UK, the annual Cambridge Festival, runs from Friday, 19th March until Sunday, 4th April. The festival features a mixture of over 400 online, on-demand and in-person events - most of which are free.

For further information, and to book your place at one or more of these events, please visit the Cambridge University Festival website:

With many schools hosting Parents' Evenings in the upcoming weeks, our Senior Tutor Vivek Gathani comments on his time as a school teacher and shares useful advice on how to approach and make the most of the conversations with your child's teachers.

As we enter Week 9 of the Spring Term, we would like to remind students that they will be sitting an 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 marks the beginning of British Science Week, which ends on March 16th. The theme for 2025 is ‘Change and adapt’.

The British Science Association is also holding a poster competition following the theme of ‘Change and adapt’. For further information, rules and entry requirements, please visit their website:

If you are interested in attending some virtual events during Science Week, you can find information on the following website:

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.

Today is Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent - a period of six weeks leading up to Easter.

Today is Shrove Tuesday - also known as Pancake Day!

Shrove Tuesday falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent - a period of six weeks leading up to Easter.

Enjoy your pancakes and the countdown to Easter!