I can’t believe that the last time I posted in this blog it was July 2019! Who could have known what the last 18 months have brought us in terms of tutoring alone. On top of that we have experienced a global pandemic which has changed the way we work here at Diss Maths Tutor.…
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It is hard to believe that the last time I wrote for this blog was October 2018. A lot has happened in that time. Once again, I have had the busiest tutoring year – the vast majority of my new clients have come via word-of-mouth, which is always a good thing. In September 2018 I…
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As usual, it has been a very busy first half of the Autumn Term. Many of my Key Stage 2 students have continued with their tuition and an increasing number of last year’s Y6 students have continued with tuition into Y7. Of my new students, a significant number are currently in Y10, embarking upon their…
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It has been a while since I have posted on this blog – an indication of just how busy I have been! Normally, things go quiet after Year 6 have taken their SATs and the Year 11s have taken their GCSEs. This year has bucked that trend. Several of my Y6 students have stayed on…
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It’s been a busy two weeks of tuition around here. This year has seen my busiest Easter ‘holiday’ ever. While my KS2 and KS3 students have been taking a break,the GCSE students have been making the most of tuition sessions, and using them for ‘supported’ revision. I have been most impressed with how much revision…
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This year has been full on, so far, in terms of enquiries for my tuition services. As the Easter holidays approach, I am seeing unprecedented demand for tuition during the school holidays. Some of my GCSE students have requested 5 tuition sessions during that time and I have also received ‘late enquiries’ for students requiring…
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Lots of great news has been coming in to Diss Maths Tutor over the past few weeks. My 11+ and 13+ entrance exam students have gained places – some with scholarships – to Ipswich School, The Leys School, Thetford Grammar to name just three. In addition, I have had news of students who have been…
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Sometimes, students practicing exam questions, get a little confused by the wording of the questions.
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This is an interesting article published by the Guardian this week. Many of my students come to me as a direct result of their parents identifying these problems. www.telegraph.co.uk/education/0/10-ways-know-child-needs-maths-tutor/
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One of my students recommended a film he thought I would enjoy and was kind enough to loan me the DVD. Yesterday afternoon, I settled down to watch it. It tells the story of three American female mathematicians who worked for NASA in the 1960s. The film is truly inspirational – and is based on…
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