People sometimes ask, “What do you teach?”  My response is maths, English and entrance exam preparation.  What my answer does not encapsulate is the sheer breadth of topic matter covered by Better Tuition’s team of qualified, expert teachers every single day.

Christine McLaughlin is joint Director of Teaching and Learning at Better Tuition, Urmston’s independent tuition centre.

So while I was planning yesterday’s lessons, I kept a little list of some (definitely not all, or even most) of the topics covered, concepts taught and activities carried out by me (Christine) in just one day.  Here they are:

Exploring the 100 square

Navigating negative numbers

Pythagoras’ theorem

The tangent ratio (my favourite ratio)

How to use a scientific calculator

Cause and effect: endangered species

Reading for inference: Elephant Stew (no, thanks)

Creating (and writing about) your very own superhero

Spelling rule: y plurals

Using Michael Morpugo’s ‘The Butterfly Lion’ as inspiration for a piece of creative writing

Types of poem: limericks, odes and acrostics

Homophones

Juliet Capulet’s mood swing in Act 3 Scene 5, Romeo and Juliet

Non-Verbal Reasoning cubes, codes and rotations

Non-Verbal Reasoning number sequences, including Fibonacci

Verbal Reasoning: analogies, opposites and similarities

Proof reading: adding punctuation; identifying errors of spelling and grammar

This is just a fragmentary glimpse of my lessons at Better Tuition yesterday.  My students range in age from 5 to 16.  The spread of ability is huge.  Some have special needs such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism and so on.  Some are preparing for Trafford’s grammar school entrance exams, SATs or GCSEs.  Each and every one of them receives an individual lesson, planned and prepared just for them from a qualified teacher.  You can read more about our lesson format here.

Does your child need some help with maths, English or entrance exam preparation?  Call in to our tuition centre at 1 Crofts Bank Road, Urmston, or call Paul Syrett and Christine McLaughlin on 0161 748 3912 to find out how we can make a difference.