The right tutoring for your child
Whether you are looking for a reading, writing or maths tutor, My Tutoring for You has the right tutoring service to support your child's learning.
My Tutoring for You offers group tutoring, online courses and 1-2-1 tutoring.
Group Tutoring
As a parent, you feel your child's pain of falling behind in class: their crippling anxiety, when the teacher asks them a question in front of everybody. The fear of embarrassment in case they get a question wrong, or their test scores are read aloud. The constant knock backs, seeing no matter how hard they try, their work is still covered in crosses and corrections!
You're worried your child isn't getting the support they need and you dread where they will end up.
Group tutoring has incredible benefits in providing a safe, collaborative environment for your child to learn and grow.
Maths Unscrambled Group Tutoring
Grasping mathematical concepts that are difficult for your child to comprehend in class.
Building number confidence by ensuring your child has solid foundations.
Equipping your child with practical strategies that work for them.
Developing fluency and accuracy with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Targeting your child's specific gaps and misconceptions in knowledge and understanding.
Increasing participation and willingness to tackle challenging problems.
Fostering critical thinking and logical reasoning skills through structured and sequential learning.
Supporting understanding through practical sessions that help your child visualise the maths.
Powering Up Writing Group Tutoring
Equipping your child with the knowledge of how to plan, organise, and structure their writing.
Fostering creativity by encouraging children to explore and analyse different writing styles.
Expanding your child's vocabulary by exposing them to new vocabulary.
Developing your child's writing by teaching them how to write for a specific purpose.
Eliminating your child's reluctancy to write through providing practical and fun writing opportunities.
Helping your child to articulate their thoughts clearly and effectively in planning and writing.
Collaborating with peers to share ideas, develop sentences and use better vocabulary.
Supporting your child's writing capabilities by effective modelling and scaffolding.
Meaning In Reading Group Tutoring
Reducing frustration that your child feels when struggling to read.
Developing your child's reading skills moving from reading words and sentences to reading for meaning.
Enhancing your child's vocabulary and giving them the tools to find the meaning of unknown words.
Developing your child's critical thinking by exploring texts in a structured and supported way.
Providing hands on opportunities that enable your child to experience the words - bringing them to life!
Encouraging a love for reading by providing enjoyable sessions and exploring quality texts.
Helping your child to analyse, summarise and give opinions of texts - key skills needed for comprehension.
Supporting your child's reading comprehension through targeted teaching of key skills.
Each group tutoring session provides a highly supportive environment where your child will fall in love with learning again. Where their strengths are embraced and they step out of their comfort zone!
The collaborative learning, helps build an independence which will enable them to truly succeed in class. They get to practise asking for help. Having peer-to-peer discussions. Answering questions in front of other children. Sharing ideas. These are skills that are needed for your child to become an active, confident member of their class.
Your child needs little and often for the skills and knowledge to become embedded. That's why group sessions provide so much more than one session a week. Your child will benefit from support throughout the week. Whether this be video tutorials, activities and games, drop-in sessions, workshops or feedback sessions with myself.
Sessions run term-time with additional holiday booster sessions available. A drink and snacks are provided for your child. Spaces are capped at 4 students a session. Just £40 a week.
Let me help your child to become a motivated, highly confident and independent learner, who keeps up in class easily, without fear and whose progress flourishes!
1-2-1 Tutoring
You want what's best for your child, but they need help in too many areas. You know everyday in class they are trying to mask their struggles. You listen to other parents boast about how amazing their child is doing, but you know your child is only just coping.
You're worried how your child's future is going to be affected. You know if things don't change, the gaps are going to get bigger and your child's confidence is going to diminish even more.
It's a pretty hopeless situation especially considering they appear to be hind in reading, writing and maths! Or is it?
If your child is lacking confidence, feeling overwhelmed, struggling to vocalise their struggles and needs help in more than one subject, 1-2-1 tutoring would benefit them.
I offer a highly impactful 1-2-1 tutoring programme that works with your child exactly where they are. Not only do they benefit from a personalised session with me, they receive activities to complete between sessions to ensure they are practising the skills learnt.
No child is going to progress at their full capacity if they hate learning! FACT! Despite being 1-2-1, sessions are engaging, fast-paced and provide opportunities for your child to have those light-bulb moments, where they realise just how much they already knew.
I work at your child's pace, tailoring sessions to their highest priority. During sessions, I carefully balance nurturing your child, whilst still encouraging them to challenge themselves. Providing a safe environment for them to make mistakes and to learn from them.
Let me help your child become a risk-taker, to step out of their comfort zone and to go on an incredible journey that sky-rockets their confidence and progress!
How it Works
Book a free consultation and we will discuss how I can support your child! This means I'll be finding out more than just their academic struggles. I want to know their interests and hobbies, their personality etc.
We make a plan of action that will get the best results! During each session, I will be providing targeted provision for your child. Every session provides opportunities to assess progress and to inform the next session.
They will become more confident, enjoy learning again and will grasp difficult concepts in a practical way. You'll receive feedback from your child's teacher about their improved confidence and their can-do attitude.
Testimonials
Hazel King
Zara has completely transformed my son from a 10 year old child who lacked so much academic confidence to an 11 year old who has passed all his year 6 SATS and is ready to take on the new challenges of secondary school in September. She has worked hard to make him believe in himself. Zara has a magic touch with children where she is calm and patient, pushes them to do better and progress at each session, and does not allow negativity. The positive change in my son has been remarkable. School have noticed a massive improvement in confidence, effort and achievement, with an excellent report at end of year 6. We are continuing on into year 7 with tutoring and now my daughter going into year 4 is starting with Zara too. Already she is working well for Zara and enjoying the 1 to 1 teaching.
Alison Lumgair
Zara has been tutoring my son for 6 months. After the last few years of interrupted learning we thought our son would benefit from a bit of extra support with his English and build on his Maths which he was already fairly confident with. The 11+ was not our end goal, so we questioned whether we should start tutoring or not, but after the first session to hear him say ‘I really enjoyed that’ we knew it was the right thing to do. Zara engaged our son every week, he grew in confidence and was for once willing to do work at home!! At the end of the academic year there was a noticed improvement in his school report which I have to give Zara the credit for. I would definitely recommend her.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do group sessions take place?
I currently run sessions from my house in Northumberland Heath. This means I can provide a local tutoring service for students living in Bexleyheath, Belvedere and Erith.
There is plenty of street parking, a park close by to walk or local supermarkets to do the weekly shop whilst your child is having their tutoring session.
What if I don't want group tutoring for my child?
Parents can often feel group tutoring takes away from their child's learning. Afterall, you as parents are paying and investing in your child's future so you want to know your child is benefiting from it.
But I would like to take this moment to reassure you that when group tutoring is taught well, the benefits can far exceed 1-2-1 tutoring.
Let me explain...
When a child lacks confidence, so much so that it holds their academic progress back, they often start in a place where they are fearful of answering questions, they find it hard to articulate ideas and end up needing lots of support and reassurance.
But, when they are only supported by myself, they become reliant on me. That's fine in sessions, I can wean them off of me, and help them to become more independent. However, when they go into class, it's like they are back at square one again. This is because they are back to being in a class of 30, and don't have the skills and confidence to actively participate. They are still needing reassurance and they haven't got a teacher with the time to provide this 1-2-1 support like I can.
With group tutoring, learning happens so much better when you can collaborate, share ideas, talk through thinking. I help your children to learn the skills in a highly supportive, collaborative environment, so that they can become an active member of their class.
Finally, I just want you to think of a task you've been set - maybe a project at work, or a personal goal such as running a half-marathon. How many times have you come across something you find hard, and have needed somebody alongside you. A friend, a work colleague to bounce ideas off, or to organise something together. It's the same for learning. Your child can't learn as effectively by themselves. They need peers alongside them.
How are your group sessions different to others?
Group sessions are run as half-termly blocks. Each week there is a main session. The sessions are fun, engaging and hands on wherever possible. Your child will have opportunities to learn and practise a skill. However, for the most effective progress to be made, your child needs opportunities to practise regularly. This is why I provide extra activities during the week for your child to complete. Please do not fear - I am not giving your child hours and hours of homework a night that will cause overwhelm, not a worksheet in sight. It will be tutorials, games, activities etc. Each activity will be short and sweet, but super helpful to your child's progress and confidence.
During sessions, it's important your child keeps their energy, especially when they have had a long day at school, so a snack and drink will be provided.
We will build a supportive environment by getting to know each other, helping and supporting each other. Imagine your child having the opportunity to feel on top of the world as they help another child rather than always being the one who needs help!
I am a big believer that hard work, perseverance and showing up matter. This is why I use rewards such as trophies, certificates and prizes.
Furthermore - in each half-termly period, your child will have an opportunity to jump online with me for 20 minutes or to come to my house for a drop in session. These will be 1-2-1 sessions and will provide feedback and personalised support in helping your child further progress. These usually take place half way through or at the end of each half-term to prepare/review for the next half-term. I will always provide a link for you to book a slot in advance on a first come, first serve basis.
In addition, I am on call to help your child. Whether they are stuck with homework, or need a little extra support, you can contact me and I will respond with a video response/voice note in a timely manner. Your child's extra work will also be acknowledged and feedback provided.
And if that wasn't enough, I provide your child with all the resources they need to practise at home. They get their very own set of pens, pencils, whiteboard and pens, highlighters. Depending on whether your child is having reading, writing or maths group tutoring sessions, will depend on what other things your child will find in their giftset.
I am a big believer that every child deserves to succeed, and that's why I do everything in my power to make it happen for your child!
How much are group tutoring sessions?
Instead of charging per session, I charge weekly. Regardless of whether you are booking your child in for reading, writing or maths tutoring, all group tutoring is priced at £37 a week.
This is inclusive of the sessions itself, all extra activities provided, the resources and giftset and the extra 1-2-1 drop-in session offered.
What about 1-2-1 tutoring sessions?
As a tutor, I understand each child is different and therefore group tutoring may not suit all children. Or your child may benefit from 1-2-1 tutoring at the beginning.
1-2-1 tutoring sessions are held at my house in Northumberland Heath, or I can provide tutoring sessions locally in the surrounding areas of Bexleyheath, Barnehurst, Belvedere, Erith, Crayford.
From September 2024, 1-2-1 sessions are from £55 and will be in a similar format to group tutoring in that in-between sessions, your child will receive support through recorded tutorials, games and activities for them to practise key skills. Your child will be provided with the help they need to succeed.
