Aleksandra Bator

I am a chatty trainee teacher and I love talking about science. I have spent a year working in a research laboratory and another year in the medical laboratory for the NHS. My aim is to help you understand cool and quirky facts but also to provide thorough explanations and worked-through examples of scientific problems. For me, practice and visual understanding are the best ways to ensure good exam results. Let's work together.

My experience:
- Current teacher training at the University of Cambridge, training to be a secondary school science teacher
- 2 years of tutoring for GCSE for all three sciences
- MSci Biochemistry with a year abroad
- Group leader at Barracudas summer camps
- Outreach events in primary and secondary schools as a student ambassador

A-levels: Biology, Chemistry and Spanish

GCSE: Triple science, Spanish, PE, History, Maths, English, Polish, RE, Further maths

Lessons:
- Lots of real-life examples
- Lots of hands-on explanations
- Visual aids
- Exam practice
- Retrieval practice
-Talking together through ideas and problems
- Discussing what went well and what needs improvements
- Scaffolding through worksheets
- Working off CGP revision guides and textbooks
- Understanding what the mark scheme requires

Aims:
- Improve confidence
- Improve grades
- Progress
- Improve interest in science

I am very happy to accommodate and work together to meet your needs. We can explore different ways of accessing material or keep to an individual paced tackling of basic and key concepts to improve your confidence with the material.