Friendly Tutor, Specialising in Maths (Up to GCSE) and Psychology (Up to A level)

I am currently in the final year of my child psychology degree, hoping to go on and complete a master's specialising in child development in September. My degree has enabled me to truly understand the distinctive needs and requirements that children have to be able to successfully learn at different ages, and this can be applied through my teaching! I am a caring and understanding individual, so I can listen to what the student struggles with a consequently tackle these challenges in a fun way to prevent any topics becoming too tedious! Every student is unique, so I understand that perhaps a method that would work for one student would be difficult for another - I am happy to adapt to each student's learning methods to enable the most success out of my lessons.

One thing that I believe learning should be is fun! I intend to make my lessons engaging so that my students can look forward to Tuesday's after school maths, whether this is through multiplication bingo or more! Lastly, for the older students, I am happy to go through marking criteria and exam style questions as practice really does make perfect.

I have previously been a maths tutor for the 11+, as well as helping out students preparing for GCSE psychology. One moment that I hold close to my heart is where I worked with a student who struggled with her reading, she despised it! We worked together once a week and found methods that worked for her, by the end of our time not only was she back up to the required reading level of her school age, but she would also show me books that she had read by herself at the weekend!