Maths Tutoring KS3 (Year 5) to KS4 (Year 11)

I have a Masters degree in Physics and have undertaken approximately one academic year (approx. 45 hours) of voluntary Maths tutoring. I appreciate using some of the creative materials that many people have made to learn and practice the subject.

I have worked within Administration, Finance and IT and undertook a one-year voluntary internship with a charity, helping to organise activities and cafes for international students.

Voluntary Maths tutoring through Action Tutoring has provided me with a better understanding of the mathematics curriculum, ideas of resources to use, sharing of ideas and a framework for lesson planning. This included longer-term tutoring with Year 6 students (13 weeks and 19 weeks), shorter-term tutoring with Year 11 students (3 weeks and 5 weeks) and occasional cover sessions with Year 5 students.

I found the Action Tutoring lesson plan helpful, which includes a game/ice-breaker activity, a warm-up such as Arithmetic practice, a recap of the previous topic, time to discuss a new topic with a combination of worked examples and opportunity for own practice, student review and short game.

Some things that seemed helpful at times included giving students the chance to come up with their own example questions on a topic, which can help consolidate learning as it requires thinking of both a question and solution.

Action Tutoring usually undertake a diagnostic test prior to tutoring to identify areas of Maths that might be best to focus on. I would be happy to talk to students about the different topic areas and identify areas they would like to practice.