Sarah, Greenwich Maths tutor, Greenwich English tutor, Greenwich Latin tutor, Greenwich Philosophy / Critical Thinking tutor

Maths
Primary - £20.00 p.h.
Secondary - £22.50 p.h.

English
Primary - £20.00 p.h.
Secondary - £22.50 p.h.
GCSE - £25.00 p.h.
A-Level - £30.00 p.h.
Casual Learner - £25.00 p.h.

Latin
Primary - £20.00 p.h.
Secondary - £22.50 p.h.
GCSE - £25.00 p.h.
Casual Learner - £25.00 p.h.

Philosophy / Critical Thinking
Primary - £20.00 p.h.
Secondary - £22.50 p.h.
GCSE - £25.00 p.h.
A-Level - £30.00 p.h.
University - £35.00 p.h.
Casual Learner - £25.00 p.h.

Personal Description: Sarah has been a part-time private tutor for the past three and a half years, alongside teaching for the last two and a half years at a supplementary schools project in London. She takes a more 'traditional' approach to education, returning to the basics of a subject in order to give children a confident, thorough grounding before moving forward. In primary English, this means revising grammar, sentence construction and for older children textual analysis; in primary Maths, focusing on times tables, long multiplication and division, ratio and fractions before attempting 'two-step' problems and test questions. Sarah has worked with children on preparation for 11+ and has extensive experience with GCSE and A-Level English, Philosophy and Religious Studies.

Tutoring Experience: Maths Teacher for 7-11 year olds for the last two and a half years at two Supplementary Schools in London run by the think-tank CIVITAS; History Tea**Telephone Number Removed** year olds for the last year. Recent tutoring includes: English Literature A-Level; Double English GCSE; A-Level Religious Studies. Peviously taught at a **Contact Detail Removed** Maths and English Centre.

Tutoring Approach: I take a more 'traditional' approach to tutoring, going 'back to basics' and building up ability and confidence in subject-specific knowledge. I tend to set five minutes of homework to be completed four days of the week with Maths; in English, for younger children this involves a heavy focus on grammar, more sophisticated sentence construction, comprehension and writing exercises. For GCSE and A-Level English, I tend to focus on poetry and essay-writing skills as areas that pose particular problems, alongside tackling the more tricky areas of Philosophy and Religious Studies (Plato, Aristotle, Arguments for the existence of God, technical vocabulary) before moving onto other parts of the syllabus.

For a good grounding in history for all children that will help develop both their grasp of English and ability to think historically (also a valuable refresher for older readers), I recommend 'A little history of the world' by EH. Gombrich (available on Amazon).

For Primary Maths and English, the 'Bond' book series of practice tests is excellent for those sitting 11+ and for any child requiring proper grounding up to Year 6 (also on Amazon for around £4 each)…

Qualifications:

• 2006: BA Hons Philosophy (2:1), Cambridge University - Cambridge University (Bachelors)
• 2003: A-Level: English Literature (A), Music (B), Latin (B) - Six Form College (College)
• 2001: GCSE: 10 (A*-A) inc. Double English, Maths and Music. - Secondary School (School)

Native Language: English (British)
Availability: Weekends / Weekdays (all times)
References Available: Yes
CRB Check: Yes