Minica

Minica is good at engaging, motivating and explaining. He is polite and professional and works to support tutees at their best. Excellent tutor.

Mr has been an inspiring guide for my son who is currently doing his GCSE, in higher math. In a short span of time, he could identify the needs of the learner and cater his facilitation to best suit him. The exam based practices that they have done has increased my son's confidence levels and in general, his love for math. From what I have observed, two key aspects in his teaching method that has been most beneficial for my son - Mr. refuses to give direct answers and makes him think to get to a solution; a set printout of work is handed over at the end of the session, with separate answer scheme, which gives my son a concrete target . Thank you for your help.

Minica has a lovely way about him which makes my son feel comfortable and able to learn well. He is very reliable and I feel he is committed to helping my son with his maths.

I selected Minica B after reading his other reviews and his wonderful friendly smile. Although he has more experience with children and teenagers ( obviously older than my 6 yr old) he was ( still is) fantastic with her . Not only has her maths improved , but she looks forward to him visiting. Initially , to relax her and get her settled he would do a few quick magic tricks ( using maths) which had her completely enthralled and ready to start. Now he doesn't even have to do that. She really wants to demonstrate her newly found skills and please him with her work and trying her best. Minica is very amiable and I felt completely comfortable pottering around the house whilst they got on. He was flexible with times when we did need to change or cancel on occasion and always punctual. He even gave my daughter a birthday present. I believe finding a tutor that your child actually enjoys being with is as important as the topics and new concepts they teach. My daughter has improved greatly in many areas and is so much more confident and happy to try new concepts with him. My daughter, although normally very fidgety can even concentrate for an entire hour with him. Initially I had said we would probably have to stop at 45 minutes ,but the time flew for her because he is so engaging and if she did start to lose focus would simply change what they were doing. At such a young age there are many areas for improvement and development so it worked well. I would recommend Minica to everyone seeking a Maths tutor for any age as he clearly is adaptable and highly experienced. Having his own children and such teaching experience means he completely understands children of many ages and how to engage them. I hope he has a long , successful career in teaching as he would be such a huge loss to the profession if he went anywhere else! I initially engaged Minca to give my daughter some support leading up to the SATS as I felt she really was ' scared ' of maths and panicking . However, we will no doubt continue using Minica , as I believe he has tutored many others who have passed the 11+ successfully whilst under his ' watch'