Rowena

CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE. EXPERIENCED GCSE AND A-LEVEL EXAMINER.

Now booking ONLINE SUMMER SCHOOLS for the following GCSE units:
- Edexcel IGCSE English Literature Anthology Poetry and unseen poetry
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1 extracts
- CIE IGCSE Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 (Love Armed, Follower, etc.)
- AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry and unseen poetry
- AQA GCSE Worlds and Lives Poetry and unseen poetry
- General introduction to studying poetry for pre-GCSE students or parents wishing to support their children through GCSEs

10 hours of online classes, plus two hours of one-to-one online tuition over the summer break. Please contact me for dates and prices.

I have experience teaching the following subjects:

ENGLISH

• Edexcel IGCSE English Language A and Literature, with the following options: Of Mice and Men, The Whale Rider, To Kill a Mockingbird, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Pride and Prejudice, An Inspector Calls.
• Cambridge IGCSE Language and Literature, with the following options: Rebecca, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, The War of the Worlds, Things Fall Apart, Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 (Nick, The Woman’s Rose, etc.), A Streetcar Named Desire, A Taste of Honey, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 Part 4 poetry (The City Planners, Rain, etc.) and Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 (Love Armed, Follower, etc.), Ted Hughes poetry.
• Cambridge IGCSE World Literature with The Sound of Waves, Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 (The Doll’s House, etc.) and unseen poetry
• AQA GCSE English Language and Literature, with the following options: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, Animal Farm, An Inspector Calls, A Taste of Honey, Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Frankenstein, The Sign of Four, Pride and Prejudice, Power and Conflict poetry, Love and Relationships poetry, Worlds and Lives poetry
• Edexcel GCSE English Language and Literature, with the following options: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, Animal Farm, An Inspector Calls, Journey's End, Lord of the Flies, The Woman in Black, A Christmas Carol, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Relationships poetry, Belonging poetry, Conflict poetry
• Eduqas GCSE English Language and Literature, with the following options: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, An Inspector Calls, A Taste of Honey, Lord of the Flies, The History Boys, A Christmas Carol, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice.
• AQA A-level English Literature A with the following options: Pre-1900 love poetry, The Great Gatsby, Rebecca, The Taming of the Shrew, Othello, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Handmaid's Tale, Feminine Gospels.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

• OCR A-level Religious Studies: Philosophy of Religion, Ethics and Christian Thought
• Eduqas A-level Religious Studies: Philosophy of Religion, Ethics and Christianity
• Edexcel A-level Religious Studies: Philosophy of Religion, Ethics and New Testament
• AQA GCSE Religious Studies Specification A – Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Themes, including Mark’s Gospel
• AQA GCSE Religious Studies Specification B (Roman Catholic) – all units.

PHILOSOPHY

• AQA A-level Philosophy

HISTORY

• Cambridge IGCSE History, with any of the following units: Core Content B, The First World War, Germany, Russia
• Edexcel IGCSE History, with any of the following units: Germany, development of dictatorship, 1918-45; A world divided, superpower relations, 1943-72; The Origins and course of the First World War, 1905-18; Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-24; The Vietnam Conflict, 1845-75; The Middle East, 1917-2012; Changes in medicine, c. 1848-c.1948
• Edexcel GCSE History, with any of the following units: Medicine in Britain, c.1250-present; Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c.1060-88; Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91; Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-41; Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39

Tutoring Experience

I graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a degree in Theological and Religious Studies. I have worked as a teacher and Head of Department for Religious Studies and Philosophy in some of the highest-performing UK schools. I have worked as a GCSE and A-level examiner for nearly two decades.
I have worked as a tutor in-person and online since 2013. As a tutor I have taught English A-level, GCSE and IGCSE, History GCSE and IGCSE, Religious Studies GCSE and A-level, Philosophy IB and Philosophy A-level, across a wide range of units and texts.

Tutoring Approach

I am helpful and supportive and encourage students to aim for the highest possible grades. At the same time, I identify as many mistakes and weaknesses as possible so that issues are rectified well before the examination. While encouraging students to work independently, I can provide and recommend good resources and summarise difficult information to help students engage with and use more complex ideas and thinkers. I give detailed feedback, using examination mark schemes to guide students to a higher level. Essay-writing and exam technique are crucial to success and I focus on this throughout my work with my students.