Whether your child needs a bit of a boost or needs to be stretched, has gaps to fill or wants to explore a book or a topic at greater depth, I offer a range of subjects taught at a pace that suits them. Thanks to the internet, this can happen easily, time-efficiently and internationally (time zones permitting) within your own home.
Working online interactively means that we can screen share resources and a whiteboard in the lesson. Children can access optional homework tasks by email or by using links provided. It really is very effective!
If you are home-schooling and want support or a break, or if you are living in a non English-speaking country and wish to improve or maintain your child’s fluent, or nearly fluent English – this is suitable for your child too. Lessons can be as closely based on the National Curriculum used in schools in England as you wish.
Please view the information below for the subjects I offer.
I can focus on a particular area, including grammar, or I can take a more multiskilled approach.
World Religions
Learning about and from world religions. Children write best when they have something to say.
History
Lessons designed to bring the past alive using a range of power points and film clips, with book suggestions, where possible.
Choose from a range of topics that develop skills in planning experiments, making and recording observations, drawing conclusions and making predictions.
I can target an area of misunderstanding or help a child catch up any missed lessons.
A Cross-curricular Approach – using a topic to develop writing skills.
This means that studying the Romans, for example, could include writing an advert for a Roman villa; designing a poster for a day out at the arena or the Roman baths; producing a factual pamphlet to recruit Roman soldiers and making up a diary extract from a legionary stationed at Hadrian’s Wall.
I am happy to discuss, suggest and advise on subjects or topics that would work well for your child’s age and interests. Contact me below if you’d like some advice. Please also view the Frequently Asked Questions page and the Modern Foreign Languages page.
If you wish to explore the range of topics available yourself, National Curriculum topics can be found by clicking here.
International Children – bilingual with English or with nearly fluent English and non English-speaking children, newly arrived in an anglophone country – see slideshow below!
I offer discounts for children of newly arrived refugees. Please view slides 3 and 4 in the slideshow below and contact me below if you think I could teach or support your child.
If your child speaks fluent English but is being educated in another language abroad, they can benefit from, and enjoy, some lessons in the above subjects or try some creative writing lessons in English with me. Fluency can often mask gaps, especially with more able children. I have a strong interest in supporting the learning of English-speaking children living abroad, having experienced this myself as a child. 
Children with nearly fluent English
Lessons in the above subjects, with sensitivity to language level and an emphasis on vocabulary, will help maintain and improve your child’s English. Once they return to their native language country, children who have spent time in an English-speaking country will often hide their ability in order to fit in. They can also grow bored in ‘normal’ English language lessons. Their highly competent English can then ‘hibernate’, stagnate or get lost.
Homework and Subject Support
If you have a non-English-speaking child, newly arrived in, or about to enter the British (or other English speaking) school system, this can be a difficult time for you as a parent. A child dropped into an unfamiliar education system without the language skills with which to navigate it can find it very hard at first. The older the child, the more there is to learn and the quicker the pace of lessons.
I am a kind and experienced teacher, here to help your child find their feet and to prevent small difficulties from becoming overwhelming. I have been on both sides of the teacher’s desk with this situation! I can offer real support with classroom or subject vocabulary, go over lessons, help with homework and fill in any gaps or sort out any misunderstandings that are causing a problem.
If you would like more information or would like to discuss lessons for your child, do please get in touch using the form below. You can also email me at buzzyzooms@hotmail.com
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