Lesson Ideas For Primary English Tutors Based on my experience of volunteering with Action Tutoring in two Bristol-based primary schools, here are my top tips for making sessions as useful for the pupils as possible. Rules: each week we establish… [continue reading]
Experiences
Reflections from a tutor: The Action Tutoring experience
Written by Elaine Garrod Elaine is a graphic designer working for KPMG and tutors English with Action Tutoring at Chelsea Academy. It is generally said that moving house is one of the most stressful life events one can have. I… [continue reading]
Meeting those that make it happen. A visit to Ashmole Primary School.
During the six months that I’ve worked for Action Tutoring I’ve had the wonderful privilege of spending most of my time in some of the 80 schools we work with and I’ve been continuously amazed at the level of coordination,… [continue reading]
My volunteering experience with Action Tutoring
I think it’s important to give a brief backstory before I say why I joined Action Tutoring last year. In 2014, I moved to the UK from Poland to join my family here and continue my studies. I have to… [continue reading]
Countdown numbers, tomatoes and kindness: Why we should be modelling our brilliant teachers’ strategies
Welcome to February! I hope as you read this blog you are breathing in some fantastically fresh February air, the breeze refreshing your bones and washing out the January cobwebs from your mind. One of our brilliant values at Action… [continue reading]
