English + Maths tutoring

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Hi

I was curious if your children have any tutoring how often in the week they have it? Is it directly linked to what is being taught at school?

And if you're doing it yourself - what materials/ programs do you use?

I feel like I have a very capable dc who is often too excited/ anxious/ distracted at school and would benefit from consistent after school support at the moment.

If it helps. Our year 4 child has similar issues to what you describe here. We pay for an hour's maths tutoring (as I was worried I wouldn't teach maths the same way and make things worse!) but just do lots of extra reading and English using the many hundreds of books you can get on Amazon! Probably wouldn't be structured enough for an older child but fine at this age for us

@Sorethroatagain2 thanks for responding! That's exactly something I'm considering. Can you say if it's made a difference so far?

We read every day.
It helped a lot with his phonics when we read books specifically part of his phonics scheme so I just want something targeted like that.

We never had spellings coming home from school. We do some randomly, printed off Twinkl or similar for his age.
I really want to make time and plan something regular for him.

Hi! I'm a Secondary English teacher but I've used a website called Read Theory before which is a good tool for developing reading comprehension. It assesses the child's reading ability and provides texts that are accessible but will challenge them too. And it's free!

Hope this helps 😊

A tutor should be filling in any gaps in knowledge and understanding so will be working behind what is being taught at school in order that the child becomes able to fully access the curriculum. It is still useful to know what the class is working on though, as sometimes they don't do things in the suggested order.

If you're doing it yourself, Twinkl is all you need. Download the curriculum, do assessment tests then go back and work on any weak areas until they are up to the 'expected' level. There are many interactive games to make it more fun.

BTW, if you get a tutor, an hour a week per subject WITH HOMEWORK is enough. Once your child is up-to-speed, or preferably ahead, you can drop down to English and Maths in one session if money is tight to keep things ticking over, but they have to be motivated.

Thank you.