Time To Shine Tutoring

Every child have different learning styles, all have the potential to succeed. Lots of encouragement and praise throughout the process helps children engage in the activity. Gives them a sense to believe in themselves. Pamela Gtotheb Barfoot

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Summers here!! it is important to keep encouraging learning and to keep those little minds active. New academic year starting, why not give your child an extra boost of confidence to start their new class. Get in touch! Group discount, 1.1 sessions available. Pamela Gtotheb Barfoot

Today I am working with a child who needs encouragement with using full sentences when speaking and telling instructions for something. e.g. recipe, brushing your teeth etc. Children are very easily excitable. When they are excited and interested in something they absorb more. They learn without realising. So they are learning language skills, matched with something they like to do, this is a great way to help them improve their skills without them realising it. Today I am w...orking with Sonny who is very keen to cook. Lots of new words were learned today I laid out ingredients and utensils and Sonny had to tell me, what ingredients we needed? what utensils should we use? and how do we make the pizza? Cooking teaches children valuable skills
Motor Skills: Grating, mixing, kneading and cutting with a child-friendly knife.
Mathematical Skills: Number recognition, basic sums, and practising weights and measures
Reading and Comprehension: Reading the recipe and answering questions such as: How do you think the food will look? Taste? Smell? Etc.
Time and Measure: Telling and measuring time. Setting the timer.
Cooking helps children’s personal, social and emotional development by providing opportunities for exploration, developing skills and confidence. Cooking can be difficult, so children feel a sense of pride and satisfaction when they eat or take home what they have made. Cooking definitely supports children’s developing communication, language and literacy as they talk about what they are doing and collaborate with others Sonny had to explain to me the precise instructions, he had to talk to organise, order and clarify what he will be doing. In following the recipe. Sonny is learning how to select and retrieve information from the packet mix he was reading. Sonny was able to talk about and evaluate what he had made.
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Mehndi ready for my brothers wedding!

Happy Easter everyone! enjoy your Easter break I will be closed from 2nd April to 6th April. Test season is fast approaching and it's important to keep those little brains working, I will be posting some maths KS2 style questions Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum – in increasing difficulty feel free to download them for your children. I also have some sessions available get in touch for a free consultation.

National tests coming up soon! and it's important getting your children ready for the tests ahead.
* is your child anxious?? * Worrying?? There is no need to be, help is available.... Give your child a chance to learn new strategies and tools for them to apply them to the test.
Tuition is 1:1 and will incorporate your child's interests, strengths, I will help them tackle their own weaknesses discretely. I can do group bookings of three to four children working at similar levels. Group discount is available.
Together we will have fun, we will achieve and succeed.
Why not get in contact for a friendly chat and book your free consultation. After-school sessions available. Maths, reading and comprehension. ks1 and ks2. Send me a message via my page and we can discuss any areas that need improving. Look forward to hearing from you.
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It is important to read at least 20mins a day! It is important to build up Children's vocabulary. Pamela Gtotheb Barfoot

National tests are here again! It is important to help your child get ready for the tests. Why not book a six-week block session where I can help your child learn techniques and ways to apply new skills to tackle test style questions. Reading tests are made up of short questions to check how well the text has been understood and other questions aim to find out if children are able to make judgements about what they are reading. There are two kinds of numeracy tests procedural test which measures skills in things like numbers, measuring and data. Reasoning test which measures how well children can use what they know to solve everyday problems. Below is some example past papers for years 2 to 6.

I believe...... That it is important children read books, look at pictures use their imagination. The more they read, the more things they will know and new things they will learn! Pamela Gtotheb Barfoot

https://www.tes.com/…/new-research-usin g-phonics-teaching-b…

I've always said this....Phonics is very important! It helps children build reading words. Sound and blend words. https://www.tes.com/…/phonics-included- reformed-functional-…

Happy New Year! .... New term starts this week. National tests coming up and it's important getting your children ready for the tests ahead.
* is your child anxious?? * Worrying?? There is no need to be, help is available. ... Give your child a chance to learn new stratergies, tools for them to apply them to the test
Send me a message via my page and we can discuss any areas that need improving. Look forward to hear from you.
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Maths Tricks!

Learning how to tell the time can be tricky business, my learner is a year 3 pupil, and all year 3 pupils must be able to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue clock, and calculate how long it is to the next hour. I have been teaching Alex time over a few sessions. At first Alex was less confident, but as the sessions went on Alex progressed and became more and more confident. Alex and I looked and talked about parts of the clock, we looked at the clock face ...and I helped Alex to recognise the hour and minute hands on the clock. We also looked at past and to. Everything is always reinforced in every session! In different sessions we worked on O'clock, half past, quater past and quater to then went onto counting in 5's. Alex knew her 5 times tables. Which was a bonus. This helped with the next stage telling the time in 5 minute intervals. Alex and I played lots of 'Time' games ( bingo) this reinforced what she already has learned. We did lots of practical activities, each session Alex became confident in telling the time. Our last session of 'Time' today. We went through everything that Alex already has learned. I am pleased to say Alex can tell the time on an analogue clock. She was awarded with a certificate and a watch welldone Alex. All children learn at their own pace, it is important to make the sessions fun and enjoyable. Contact me for a free consultation.
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Locations: Briton Ferry, Neath, Sandfields, Port Talbot. Certificates and DBS checked, paper's can be seen.
My names Pamela, I have been working as a teaching Assistant in a local Primary school for 14 years, day to day I run a variety of literacy intervention programs in the school setting. Also work with children with speech and language difficulties,I help children articulate each word with precision and focus on the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech. ...I enjoy working with pupils one-to-one, and groups sessions. We know that every child develops on a different learning curve, which is why the tutoring process is so crucial. Working individually with a child can help them overcome some of the frustration and confusion that comes along with learning in a crowded classroom. I have a great amount of patience and understanding to help the child develop his own learning style and guide him to work through the problems at his own pace to ensure that he truly understands the material. Learning is a step by step process and I know that I can guide each child through the steps they need to take to complete any and all challenges they may face, not just in school, but in life. I'm firstly looking to see if there is any interest in my local area, please feel free to message me.
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Kai has been going to time to shine for a few months now and his confidence and reading skills have improved greatly. He enjoys going each week and Pam keeps you very much informed of how your child is progressing. Thank you xx

If your looking for a bit of extra support for your child this is the person you need!

Had our consultation today and Pamela put Lana at ease straight away and created a personalised plan to develop Lana's confidence and give her strategies to continue her learning.

Lana is looking forward to her next session already!

Kai has been going to time to shine for a few months now and his confidence and reading skills have improved greatly. He enjoys going each week and Pam keeps you very much informed of how your child is progressing. Thank you xx

If your looking for a bit of extra support for your child this is the person you need!

Had our consultation today and Pamela put Lana at ease straight away and created a personalised plan to develop Lana's confidence and give her strategies to continue her learning.

Lana is looking forward to her next session already!