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Siobhan

Siobhan

I am confident and outgoing science teacher.
I enjoy making science accessible and relatable for students while bolstering their confidence in the subject.
I love science personally and enjoy keeping up to date with any new developments in the field. I feel this keeps me motivated in my teaching by being able to bring science to life for students.
I enjoy teaching immensely, priding myself on having great relationships with students both one to one and as a class.

Tutoring Experience

I have worked for 8 years at a large comprehensives school in Sheffield and Derbyshire as well as doing private tuition for seven years of that.
I currently teach to the AQA specification but am also confident teaching to Edexcel and OCR Specifications.
I have been tutoring for 5 of those 7 years and I love the ability it has for improving student confidence.
From September 2024 I will be offering year 12 biology tuition also

Tutoring Approach

Depending on what the student requires, I do the following:
- recap topic knowledge including mini assessments and often homework in the form of exam questions to help build confidence in either biology, chemistry or physics.
- focus on exam technique including practise papers and how to answer all types of questions, showing that all exam questions are the same year on year.
- focus on mark schemes, showing what examiners want students to say to help build their confidence and learn the correct key terms to use in all questions.
- pure knowledge recap- going over all the recall knowledge again to help build confidence that they can answer the 1/2 mark recall questions
- revision techniques- exam questions/ mind maps/ brain dumps/ flash cards
- lots of practice exam questions
- building knowledge into everyday scenarios

depending on student requirements, I start by using lessons from school (my own design/ activities) to go back over knowledge, then build on this by incorporating exam questions where necessary.
I also like to use certain revision materials (provided by me) to work on building confidence and knowledge as part of homework tasks. I can also work on going over lessons in school- if a student is doing a particular topic and is finding it difficult, it is often more beneficial to do this on a one to one basis, spending more time on a lesson than is often given over in a classroom setting.

All students who I have tutored have found these varied methods offer them the best chance of success.

LanguagesEnglish (British)
AvailabilityWeekends, Weekdays (evenings)
References Available On File

Qualifications

Manchester metropolitan university2016QTSPGCE
University of Lincoln2012BachelorsEquine science degree

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