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5 Language games for buzzing brains

These language games are great for developing and expanding a child’s vocabulary. Most are adaptable to children of different ages and the most equipment you’ll need is pencil, paper and a large imagination! ‘Amazingly, elephants only leave the house when the sun shines brightly in the sky. But when it rains, they choose to wear…

Homework: top tips!

Whether setting or marking it as a teacher, or persuading (bribing!) my own children to complete it, homework has always been one of my least favourite aspects of teaching and learning. However, for most of us, it is as inescapable a part of parenting as scraped knees and snotty noses, so here are my tips…

Maths and literacy working wall

Today’s wall sees us: adding a pair of commas to punctuate a sentence with a relative clause; identifying the adverb in a sentence; practising our 12 times table; finding the missing numbers on a number line, which include negative numbers.

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About Me

Hi, I’m Rachel and I am the owner of Quercus Tutoring. We offer friendly, 1:1 tuition in English from year 2 through to GCSE and A Level. I am an experienced English teacher, who has worked for the past 12 years in local schools. I am passionate about helping children to grow in confidence through their learning.