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How do I know if having a Tutor is going to help?

One of the most important aspects of learning and succeeding is individual assessment. It is important for your tutor to assess your strengths and weaknesses as it helps you to find out where you are personally struggling. It can also show how far you have come and where you have made positive progress! When we refer a Cardiff & Vale tutor to you, one of the first things that our tutor wi...

Half Term Happiness

With an 8 week half term in Cardiff & the Vale many students and indeed parents are so ready for this holiday. In this blog Emma Rowell, our English tutor explains how with clever time management this week can be used to benefit you long term.. It’s here! It’s finally here! Rejoice, for half term is FINALLY upon us! It’s been eight weeks of hard graft sleepless nights but we made it! Oc...

The New English GCSE Language

Cardiff & Vale Tutors is facing a huge volume of requests for tuition with the new GCSE English Language. Both Schools and Parents seem worried by this complicated new specification. In our latest article Emma Rowell, our English GCSE tutor & a WJEC Examiner, explains why there is no need to panic! The new GCSE specification for English language may seem complicated but panic not! Hel...

How Treating Literacy as an Art Can Help Motivate Children with Dyslexia

Our specialist SEN tutor argues for the importance of Literacy: How treating literacy as an art can help motivate children with dyslexia In the Oxford Dictionaries the definition of art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination … producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” Literature has always been defined as one of the...

Do your children have music lessons? If the school can’t help, one of our music tutors can

Does your child struggle to understand maths? Do you watch them hesitate to talk to new friends, or to participate in group activities? When tackling homework, do they merely aim to do the bare minimum to pass? They might benefit from music tuition outside of school, which is widely recognised as a great way to improve these (and more) skills at any age. Studies have shown that early music educat...

The benefits of one-to-one tuition for your child

You can remember the scenario from your own school days and you don't want it to play out again for your children. You vividly recall that sinking feeling as you struggled to grasp what your teacher was explaining. It wasn't your fault, nor was it your teacher's. You were just an unfortunate victim of overcrowded classrooms and disruptive students. Getting help from a private tutor Falling behind ...

Why Study History?

At Cardiff & Vale Tutors we have specialist History tutors who are WJEC Examiners, teachers in local Cardiff schools, offering GCSE and A level History tuition. In this article Llewelyn Jones, one of A level History tutors, discusses why History tuition is more about the present than the past. ‘It’s a dead subject’, is an oft quoted comment about my subject, History. The standard ...

5 Good Reasons To Hire A Cardiff & Vale Tutor!

Most children face challenges with learning at various times of their school journey. Here are 5 reasons how a private tutor can make the difference: Establishing a Foundation Children just starting secondary school have a lot of work to do. They are learning mathematical building blocks and acquiring reading comprehension. When children struggle to master these early skills they can h...

Why Should We Learn A Foreign Language?

At Cardiff & Vale Tutors we have Spanish, Chinese, Welsh, French and German Tutors who can provide one to one tuition for GCSE, A level and adult learners. Through our online tuition service we can tutor in Cardiff, Wales and the world! Here one of our Spanish tutors looks at the benefits of learning a foreign language. With over half of the world’s populations speaking two or more lan...

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