First Class Learning Within The Education Industry
When it comes to the education of our children, whether in primary school or in secondary school, getting extra help with school work is becoming more and more popular throughout England, Scotland and Wales. So how do parents choose between the various options of private tutor, home tutoring service or after school classes which are available? Parents and children today lead busy lives so our choices about the type of tuition and other after school clubs must include not only what may be effective but also what fits around our lifestyle.
First Class Learning Versus Home Private Tuition And Tutoring Services
There are many organisations and individual tutors throughout England, Scotland and Wales that offer private tuition in your home or at a learning centre.
With a private tutor or tutors from home tutoring services, the tutor will visit your home for usually an hourly tuition session each week to help your child with some difficulty with school work. With most tutors the tutoring session is split between the tutor talking about what the student is going to study then perhaps demonstration of a technique, and then the student carries out an exercise from a book. Little of the hour is taken up in concentrated learning.
Rather than take the home tuition route, we at First Class Learning use diagnostics to ensure that we, the parents and the student know precisely the underlying cause of the learning difficulty. A programme of study is then constructed around the identified needs of the student. Students visit a centre, away from home distractions, and carry out a piece of concentrated study. Work is then immediately marked and corrected and the student takes away homework to reinforce the learning that has taken place in class. Progress is carefully monitored using weekly scoring and feedback. Success is achieved by small, attainable steps.
First Class Learning Versus Buying Books, Educational Software And DVDs
Educational resources in a range of subjects, from core subjects like maths and English to astronomy and touch-typing, are available in supermarkets, high street shops or from the Internet. These range from books, activity packs, DVDs, CDs, and educational software packages.
With these resources, the parent has to decide what is appropriate to meet the specific learning needs of their child, matching product to school work, deciding how and when it will be utilised and then supervise the learning at home.
First Class Learning provides a structured learning experience for your child in maths and English. Work is provided to meet the needs of each individual by an experienced subject specialist who can talk to your child about the problems they may be facing.
The First Class Learning Mathematics Programme
The First Class Learning Mathematics Programme is structured to meet the needs of primary and secondary school children specifically in the UK. Topics include:
- Number (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division as well as fractions, percentages and decimals)
- Algebra
- Shape, space and measure
- Handling Data
Subject content matches that used in school and is derived from The National Curriculum for England and Wales and the 5-14 Programme for Scotland.
The First Class Learning English Programme
The First Class Learning English Programme is a skills based programme structured to meet the needs of primary and secondary school children specifically in the UK and incorporates the successful Beat Dyslexia series. This gives a structured, multi-sensory approach, which includes:
- Phonics
- Learning to reading
- Spelling and handwriting
- English comprehension
Essentially a synthetic phonics programme, the First Class Learning English programme is consistent with the forthcoming changes in the teaching of reading in schools in England.