Lucy

My Summary

My Experience

My name is Lucy Basaba and I’m a qualified primary teacher with 10 years of teaching experience. I completed my first 2 teaching years in mainstream schooling and have been a private tutor, teaching students from Key Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 for the past 8 years now. I have availability to tutor during the summer (maths, English and science) and can adapt sessions around need.

I am aware of the national curriculum expectations within this phase. EYFS differs from the KS1 and KS2 Curriculum as it focuses on 7 areas of learning. Here, it is important to gauge how best the child learns. Opportunities within the EYFS environment allow for the class to become independent learners, and I am able to create creative evironments in order for learning to occur. Here, skills in both English and Maths are embedded. The expection with English is that all students must be able to apply their phonics knowledge in order to form a legible sentence. Through the use of song, art, word games and handwriting practice, curriculum expectations will most certainly be met. This is similar with maths, where practical activities have allowed for critical thinking to take place.

In my second year of teaching, I taught a Yr 1 class in Newham. Here, I was able to again bring my class up to the national expectation, with accelerated progress in certain subjects. The KS1 Curriculum picks up from the EYFS Curriculum as it expands on Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar within Years 1 and 2. These are all skills that I have practised with my previous class on a daily basis. Within Year 1 the expectation at the end of the year is to pass the Phonics Screening which all my class were able to do. With maths, the aim is to develop reasoning skills as well mental arithmetic. I tutor Early Year’s, KS1 and KS2 and have homeschool KS2 students with special educatioonal needs.

I also have high expectations and believe students need to be taught the skills to become resilient learners.

My Qualifications

I hold a QTS certificate and also a 2:1 in World Performance (Undergraduate).

My Availability

I’m free in the morning, afternoon and evening.

My Fees

• Tutoring from £40.00 per hour

I charge £40 per hour of tutoring however if you’d like for me to tutor for more than an hour the fee can be negotiated.