Science Practical Days 2023/2024

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Hello

Thank you for your interest in your child(ren) attending a Science Practical day where they'll get the opportunity to do hands-on, curriculum relevant, science experiments in a small group with a qualified and experienced tutor - me!

Science investigations are great for developing thinking skills, understanding the scientific process, as a revision tool, for exam prep or just for the flipping fun of it! They're also a great opportunity for teens (and parents/carers) to meet up, work together and problem solve.

I've experience of running many 'kitchen worktop' science practical groups covering a range of Biology, Chemistry and Physics investigations. I tend to choose activities which closely tie in to the National Curriculum for Science (England) and advance students towards the attainment of GCSEs (or similar). I ensure appropriate attention is put into:

explaining safety measures
experimental design
the development of scientific thinking skills
understanding different variables and sources of error
use of key terminology such as accurate, repeatability, validity, accuracy, precision etc.

Sessions will take place in Easingwold, 20 minutes north of York. It's a lovely old market town with shops, cafes, a large park and nice country walks.

Please indicate below your day/date preferences etc and I'll do my best to assemble groups where students are likely to be at a similar place in their learning (priority will go to students who already attend my live tutorials).

I've found a group size of 5 works best. I'd suggest we look at running the session from approx 10am - 3pm which gives 4 hours of practicals, half an hour for lunch, breaks and travel time - this could be adjusted to suit a particular group. Am happy to look at a bespoke session if your child wants to attend with friends. Fee is £65pp to include use of equipment, goggles and chemicals.

Thanks in advance for showing interest in this, I hope we get the chance to meet soon.

Kind regards

- Tutor Andy

Andy Milson BSc, PGCE
Founder of Tutor Led Learning

andy@tutorledlearning.com

Email *

Parent/carer name: *

Mobile phone number (this will ONLY be used in case of emergency on the day): *

Student name(s), age(s), pronoun(s) eg Alex, 13, she: *

Please supply brief information about your child's science learning to date for example: level of study, specification followed (if GCSE), how they've been learning, have they done practicals before, when they plan to sit their science exams. *

Which level of group do you think would best suit your child(ren)?

KS3 (beginners) - introduction to equipment, careful measuring, hands-on but straight-forward investigations, very little prior scientific knowledge needed

KS3 (developers) - as above with slightly more involved experiments, expectation of KS3 science knowledge

KS4 (beginners) - GCSE practicals without presumption of much prior KS4 learning, focus on developing understanding of scientific method, handling data etc (where many students lose lots of marks!)

KS4 (developers) - GCSE practicals with presumption that at least half the course has been studied

Dissection workshop (KS3 or KS4) - demo of a rat dissection, students do an eyeball, kidney, heart and chicken foot (£5 extra charge per person)

Other:

Does your child have any allergies or SEN or access requirements? *

There will be a friendly black Labrador on-site. Are you all ok with dogs? *

Yes

There are some options for what parents/carers may do whilst the children do the activities. Please tick those which may apply to you: *

Sit and observe

Sit with other parents/carers in lounge/outside

Walk round the local area

Work using Wifi

Leave and come back later (I'd like at least one other adult on site at all times)

Other:

Required

I'm very keen to support anything which reduces our collective carbon footprint. Please can you indicate roughly how close you are to the venue and how you would travel here eg car share? *

I'm planning to charge £65 per student (max group size of 5) to cover pre-planning, prep, equipment, consumables and worksheets. This would be payable in advance via the website. 50% refund if you cancel. 100% refund if I cancel. Do you accept these terms? *

Yes

I'd like to offer one of the five spaces per session at half price to anyone in financial hardship. Please indicate below if you would like to take advantage of this place. I won't ask for evidence and discretion is assured but please note if there is lots of demand for this then your likelihood of securing a place is reduced. *

I would like to be considered for the reduced price place of £32.50

I am able to pay the full price

Other:

As well as this face to face practical workshop my business Tutor Led Learning offers live, small-group, tutorials and on a range of subjects including: Biology, Chemistry, English, Physics, Astronomy, Psychology, Mental Health, Philosophy, Media, Politics and Maths for Science. Please indicate if you would like more information on any of the below (or visit www.tutorledlearning.com) and myself or colleague Tutor Dave will be in touch:

Lower KS3 Science live small group tutorials (online)

Upper KS3 Science live small group tutorials (online)

Lower/Middle/Upper KS3 English tutorials

KS4 IGCSE Biology

KS4 IGCSE English Language

KS4 IGCSE English Literature

Mental Health topics (12+ years old)

Other:

Would you like to subscribe to Tutor Led Learning's free weekly newsletter which contains tutoring offers, discussion questions, advance notice of new topics and thought provoking blogs (you can unsubscribe at any time). *

Yes please

No thanks

Space for any comments or questions. Many thanks. - Tutor Andy

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