Sian

Sian is an exceptional tutor and has extensive experience preparing students for entry to top independent schools, including City of London Boys and Girls, St. Paul's, and Westminster. As a mathematics consultant, she has trained tens of thousands of teachers throughout her career.

Sian is a maths tutor, coach and consultant with over 30 years of experience working from EYFS to GCSE level. She has an incredible in-depth knowledge of the national curricula in England and Wales, and also the Singapore maths curriculum.

Working across exam boards including Edexcel, AQA, and OCR, Sian has touched upon all texts and schemes from primary and secondary.

She has tutored students in mathematics (adults included) from KS2 through to GCSE, with a focus on depth of subject knowledge, reasoning and problem-solving skills, 11+ and 13+ entry and exam preparation.

Sian's teaching always starts from the student and their ways of learning, building on their confidence and self-belief as they work through the steps to the understanding of all concepts.

As part of her role as maths consultant for the London Borough of Barnet, Sian managed and developed the curricula for the Advanced Learning Centres (ALCs) where students gifted in mathematics/ achieving beyond their primary years attended on a weekly basis. Many of these year 5 and 6 students went on to the best secondary schools in North London (flying through their entrance exams), and have continued their mathematical studies to university level.

Sian uses the practices from Singapore in all her teaching, so the children discover the mathematics being taught without her having to over-explain. The "Singapore method" also known as the mastery approach to mathematics includes the following principles and practices:

* It provides access for all students to develop a deep and connected understanding of mathematics.
* They can apply the mathematics to a range of problems.
* A variety of representations are used to support the students to see the mathematics empowering them to achieve a deeper understanding of mathematical structures and connections.
*Pupils should actively engage in mathematical thinking in all lessons, communicating their ideas using precise mathematical language.
* Recall of key facts and procedures is essential for mathematical fluency, freeing students' minds to think at a much deeper level when problem solving and reasoning.
* Teachers design "intelligent" sequences of questions that draw out key concepts for students, allowing them to gain a solid conceptual understanding of the mathematics covered.
* These tools and techniques empower the students to fully believe in their abilities as a mathematician, and have greater successes in their mathematical journeys.

In 2017/18 Sian worked alongside the authors of the Singapore mathematics curriculum and OUP to develop the national roll-out and to deliver the training of Discovering Mathematics (the UK version of the Singapore textbook program for KS3). She has worked nationally and internationally for OUP working in schools, and delivering training and workshops at national conferences.

Come along for an introductory session and watch your progress in just one hour! Sian can guarantee that you will be amazed at what you already know and what you are able to achieve!