Katie

I have been working with children for 8 years; I started as a reading/class volunteer and became a meal-time supervisor whilst volunteering in class as a teaching assistant (TA). Shortly after that, I became a class TA where I also supported children who had academic and emotional needs to boost their confidence in class, on a 1:1 basis. This experience encouraged me to return to university and study Primary Teaching BA Hons Degree. During my 3 years of extensive education, I trained in 3 schools: Reception/Early Years, Year 1 and Year 5. In addition, I completed a voluntary school-based training placement, in a Special School in North London, and then consequently worked there as a TA. Step by step, I discovered that I had a real love for teaching and working with children.
At the end of the university journey, I continued to work in my last placement school as an interventions teacher and gained a first-class honours degree in Primary Education with QTS and Maths Specialism, and now work as a Year 3 class teacher and Year Leader in a North London Junior School.

In addition, I have been tutoring children since 2015, privately and in a tutoring centre. Children who came to the centre were from 4- 14 years. Support was given for Literacy, Maths, Phonics and Reading/Comprehension and children were taught in groups of 6.
I now tutor children (4 - 10 years old) on a 1:1 basis in Literacy, Maths, Phonics and Reading/Comprehension, communication & social skills & fine and gross motor skills (depending on each individual child’s needs). Every child that I work with, have their own strengths and differences in learning, including a range of SEN-D which has given me a broad range of experience and insight.
I have taken some of these children on trips to the zoo, farms, museums, Kidzania, shopping and the library to gain necessary experiences to enrich their language and ideas.

I have worked in Summer Camps too (including SENsational Summer Camps!) which incorporated the use of fun, play-based learning which although is not a conventional style of teaching, it is an enjoyable, effective and memorable way for children to learn and a style I sometimes adopt when teaching.

Primary Teaching BA Hons Degree with QTS and Maths Specialism (1st Class Hons)
BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies Art and Design
Refresher Course on Systematic Synthetic Phonics
Child Protection & E-Safety
EduCare: Safeguarding Young People Level 2, The Prevent Duty Level 2, Child Exploitation & Online Safety Level 2

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