Helen Dyer

Whilst I genuinely enjoy Maths, I appreciate that for many students it is a 'Marmite' subject, and so often the biggest challenge many learners face is confidence and actually wanting to engage with the subject. I believe my strengths are being very supportive, patient, and showing them that they can do it by scaffolding the work, so they begin to believe in themselves again and so in time become successful . This is absolutely crucial for the majority of students who have so far achieved a Grade 3. (D)

I do a lot of work on Whiteboards to help build confidence and nearer the exam time we practise many papers, so student are confident going in to their exams.

I also believe in teaching students to understand what they are learning, rather than just learning a formula. When teaching a topic I try to make it interesting, relevant, approach it from many angles and provide the student with as many different types of questions and problems to solve, so they become confident when faced with unseen, new problems.

If you are looking for a GCSE Foundation or Higher Maths teacher, I would love to hear from you.