My daughter has been a fluent reader from a very young age with a natural love of stories. However, this did not always transfer into her creative writing, which is why we asked Caroline for her services. Through shared and modelled writing techniques, Caroline was able to support her in generating ideas with increasing independence. By carefully structuring discussions, in which ideas and sentences were formulated orally before writing, my daughter was able to write with enthusiasm incorporating a growing knowledge of literary tools. She is now excelling beyond her age expectations at school.
With Caroline’s ability to combine her expertise in all areas of the English curriculum with her passion for music education, as a family we have enjoyed the benefit of being able to build a strong teacher to pupil relationship. Caroline has laid a solid foundation not only in English but in her singing lessons, aural training and theory from age 6.
Parents at Kings’ School Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Bilingual student English / French
Caroline planned every tutorial to meet the specific needs of my daughter and very quickly gauged her interests and learning preferences. Her previous experience as a teacher is evident given how knowledgeable she is about every aspect of the curriculum. I was extremely pleased to see how well she engaged Lucia during their tutorial sessions. Caroline was extremely helpful in preparing Lucia for the 8+ entrance exams and I’m sure she gave her the extra confidence and necessary learning tools to help her succeed.In Lucia’s own words: “She helps me understand what I’m learning in Year 3. She’s a good teacher because I like how she explains things”.
Caroline has a very gentle disposition which Lucia responded very well to. Her manner is kind yet professional and I felt very confident in her ability to enable Lucia in all subject areas. She was readily available to answer questions and really took the time to address our specific concerns. She has been very accommodating despite her busy schedule, which not only demonstrates how well regarded she is, but also her honest commitment to her students. I know that Lucia has genuinely enjoyed her weekly sessions with Caroline and my husband and I are extremely grateful to Caroline for all the effort and care she put into each lesson.
Jessica Hawley
Secondary School Teacher
MA in Education and Professional Studies
Chris Hawley
Managing Director
Head of Rothchild’s Middle East
Parents at The Village School, Hampstead, London, UK
Bilingual student English / Spanish
As a family of four children, we have been able to use Caroline’s educational services to enhance and enrich the learning of all four children over a period of five years whilst living in Dubai. Having a relocation to London with its independent schools as a long term aim, Caroline became instrumental in ensuring that all children were able to achieve and sustain a level excelling the national expectations in the UK whilst attending international schools. With her thorough knowledge of the English curriculum spanning from the Early Years to KS3 for our children, Caroline was able to set clearly definable targets and implement assessment procedures to track progress. This informed her individualised lesson plans for all children. Both daughters were successfully prepared for the 11+ Common Entrance exam, for entrance exams for the North London Consortium for Independent Schools as well as Wycombe Abbey. They were also both successful in obtaining places at Dubai College. As a family, these successes were invaluable as this allowed us the luxury of choice in their schooling.
All four children from ages 4 to 18 have also enjoyed her passion for music education, and the family have been enriched by her lessons in singing, piano and theory, including our youngest son. Our daughters have undertaken five singing exams between them under Caroline’s instruction and have achieved 100% pass rate at distinction level.
Leila Barkhordar
Parent at Queen’s Gate School for Girls, South Kensington, London, UK
Bilingual Students English / Farsi
Gulnoz Kocharova Vakhtang Kocharov
Parents at The International School of Zug and Luzern, Switzerland
Bilingual Students Russian / English
Year 9 student, Emirates International School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Bilingual Student Arabic / English
Year 8 Parent, Dubai College, United Arab Emirates
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