Join us on the dates below for in-person and online sessions.
Online
| Individual time to be agreed with client on booking | Bespoke Interview Prep for Parent and Child – onlineTania Virdie, Head of Schools at Dukes Tutoring delivers individual one to one bespoke interview preparation online personally. She runs through how the interview process works, what types of questions might come up and how the children might like to consider their answers to these questions. It is incredibly important that the answers come from the children, not us or the parent, but if we give the child time to think in advance about their answers it will make them more confident on the day. We will run through other top tips for the interview for both academic and pastoral questions as well as group activities and taster lessons. Tania will also discuss the importance of positive, open body language. The session takes approximately 1.25 hours and we do ask that a parent attends too so they can practise some of the skills after the session. Most children do not need more than one stand-alone session. |
| Individual time to be agreed with client on booking | Creative Comprehension Course and Advanced Creative Comprehension Course – online |
| Individual time to be agreed with client on booking | Puzzles and Problem Solving – online |
7+ (Y1) and 8+ (Y2) Easter Booster Course
| Monday 7th April 2025 |
Session 1On Monday, children begin with a creative writing exercise that introduces the VCOP strategy (vocabulary, conjunctions, sentence openers, punctuation) to help them plan a story inspired by a picture. After the creative writing activity, children transition into a maths workshop that reinforces foundational concepts from the curriculum. After a short break, the day moves into verbal reasoning, where children engage in interactive activities to develop strategies for word classes, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones. The session concludes with non-verbal reasoning tasks, providing approaches for solving challenges such as odd one out, best fit, and matrices questions.9:30am – 12:30pm |
| Tuesday 8th April 2025 |
Session 2On Tuesday, children begin by recapping the VCOP strategy and are introduced to SMA (simile, metaphor, and alliteration). They update their writing plans from the previous day with these new techniques and then spend time writing their story. The day also includes a maths session revisiting key curriculum areas, a punctuation review covering full stops, capital letters, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and apostrophes through interactive activities, and an exercise focused on strategies for answering verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning questions.9:30am – 12:30pm |
| Wednesday 9th April 2025 |
Session 3Wednesday’s workshop starts with a writing session where children review their VCOP and SMA strategies, learning to structure their story into a beginning, middle, and end, and to analyse their compositions by identifying these elements. The day continues with combined verbal reasoning and spelling activities and a short dictation. After a break, the focus shifts to comprehension as children learn techniques for identifying keywords, scanning texts, and answering questions in full sentences, before concluding with a maths session dedicated to strategies for solving word problems and enhancing overall problem-solving skills.9:30am – 12:30pm |
| Thursday 10th April 2025 |
Session 4This exciting and fun thematic maths workshop is centred around Pirates on the High Seas and perfect for curious students in Y1 and Y2. Children will be encouraged to work collaboratively, as they sail through a wide range of mathematical concepts including: recognising 2-D shapes within 3-D constructions, addition and subtraction – finding gold coins, place value, ordering 2 digit numbers, recognising co-ordinates, following compass directions. There may also be a few surprises such as singing a pirate song, creating a pirate dance or even talking in ‘pirate -speak!’9:30am – 12:30pm |
£120 per daily session
Book your place before Monday 24th March 2025
Dukes House
58 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
Call 020 3488 0754 or email us to reserve your child’s place