Dreaming Spires Revision

I can't believe I've agreed to examine for CIE again this autumn, but here I am, slogging away at A1, A2, A3 ... √√√√ ... exp ... dev ... all this little weird symbols that examiners put into the margins of scripts to indicate good practice. The reason for doing this has nothing to do with money (examiners get paid pittance per script for the time it takes), but because I want to make sure that my advice to candidates on my crammer course is solid, up-to-date, and best of all, inside knowledge. Dreaming Spires Revision offers inside knowledge to home-educated students for the 0500 exam If you want the best supplier of tips and tricks for your money, then you will want to sign up with me at Dreaming Spires Revision right now: I take only 15 students per course, and I'm nearly full before it's even December. The tuition fee of £75 for 9 sessions includes marking a mock exam -- most tutors charge upwards of £25 per paper for this service, if they agree to do it ...

In the past, Dreaming Spires Revision has been run as a crammer course just before the exam season -- a 10-day, one-hour-a-day intensive blast of all the tips and tricks that I, as an experienced examiner, can throw at a student. The success rate of As and A*s for Dreaming Spires students have been more than 90%, so I'm convinced that the formula and format work. However, due to popular demand, Dreaming Spires Revision will be offered as a one-hour weekly online course instead of a crammer course starting from this September. All the same tips and tricks, but at a more leisurely pace! The day and time is to be determined, but likely to be Friday or Wednesday morning. Classes need a minimum of 5, but not more than 15, and enrollment works on a first come-first served basis. Cost is £75 per person, with a 50% discount for siblings. Referrals also receive discounts. Please contact me at dreamingspiresrevision@gmail.com ASAP to reserve your space. Important!  Dreaming Spir...

All Dreaming Spires Revision courses have two parts to them.   One part is available 24/7. This includes forums (like email), presentation files which I upload after class, and resource materials which are helpful to have for revision.                The other part of the course is the live portion, when I give talks via my computer, using slides for illustrative purposes, all the while having students type their text-based chat in an additional window on screen.  Once the ten days’ live class portion of the course finishes, your child should set aside time to sit the two papers as though they were the real exams, and then send them to me.  I will mark them and return them. Should your child wish to have any additional tuition beyond the revision course itself, I also offer one-on-one tuition on-line via this same delivery system, or by Skype.  You can make enquiries about schedules and costs for this at any time...

Tutor and Students Come Together at Canterbury People sometimes say they prefer face-to-face tutorials because on-line classes can be so impersonal, but I’ve found it to be a different story when I’ve been teaching on-line tutorials for Dreaming Spires. For one thing, we are able to chat throughout the weeks of the course, both during the hourly class time, and also through the forums as and when we like. This translates into considerably more chat-time than in a weekly face-to-face meeting. I think the relationship on-line is more informal, too.  You can, for example, use the forums to have chats about your life or your other courses and not be worried you’re wasting someone’s time — they only respond if they choose to, and when it's a suitable time for them. Best of all, I had an opportunity this past summer to meet with one of my students and his family, even though he was from India. He had come over to visit family and take his exams, and we were able to rendezvous ...