I had the opportunity to observe Sophia’s lesson, tutoring a Year 5 student in Maths and English. The session highlighted her ability to create a learning environment that is both structured and flexible, adapting to the student’s abilities. Sophia started the session by reviewing the student’s progress and identifying any areas that needed additional support. This allowed her to pinpoint learning gaps and encourage the student to be more comfortable in addressing concerns and challenges they were experiencing. This built an initial strong foundation for the lesson, helping the student feel more at ease, and setting a positive tone for the rest of the session. The English session emphasised spelling and sentence structure. Focusing on making language concepts accessible and enjoyable for the student. To achieve this, Sophia employed a variety of interactive methods, including spelling challenges, sentence rearrangement activities, and visual aids. These strategies were specifically chosen to address different aspects of language, learning in an engaging manner. The spelling challenges provided a fun and competitive element to the session, encouraging the student to actively engage with word formation and correct spelling patterns. This approach helped reinforce the student’s ability to recognise and remember correct spellings, particularly for more complex or commonly misspelled words. By breaking down language structure into smaller refined parts not only made learning enjoyable but also promoted confidence in the student’s ability to construct sentences independently. To finalise the lesson, Sophia provided a summary of the student’s strengths while providing constructive feedback on improvements that the student could make in the future to avoid challenges and concerns. This helped proactively concise the lesson content in an overview. Sophia’s attention to detail and his creative use of teaching resources made the session both educational and enjoyable. Her patient and adaptive approach helped the student feel supported, while his enthusiastic teaching style ensured engagement throughout. Well done, Sophia! It was a thoroughly productive session that showcased effective teaching techniques.
Evanna Manavis
