Maths tutor · Kingswood
Tina M
GCSE, Primary and Secondary Passionate Maths Tutor - 12 years experience
Maths tutor · Kingswood
GCSE, Primary and Secondary Passionate Maths Tutor - 12 years experience
About
I'm a passionate maths tutor. I specialise in working with students to get them ready for GCSE's and children who struggle to find anything enjoyable about maths. I believe that most students with this struggle just haven't been taught in a way that works for them.
I'm a third year Mathematics BSc student, and a full-time professional musician. I'm a songwriter, a good communicator and I'm philosophically minded.
After studying maths at A-Level over 15 years ago, I took an academic break to focus on my music career but started and continue to tutor KS2-KS4 students. Maths and music are linked in more ways than we can imagine, and I'm especially capable of getting students to either reconnect with maths or learn to love it, as they do music.
Tutoring Experience:
I have 12 years KS2-KS4 private teaching experience and enjoy working with both adults and children. I first realised I loved tutoring in sixth form, helping several of my fellow students through their A-Levels.
When I was young, I moved around a lot, going to schools in Thailand, Singapore and China. I experienced very different approaches to teaching maths, especially in China. This was really challenging and I was lucky that my Dad, who was an engineer and mathematician, spent a lot of time tutoring me, helping me tie in all these different approaches into one strong foundation.
When we moved back to England, I found I had a knack for quickly understanding the root of a student's struggle at a conceptual level, rather than at surface level. I continued tutoring adults and children alongside my music career before more recently formalising my education with a degree. When I finish my degree I will teach Maths in school.
In maths, there are a million different ways of saying the same thing, the trick is to find a way which not only makes sense to the student, but is appealing to them - this is what I do best!
Tutoring Approach:
Many teachers fail to communicate to students just how exciting maths is. If your child struggles with a subject, especially maths, it's usually down to the teacher, not the child. The way I was taught maths at school in England was extremely boring. We engage with and excel at subjects when we enjoy them and see improvement, and we struggle with those that we feel we're not good at. A student who can learn to love maths will end up with a life-long love of the subject, a critical mind and a knack for problem solving, whatever their chosen career.
My first step with a new student is to figure out how they see the world. It's especially important for students who may not have responded well to other tutors to feel heard and that the learning is going to take place on their terms. We'll have a cup of tea and a chat and I will try to understand them as a person rather than simply what they struggle with.
As we go on I will help them build strong foundational skills that match how they see the world, which empower and give them confidence to progress their own learning. I invest a great deal in each student, taking a lot of time to understand their needs and working closely with parents to ensure that they feel encouraged, challenged and supported throughout their learning journey.
After years of touring, playing festivals and working with different musicians, I'm laid back, extremely easy to get along with and have an innate connection with young people.
Subjects & pricing
Languages
- English Native
Qualifications
Higher education
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics Certificate checked in progress · Open University · 2024 Open University · 2024 Certificate checked
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- Aug 2023 ·imported from First Tutors
Eve
Christina has really been helping my daughter find confidence in her maths, something she has been struggling with for some time. Christina is friendly, supportive and patient, and my daughter has enjoyed the buzz of solving maths problems.
- Jun 2023 ·imported from First Tutors
Barbara
Christina taught my daughter for her GCSE maths. She’s very kind and patient and very supportive.
- Dec 2022 ·imported from First Tutors
Nora
Very friendly. She put my granddaughter at ease immediately and gave her different options to work with her Maths. Very confident she will help her overcome her fear of the subject.
- Dec 2022 ·imported from First Tutors
patrick
Tina has been teaching my daughter for almost a year and is great. Very flexible and friendly. My daughter always looks forward to her lessons and her attitude towards Maths has improved.
- Dec 2022 ·imported from First Tutors
David
We reached out to Christina to get some additional maths tuition for our then 7 year old daughter, she was struggling in class and wasn't able to retain information or grasp certain elements of the schoolwork. Christina immediately put her at ease, she had a very warm and calm approach which we felt was perfect for our daughter. Over the course of a few months, her maths work improved dramatically, so much so that she was using the techniques shown to her by Christina and also demonstrated them in class. She is now in a new year/class and not only is she meeting expectations, she's exceeding them and is one of the top maths students in her class. We can only put this down to Christina for being able to make the work more relatable, for being able to 'make it stick' and most importantly, for reinvigorating her confidence and self belief. We would recommend her to anybody.
- Dec 2022 ·imported from First Tutors
Mo
Christina has been tutoring our kids for both Music and Maths for well over 1 year, she is absolutely fantastic. The kids are always asking when their next lesson is, and she boosts their confidence. Great communication, time keeping and tutoring, would 100% recommend Christina.
- Apr 2022 ·imported from First Tutors
Saffron
Christina was easy to get hold of and quick to respond. Christina came over and was very polite, warm and engaged well with my daughter. We have booked further sessions and hope this will go well.
- Mar 2022 ·imported from First Tutors
Alex
I feel so lucky to have found Tina - she is an amazing singing teacher and she has a very engaging and fun way of teaching. I have already made significant improvements after just few sessions!! I would very much recommend her !
Tina M replied
Thanks Alex, so pleased you're enjoying the lessons!
- Jun 2021 ·imported from First Tutors
Niklas
Bright, personal, innovative. My daughter was terrified of time tables and aced four of them after two sessions - cannot recommend highly enough!
Tina M replied
Thanks Niklas, I'm glad I was able to help and look forward to working with you and your daughter in the future!
- Mar 2021 ·imported from First Tutors
Mel
My nine year old started lessons with Christina during lockdown and has absolutely loved them. Christina was welcoming and fun, set the level appropriately while making great progress, and has been pleasant and easy to communicate with. Could not recommend highly enough.
Tina M replied
Thanks for your feedback Mel. It is, and has been an absolute pleasure to work with your daughter, really pleased she is enjoying the lessons!
- Feb 2021 ·imported from First Tutors
Stella
Hourly rates
£35–£45/hr
Group from £20/hr
Varies by subject. See breakdown above.
- Free first lesson