Tuition Club onsite closure

Currently Tuition Club takes place on site – but in line with the latest developments and government guidance, we will be operating online in order for our children not to miss out or fall behind, we are already making preparations for all our children to learn in our Virtual Classrooms online temporarily from Wednesday 6th January 2021. As mentioned previously we do not wish our children to miss out on their tuition and work, nor fall behind the standards set at the centre. By the grace of Allah, we have over 3 years of experience teaching online; and have tailored resources that work in tandem with the resource on site. For the past 2 years we have held online classes for groups of children from all around the country and world and many of our onsite staff already teach in our virtual classrooms.

We will begin adding children into our online classrooms via Skype – a video communications program everyone is familiar with, but which is a powerful tool allowing us to deliver a great experience to the class. Please note you may receive calls from our admin staff during this process.

We will be forwarding technical information, how to setup and take part in the classes. The children will also receive their full week’s timetables moving forward inshaaAllah.

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May Allah keep us all well and safe; and upon Him is our reliance and final return.

Kind regards

The Tuition Club

It’s that time of year again! Time for this year’s Tuition Club Bake Off!

Our wonderful students took out their aprons and recipes for another chance to show off their baking skills by entering the competition. This year our Bake Off was ‘nature inspired’ themed. We were really impressed and blown away with the creativity of the cakes entered and saw lots of original ideas and children’s own work. Our students (and parents) really got stuck in and rolled up their sleeves as we had some amazing ‘Showstopper’ entries!

The Tuition club was filled with an array of delights from Bouquet of flowers made from intricate fondant icing sugar, Muddy chocolate wormery, under the sea themed cakes to oozing volcanos!

Swipe along below to see our Wonderful entries!

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You know the mesmerizing feel of watching a lava lamp, with its large coloured bubbles sinking, rising, and morphing? This has been a fun science experiment this week for our students age 9-10 who made their own temporary DIY lava lamp using just household materials!

So, What Happened?

A lava lamp works because of two different scientific principles, density and polarity.

• Density is the measurement of how compact a substance is – how much of it fits in a certain amount of space.

If you measure an equal volume of oil and water, you’ll find that the water is heavier than the same amount of oil. This is because water molecules are packed more tightly; a cup of water actually has more mass than a cup of oil. Because water is denser than oil, it will sink to the bottom when the two are put in the same container.

• Polarity prevents the oil and water from mixing together.

Water molecules are “polar” because they have a lopsided electrical charge that attracts other atoms. The end of the molecule with the two hydrogen atoms is positively charged. The other end, with the oxygen, is negatively charged.

Oil molecules, however, are non-polar— they don’t have a positive or negative charge, so they are not attracted to the water molecules at all. This is why oil and water don’t mix!

Year 1 have been learning about the Ancient Egyptians this term in History. Through their learning they have come to know the process of ‘mummification’. Children rolled up their sleeves and experimented with mummifying an apple! They used; Apples, salt, baking soda and cups to recreate the drying process.

So What happened? ~the Science behind the fun

Over a couple of weeks, The students were able to see that one of the apple slices had rotted. The slice covered in the salt and baking soda mixture didn’t therofre it had been successfully mummified! Salt and baking soda are desiccants. Desiccants remove water from any material it comes into contact with. Bacteria that cause rotting and decay need water to survive. Salt and baking soda remove the water from the apple, which makes it hard for bacteria to survive and cause decay.

Ancient Egyptians use a similar method to preserve human bodies after death. They used natron, a naturally occurring desicant, to mummify bodies.

At the Tuition club, our children have been getting creative with Origami; the ancient art of paper folding!  This art form engages our students as well as enhancing their skills -including improved spatial perception and logical and sequential thinking.

Children love origami whether it’s their first paper airplane, paper hat, or paper boat. And while we might not always think about it, origami surrounds us- from envelopes, shirt folds to brochures and fancy towels. Origami has been found to improve not only 3-D perception and logical thinking, but also focus and concentration. Often in assignments, there is one set answer and one way to get there. Origami provides children an opportunity to solve something that isn’t prescribed and gives them a chance for trial and error. So, no matter how you fold it, origami is a way to get children engaged, improve their skills, and makes them appreciate the world around them more!