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Information About Mary:

Personal Description:

I am a final year Kings College London medical student, taking two years off to train for the London Olympics. I am a fencer on the British team and have been fencing internationally since I was 14, so I am used to having to catch up on work!
I went to Putney High school, then Cambridge where I got a BA in History and Philosophy of Science. I then transferred to Kings where it was easier to combine training and studying. My ambition is to become a paediatrician, and so working with children and teenagers, particularly helping them to understand complicated things, is high on my priority list.

Teaching Experience:

At school I took the 'Sports Leader' course which showed us how to plan lessons, among other skills.
I worked as a classroom assistant for a term at Chatfield School, which caters for disabled children, when I was doing my A levels, which taught me how to engage and be patient with even the most challenging pupils.
I have coached fencing to children as young as 4 right up to adults. I first started coaching when I was 15 and am still coaching occasionally. I have done private lessons and classes, often with school groups.
I have also done paediatric placements (both in the UK and in France), which involved learning about the developmental milestones of children as well as continually requiring me to explain biological conditions to children in hospital.
I have experience tutoring English and Maths, and can provide a reference for this if required.

Tutoring Approach:

I am not naturally a scientist but had to learn science in order to do medicine, so I explain things in a different way to science teachers, a way that I believe is more accessible. I am aware that pupils need to learn in their own way, so I work together with my pupils using games, tasks, diagrams and written or verbal explanations to make the subject as easy as possible.
For much younger pupils, I use games with physical elements (using objects in the room, body position etc) as much as possible to keep the pupils interested.
For French, while I cover all aspects of language (written, oral, reading and listening), I concentrate on the oral aspects as this is usually where pupils lack confidence and practice and where 1:1 tuition has a huge advantage over the classroom atmosphere.
Whilst the lessons are based around the key stages or exam specifications, I will use a combination of given exercises and my own so that I can adapt them to the pupil.

Qualifications:

• A levels: Maths, Chemistry, Biology. AS level: English Lit. All grade A
• BA from University of Cambridge: History and Philosophy of Science (2:1)
• French B1 (A level equivalent)

Further Information:

Availability:	Weekends / Weekdays (evenings)
Types of Tutoring:	Travels to you / From their home / Online
References Supplied?	Yes
Additional Languages Spoken:	French