Testimonials
Students Comments
“We laughed a lot, there was a lot of fun and but there was no learning No wait!, I do now know about fractions, shapes and I can do word problems. So, there was lots of fun, we laughed a lot and some learning. No wait! I can do all my timetables, I know about integers, expressions and properties, probability and statics. Don't trust this teacher, She is sneaky. She has stuffed my head with maths when I wasn't looking! ”
- Thomas, Staines
“I left school convinced I was stupid, but all I needed was a little more time to answer the questions. Given that time, I was able to work out the answer and get it right. What I didn't need was to do this against the clock. Nicola helped me see that I wasn't stupid but I thought in a different way. With Nicola's help I got extra time for my exam and finally I am now a proud owner of a GCSE C Maths certificate.”
Dan, Addlestone
“My boss and I were both finding my dyslexia difficult to cope with in the work place. My boss brought Nicola into our conversation after she had been working successfully with the apprentices. She persuaded my boss to pay for Dragon 9, a software program for Dyslexics. I am now writing reports that my mangers and the team below me can read. Reading reports submitted by others easily. No more confusion, no more embarrassment with the wrong wording or spellings. No more taking work home for my wife to check the grammar and spellings. I can do the writing and reading part of my job myself, to a professional standard. ”
— Marc, Heathrow
“At the age of 65 i retired. to keep me mind going i learnt new skills and hobbies. I wanted to learn to read. The day me and my granddaughter finished reading Charlotte's Web together, was one of my best days.”
— Albert, Staines
“When I do spelling tests, I close my eyes and remember what we did to learn the spellings, like when we hammered nails into wood for the 'ai' spellings, we made cookies dough for Oh you lucky duck words like should. And I will remember how to spell 'there' because we water pistol the garage wall until I got it.”
— John, Walton
Parents Comments
“Nicola is a pretty amazing lady in my opinion. My son has often been viewed as difficult at school because of his Dyslexia; all too often he's got frustrated with literacy & written work. It's been difficult to know how best to help him. When I came across Nicola, I warned her that my son might not accept a tutor at home but I need not have worried. From the first lesson my son had, he was fully engaged & he now eagerly awaits the next! Her style is so much fun that my son doesn't think he is doing any work. For example Nicola recently set up a treasure hunt in the garden; my son had to find the clues she had placed around & work out their order so that he could recount a story. In doing this my son was able to just "click" with the whole writing your own story concept he had been unable to follow at school. Slowly but surely Nicola is winning my son over & its such a relief to come across someone who gets how he thinks..”
- Maria M, Horsell
“Nicola is excellent! My daughter is gaining confidence in her maths skills week on week by interacting and playing games! it's lovely to hear her laughing and enjoying herself while she is learning!”
- Lucy C, Staines
A very charismatic lady, who has instantly been loved by my daughter! She is installing confidence and knowledge, in a fun and capturing way!
Would highly recommend.
- Natalie S, Rowtown