Author Archives: Matthew Burkinshaw

At High Flyers we want to encourage all students to acheive their best in all aspects of maths and science. How physics gender gap starts in the classroom http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44141840 Some progress has been made in encouraging girls to study physics at A-level, according to a report by the Institute of Physics (IoP). In 2016, 1.9%Continue reading “How physics gender gap starts in the classroom”

Dear friends and colleagues,  I am in the process of putting together a programme of lessons which will run over the school summer holidays. I hope to provide some broad based English or maths for primary as well as secondary age level. In addition we will be able to offer individual lessons for students includingContinue reading “Summer Programme”

With the recent changes to the law and uptick in cybercrime we have decided to update our privacy policy in order to better protect you data. Below ou can read our new policy:   Privacy Policy Notice The policy: This privacy policy notice is for this website; [http://www.high flyers tutoring.co.uk] and served by high flyers tutoringContinue reading “Privacy policy”

Dear friends and colleagues. High Flyers is pleased to announce that we have lined up for September a very experience and well qualified specialist teacher of students with dyslexia. We will be able to offer regular lessons as well as an initial assessment that can be used to negotiate additional support at school. We haveContinue reading “New tutors: A dyslexia specialist and a science tutor”

Alright then, let’s start your day with a challenge!  The first part of our life is all about education. We go to primary school, then secondary and end up at college. Throughout this time we are learning the subjects our teachers teach us, to get us through our exams. We’ve all been there and ourContinue reading “Let’s Get Physical”

At High Flyers during Autumn 2 we have focused on developing writing skills. What is good writing? How do we encourage readers to be interested in our writing? How do we make our writing descriptive and create imagery? How do we use, metaphors, similes and personification? How do we improve our writing to engage readers?Continue reading “Year 7 English group”