HIGH STREET BUSINESSES THE TUTOR HUB

Becky Firth

• General signage should be improved on the High Street and links to the wider village

• FOTHS contributed to a Bike Rack which has been installed in Village Hall Car Park

• FOTHS surveyed the waste bins on the High Street with a view to improving the provision

• FOTHS are organising a Cuban music event on the evening of Saturday 2nd March 2024 (see right for more details)

HIGH STREET BUSINESSES

We have held 2 meetings this year, 6 areas where we can help the retailers have been identified:

• Support retailers to collectively market themselves

• Take a lead on strengthening social media marketing efforts

• Develop an attractive and simple brand

TO FIND OUT MORE

Visit our Website: www.fothsredbourn.co.uk

Join our Facebook Group: Redbourn Friends of the High Street

If you are interested in joining FOTHS, then please do get in touch and email: teresafinnigan@hotmail.com the fundamental principles of maths which students are often lacking. This means that students are then equipped with the tools to help understand teaching in the classroom. They are better able to keep up with the pace, which in turn builds confidence and sees students beginning to thrive.

As we all know in Redbourn networking is everything, so you won’t be surprised to learn that it was a serendipitous conversation which led to new business ‘The Tutor Hub’ coming to Redbourn High Street! On hearing that John ‘The Window Man’ was retiring, Jae and Sandra Simon took the opportunity to realise their dream in the form of a bricks and mortar tuition centre, providing face to face tutoring for Redbourn and the local area. The couple have over 40 years combined experience of teaching maths and have successfully run their business, St Albans Maths Tutors for the last 10 years, helping secondary school pupils improve their grades and achieve their academic goals. Hearing Jae and Sandra talk, they are both passionate about enabling students to overcome barriers to learning, nurturing confidence and enjoy seeing young people improve and develop their mastery of maths.

Tutoring times are as follows:

Mondays 4.15-6.15pm for years 10 and 11 (1 hour session with homework set)

Tuesdays and Thursdays 3.30 – 6.30pm for years 5 and 6 (1 hour sessions)

A common issue they find students struggle with is a negative perception of maths and their ability, which without intervention can spiral. Sandra explains how they pre-teach ahead of lessons in school, and use tried and tested techniques and expertise to reinforce

Opening The Tutor Hub in Redbourn provides the opportunity to expand the business too now to include maths and English tuition for primary aged children (years 5 and 6) provided by Julia White. Julia explains how a combination of covid lockdowns, and our increasingly digital and online culture has led to a gap in fundamental learning for young children. For example, online grocery deliveries and self-automated checkouts in supermarkets has meant a decline in cash use. Playing with coins and counting money is vital to a child’s understanding of basic maths, an everyday skill and experience that is disappearing from life. Julia takes a child centred and fun approach to learning, teaching that it’s OK to make mistakes, there is no such thing as ‘silly questions’, giving children the chance to learn by doing and filling in any gaps in understanding along the way.

Saturdays all day for GCSE students. In addition to this the Tutor Hub offer adult numeracy for GCSE Maths. For more information, please contact Jae or Sandra on 01727 850175 or 07799 303757 and visit: www.stalbans-mathstutor.co.uk

Police Safer Neighbourhood Team News

PCSO Alex Peduto

Summer has passed relatively quietly in the village and schools have now welcomed back eager to learn children…. as well as busy parents and their cars!

Following a number of complaints towards the end of last school year, several Partnership Patrols with Traffic Enforcement Officers from St Albans District Council have already taken place outside our local primary school as well as other schools within our area. We would encourage children to walk to school when possible and safe to do so