Helen - Central Cambridge - School English

This course has built his confidence with reading, unblocked his "stuckness" and allowed him to enjoy reading. It is like he has found the "Reading James". We have been extremely impressed by the warmth, fun and relaxed atmosphere. James enjoyed learning to read better and the results have been amazing. We (James included ) are very thankful and we would certainly recommend.

Our child stopped being bothered by difficult words and spelling and started reading and writing freely again. The improvement is masked and noticeable. We noticed what a positive and well structured approach the sessions provided. I greatly appreciated the refusal to "diagnose" and the underlying thinking behind it (i.e build a child's confidence and engagement with the subject rather than deflating and undermining both parent and child). Our child flourished with your gentle encouragement.

She found a new way/ approach to spelling that works for her. This has given the whole family a new way of looking at her difficulties and made us realise we don't have to continue in the old repetitive ways- a new approach for us all- more fun with words.

An enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere which helps you learn more easily and quickly. Finding out that spelling is not as hard as I thought.

The parental invovement and discussion is very good and made the programme as instructive for parents as children. She enjoyed the whole course and thought it was fun. She actually enjoyed being more confident and expressive with reading.

Thankyou. An empowering experience.. Ability to learn words in a way that makes sense for her.

It gives a different angle to spelling than that taught at school. I find imagining what a word looks like really powerful.

Thank you - your kind and calm manner has really helped him take on all the useful tips you had for him. He is now happy tackling English again.

She has started term with confidence and your strategies are definitely helping her.

You seem to have an impressive effect on Sam. The first thing he did last night during study time at home was to pull out the spelling words and follow your process. We have struggled in the past to get him to follow the process of ... say, look, cover, write ,c heck and other forms of spelling work - but you have finally hit on something that has triggered not only interest but even action.