About Rosealine Allen
BSc (Hons) Psych; M.Ed
I am a parent of two senior school aged young people and I can honestly say I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience of parenting although it hasn’t been plain sailing!
When my children were very young, I spent short periods of time working in schools, and when they were older, I got a job working in good and outstanding primary schools as a HLTA.
My first degree is in Psychology and involved my acquiring some counselling skills as well as carrying out a final year project on Social Identity Theory. I later studied for and passed my Master of Education. Studying for this was an interesting experience. I juggled parenting, with my full time job in a school. I studied three modules across a span of two years, and they covered topics such as: How I would change the curriculum and what the best way for lower ability children to learn is; How children learn, how I could improve the assessment results of lower ability children and how I could improve relationships between the children within a classroom; and finally, I looked at SEMH from a child’s perspective and at how the behaviour of such children could be improved.
More recently, I have spent time working with senior school aged children in both a school and non-school setting. I’ve worked with post GCSE students in an informal setting as well as working with KS3 students in education outside of mainstream schools. In this capacity, I have also worked with EYFS children. I’ve worked with SEND and looked after children (including children on an EHCP) as well as children that fall into none of these categories.
When my children were very young, I spent short periods of time working in schools, and when they were older, I got a job working in good and outstanding primary schools as a HLTA.
My first degree is in Psychology and involved my acquiring some counselling skills as well as carrying out a final year project on Social Identity Theory. I later studied for and passed my Master of Education. Studying for this was an interesting experience. I juggled parenting, with my full time job in a school. I studied three modules across a span of two years, and they covered topics such as: How I would change the curriculum and what the best way for lower ability children to learn is; How children learn, how I could improve the assessment results of lower ability children and how I could improve relationships between the children within a classroom; and finally, I looked at SEMH from a child’s perspective and at how the behaviour of such children could be improved.
More recently, I have spent time working with senior school aged children in both a school and non-school setting. I’ve worked with post GCSE students in an informal setting as well as working with KS3 students in education outside of mainstream schools. In this capacity, I have also worked with EYFS children. I’ve worked with SEND and looked after children (including children on an EHCP) as well as children that fall into none of these categories.
Based in Basildon, I’ve worked in the boroughs of Wickford, Rayleigh, Thurrock and Havering. Things that parents/carers and pupils have said about my tuition follow:
Parent and carer comments: “Thank you for everything this year you have been a great support to us all xx” “Thanku loads” “Thank you for everything. D got a lot out of these sessions” Student comments: ‘I really liked the dance we did.’ (a 4 year old looked after child) ‘It was interesting especially the maths’ (a 12 year old looked after child working at expected levels) ‘It was good. However I am confused about maths but I enjoyed guided reading and writing in English’ (a 12 year old looked after child working at expected levels) ‘Enjoying the activities, but looking forward to going back to school because I don’t like being by myself’ (an 11 year old excluded pupil with an EHCP) ‘I like it all. It’s like school’ (a looked after 7 year old who is performing significantly below ARE) '.........I think my tuition has gone really well because I'm learning new things each day and learning loads more than I was before .........' (a year 10 LAC learner being tutored online and working below ARE) 'Some of the work was pretty hard, but I enjoyed it particularly the maths.' (A more able year 8 LAC learner being tutored online) About Astral Tuition Services At a time increasingly when there are lots of opportunities for rewards and second chances through attempts to steer children and young people in the right direction, a lack of success is unusual. Nowadays, there are opportunities for children and young people to feel successfully unsuccessful. That is, there is honour and carelessness about a lack of success. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Parents have already highlighted the stress that school puts children under through its rigour with assessments, homework and the like, so clearly, the system needs fixing. Being a parent myself, I’m fully aware of the pressures children and young people are under directly from their peers and through social media sites. I recall a conversation I had with a parent who was at her wits end at the scrapes and misdemeanours her son got himself into. However, some communities are more resourceful than others at picking up on this slack and dealing with the challenges faced by children and young people. Wealthier communities have generations of people with the time, finances, space and care, to cater for just this commotion. As I am a small company in its infancy, I am able to go the extra mile to find activities that the children I tutor, want to do. I am an alternative education provider providing a service that is therapeutic while at the same time attempting to provide the rigour of a typical school. |