Membership Guide for

All I need to meet

all their needs
Make sure you get it right for every child using our ‘getting to know
me’ and tailored ability resources.

Save time on preparation using ready-made resources for a range of

ages and abilities.

Specific resources for exam-based tuition for phonics screening

tests, SATs, and 11 plus tests.

Whether you’re tutoring online or face to face we have interactive

games or paper resources to use.

Demonstrate progress to families throughout the journey of their

child’s learning.

This guide should give you an overview and answer any questions you
have. If there is anything we have forgotten or anything you need please
get in touch. We’re here to help!
 Contents
Where to Find Us 4
Getting to Know Me 5
Planning and Organisation 6
EYFS 7
KS1 8
KS2 9
Beyond 10
Exam Preparation 11
Face to Face Tuition 12
Online Tuition 13
Boosting Confidence 14
Reward and Praise 15
Tutor Blogs 16
Our Tutor Communities 17
Twinkl Subscriptions 18
How Do I Become a Member? 19

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 Where Can I Find the Private Tutors Page?
All I need to meet all their needs
On this page, you will find loads of resources that Assessment for your tutoring students Easily accessible activities for children of
have been specifically selected to ensure you can on a range of different subjects. all abilities, including exam preparation.
meet the needs of all of your students!
Resources readily available to use in Resources to support you with all
The content here includes; tutoring sessions - whether these are aspects of tutoring from planning and
online or face to face. organisation to reward and praise.

Twinkl Tip:
You can find the Tutor area on the website in three different ways.

1. Type ‘tutors’ in the search bar.

2. Click the ‘Tutor’ button on the top bar when signed in as a tutor.

3. Click ‘Private Tutors’ under the Resources tab at the bottom of the page.

Click here to visit our

Private Tutors Page

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 Getting to Know Me
How to build great relationships to support learning
The Getting to Know Me section is a great place
to start with brand new students. There are a
variety of topics you can use to ensure children are
working at the right level and to get to know them
on a personal level!

The content here includes:

Resources for getting to know students to

help in tailoring their sessions.

Resources to help the student get to know

their tutor in a fun and engaging way.

Initial assessment resources to help you

identify areas students need to work on.

Click here to see resources

to help you get to know
your students
Twinkl Tip: Once you know your students, you can tailor to them much more easily.
Taking a bit of extra time in their initial session will help their future sessions!

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 Planning and Organisation
Helping you stay organised and keep track of student progress
We want to save you time with planning so you can
spend more time working with students. Keep track of all your students and Plan your time to ensure you maintain a
the progress they are making in their healthy work life balance but still get all
Our planning and organisation resources ensure sessions with you. of your planning completed.
you can:

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Planning and Organisation
resources

Take a look at Twinkl PlanIt to save time when

planning your sessions. Twinkl PlanIt is made up of
full unit packs containing lesson plans, presentations,
activities and resources and more.

Twinkl Tip: If you’re giving written feedback to the families

you work with, take a look at our Report Writer to quickly
write personalised reports for each student.

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 EYFS
Supporting students working at EYFS level
Click here to see our
Whether your students are just starting school or recommended EYFS
needing to recap earlier steps, we want to help you resources
to inspire a love of learning. I Spy and Read
Draw a line to the matching picture when you have read each word.

Our resources to support EYFS learning ensure:

frog goats
Learning is fun! Our resources include a Fine Motor Skills
Fine Motor Skills

Use bubble wrap.

variety of different activities to keep sessions Activity Cards

How many bubbles can you pop?

slipper
Can you beat your score next time?

engaging. blow

Opportunities to learn through play using

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throne chase
objects around you in real life.
Fine Motor Skills Fine Motor Skills

Use a colander and pipe cleaners. How many beads or buttons can you thread on a
lace or string?
Can you thread the pipe cleaners
through the holes? Can you make a pattern using different colours?
How many can you thread in a minute?

Hands on learning is always an opportunity, teeth broke

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messy. Challenge: Can you spell a word to match one of the other pictures?

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Take a look at Twinkl Phonics. This phonics

programme includes clear coverage of phonic
sounds, tricky words and essential skills to help you
guide students towards reading and writing fluency.

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 KS1
Supporting students working at KS1 level
As learning develops, gaps may appear. As
students progress through school they might also
start to sit assessments and tests. The Mystery of the Astronaut
In the summer, a space shuttle is heading to space. For the mission, two
Comparing Addition and Subtraction
Our resources to support KS1 learning: astronauts have already been chosen but there needs to be a third.
Many astronauts long to be chosen and a large amount of people have put Calculations
themselves forward for the job.
Compare the calculations and insert the <, > or = sign in the empty box.
Your task is to solve the clues to work out which astronaut will be chosen.

Align with work students will be completing Good luck!

at school to support them with their school + +

work or revisit previous work.

−6 +
Help students prepare for Phonics Screening
and KS1 SATs.
+ −1

5+3 7+1
6−3 7−3
Click here to see our 17 + 1 20 − 3
recommended KS1 Space Story
9+6 8+6
resources Space stories are about places that are out of this world, with lots of futuristic, strange or alien characters.
Use these words to help you write your own space story. 17 − 5 14 + 2 4+4
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mission gaseous silent UFO
11 + 4 molten
7+6 space-age
10 + 8
galactic spaceship planet 20 − 6
solar system frozen 8+7 metallic 3 + 11
extra-terrestrial robot meteorite icy alien
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astronaut outer space frozen volcanic spacesuit
spacecraft inhospitable Earth-like hyperspace Martian Click Here for Support with using Interactive PDFs

Rhino Readers is a collection of engaging phonics- rocky

poisonous
zoo
teleport
black hole
space station
star ship
force-field
futuristic

led books. They can be accessed online or through cyborg galaxy rocket hovercraft

our Twinkl Rhino Readers app.

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 KS2
Supporting students working at KS2 level
Click here to see our
Supporting students in KS2 can also involve recommended KS2
transitions and SATs. resources
The Missing Stone Age Jewellery
Our resources to support KS2 learning ensure your A serious crime has been committed in the Neolithic village of Stonebury. It is the day before

students have a good foundation for all of their next feast day and all the beautiful stone jewellery has gone missing. Feast day won’t be the same
without the decorative jewellery.

steps and contain activities that: As the Detective Chief Inspector, it is your job to find out who has stolen the jewellery. Your
officers have taken down the names and descriptions of the 20 Neolithic people who live in
the village.

There are also five top secret clues that have been left. To crack the case, you will need to Rollercoasters Quick Questions
solve each clue and check the information with the list of names.
9 The rollercoaster has been a fashionable ride for many
1. When did the first well-known rollercoaster
Good luck! 17 years, with one of the first recorded rollercoasters

Support learning happening in school and

open? Where?
26 opening in Paris in 1817. Historically, it is believed
35 that the rollercoaster was inspired by sledging on the
43 icy Russian Mountains. The popularity of the coaster

can be worked through at a pace to support 53

60
did not spread initially. It wasn’t until 1884 that the
first notable and highly admired rollercoaster was
2. Find and copy two words which tell you that
rollercoasters are well-liked.
70 opened in New York, USA, with a runaway train style

each individual student. 80

82
ride. The coaster ran on wooden tracks and was an
instant success. 3. How do rollercoasters of the past compare with
the modern day?
91 Today, a rollercoaster track can either be a complete
98 circuit or a shuttle-track, allowing the cars —
106 individual or multiple — to run in both directions.
110 Modern rollercoasters are, of

Prepare all students for their next steps. 114 course, much faster than
118 the original models and
4. Summarise the information about the original
121 safety standards have
rollercoasters in 20 words or less.

Whether this is moving up a year group or

123 notably increased
125 since then.

sitting an exam, we’ve got resources to cover

everything.
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Twinkl Newsroom provides daily, child-friendly news

reports. Each report comes with teaching resources
so these are a great way to look at a broad range of
texts when covering comprehension.

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 Beyond
Supporting students working at KS3 and KS4 levels
Our resources are designed to support learners of
all ages and abilities. Twinkl Tip: These Curriculum
Maps are a great place to start
The Beyond resources support students working at with KS3 students.
KS3 and KS4 levels with:

Maths activities, assessments and mastery

resources for KS3 students, as well as exam
preparation and practice at Foundation and
Higher levels for students in KS4.

Resources for both English Language and

Literature at GCSE level including text specific
resources. There are also resources to
support reading and writing skills in KS3.

Biology, Chemistry and Physics resources for

both KS3 and KS4.

Revision guides and practice papers to

prepare for exams.

Click here to see our

Supporting students with A-levels? Take a look at recommended KS3 & KS4
our KS5 resources by clicking here. resources

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 Exam Preparation
How can I help students prepare for exams?
Whatever exams your students may be sitting, our
Phonics Screener
range of resources can ensure you have all you
need to see them achieve!

Visit our Private Tutors page to

see recommended resources

Year 6 SATs Year 2 SATs

11 plus

GCSEs

A Levels

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 Face-to-Face Tutoring
Working with students in a face-to-face environment
Whether you’re working with students one-to-one
or in a group, the most important thing is to make
sure they are engaged in learning and making Did you know that as an Ultimate member you can also get a
great progress. beautiful Twinkl Originals book delivered to your door each half
We have lots of different types of activities to term through our Book Club?
keep learning engaged when learning face-to-face
including:

Worksheets and activities that are mapped

to the National Curriculum.

Board games, quizzes and challenge cards to

cover topics in interactive ways.

Mystery games and challenges to apply

knowledge in a different way.

Certificates, stickers and cards to help

celebrate the successes your students make.

Twinkl Tip: Using technology in face-to-face sessions can

keep engagement high and allow you to use a wide range
Click here to see our
of resources such as presentations and interactive games
recommended resources for
and songs. face-to-face tuition

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 Online Tutoring Click here to see our
recommended resources for
Working with students online via video call Online tuition

Working with students online opens up a whole

Twinkl Go! has thousands of
new world of interactive resources that can be
engaging interactive educational
shared.
resources that bring learning to life!
Our resources ensure students of all ages and
abilities are engaged in their online learning and
Phase 2 CVC Word Building Activity
continue to make progress: The cheeky caterpillar has munched through all the words! Can you help him to build the words by writing the letters in the phoneme frame?

Interactive games, resources and songs

from Twinkl Go!

Interactive PDF resources which can be easily Substitution

edited by students. 1) a) Substitute the values given for each shape to work out the values of each expression.

=3 =5 =8

i) + + ii) −

Virtual reward charts and stickers to praise

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Click Here for Support with using Interactive PDFs b) Choose the missing shape that would give the expression a value of 21.

and motivate students. + +

Triangle
Circle
Square

2) a) Use substitution to work out the values of these expressions. a=6 b = 2.5 c = 12

Virtual backgrounds to keep sessions fun b+9 c−b ac

and engaging. a+c+b b−3

b) Give the missing value so that the following expression has a value of 6. c–

3) Use substitution to work out the values of these expressions. c = 0.5 f=3 z = 1.25

Twinkl Tip: All resources can be shared with 3f + z 10 c + f 4z − f

students using a PIN. Find out more in this c + z + 0.25 cf + zf

blog post. You can also make any resource

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giving control to students.

Click Here for Support with using Interactive PDFs

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 Boosting Confidence
And see progress soar! SATs Survival for KS1 and KS2
Click here to see our
Boosting confidence can often be the first step in Twinkl Boost resources
seeing a student achieve their goals.

Twinkl Boost is a range of intervention resources

created to support and lift learning for children at
every level.

Boost interventions include:

Phonics Screening Survival 60-Second Reading Intervention

Maths Same Day Interventions Handwriting Interventions Speech and Language Therapy
Interventions

SPaG Samurai Intervention KS2 Rapid Recap Phonics

SEND: Dyslexia
Programme Booster Packs

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 Reward and Praise
How can I reward students in online and face-to-face sessions?
Rewarding and praising students keeps motivation
high throughout their sessions both online and Twinkl Tip: Stickers and certificates don’t just have
face to face. to be for academic achievements. You can reward
Can’t find the perfect certificate? Design
students for their effort and learning attitude, too.
Our resources help to celebrate all achievements your own with Twinkl Create.
your students are making.

Interactive digital reward systems are Movement break activities are a Everybody of every age loves
great to use both online and in face-to- lovely way to keep students engaged certificates and stickers - use them to
face sessions. throughout their sessions. celebrate every achievement!

Click here to see our Reward

2. Visit the virtual shopping centre and spend your points.
and Praise resources

The Magic Sweet Shop

1. Earn points for hard work and effort. 3. Build your collection of virtual rewards!

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 Tutor Blogs
Support, inspiration and top tips specifically for tutors
Every child is different. The students you work with
all have their own specific needs and sometimes
you may need tips or advice on how to support
some children.

We have a wide range of blog topics to help you

including: Twinkl Tip: To find the blog quickly and easily, search the
word ‘blog’ in the search bar at the top of the Twinkl page.

Insights from other tutors on how Twinkl

supports them as a Private Tutor.

Top tips for all stages of your tutoring

journey.

Ideas on how to support students

working on a variety of topics.

Click here to visit our

Private Tutor Blog Area

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 Our Tutor Communities
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There are many resources available on Twinkl to
support Private Tutors in helping each student shine
with lots of new resources being added.
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Join our supportive community in our

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Follow us on Instagram for
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 Twinkl Subscriptions Ultimate
Which subscription is right for me? Ultimate gives you access to everything on the
Twinkl site!
Intervention resources designed to
Core Extra boost learning for students at all
Core gives you access to our resource collection Extra gives you access to everything available in levels
of over 600,000 different activities. Core, plus these added extras:
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Interactive games, animations
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Access to original digital story books and songs that can be used on
to think creatively and use their
and linked teaching resources computers, tablets and mobiles
imagination

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with individualised needs games and more to help teach
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