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17/10/2026

Phonics with a splash of colour at The Clever Fox Club!🦊✨

This week, we've been swapping our pencils and paper for paintbrushes and paint!🎨

Our learners have been practising their phonics, spelling patterns and tricky words in a more creative and engaging way!

The best part? This activity can be adapted for all ages and abilities! 🌟

Whether your child is just beginning their phonics journey by learning letter sounds and CVC words (cat, dog, sun), developing their knowledge of special friends (sh, ch, th, ai, ee), or practising more complex spelling patterns and vocabulary, painting is a fantastic way to reinforce their learning!

But it's not just about making spelling more exciting! Painting our words also helps to develop:

🖌️ Fine motor skills – strengthening the small muscles in our hands and fingers.

✏️ Letter formation – practising how to form letters correctly through a different approach.

🧠 Memory and retention – using a multisensory approach to help reinforce sounds and spelling patterns.

👀 Hand-eye coordination – developing control and precision when forming letters.

🌟 Confidence and motivation – making spelling practice feel less like a task and more like an enjoyable activity!

One of the things I love about tutoring is finding different ways to help children learn. Not every child learns best with a pencil and paper, and sometimes a simple change in approach can make all the difference! 💛

At The Clever Fox Club, learning is tailored to each child's individual needs, abilities and interests. 🦊📚

05/10/2026

🦊✨ Hands-on maths at The Clever Fox Club!✨🦊

Last week’s maths learning was split across two sessions for two sisters, with each session tailored to what they are currently working on. 💛

🕐 Telling the time
One learner has been developing her confidence with telling the time. We made our very own clock using Play-Doh and used it to create lots of different times. Making the clock ourselves gave her a fun, hands-on way to move the hands and really see how the clock changes. ⏰

🍕 Adding fractions
My second learner was working on adding fractions with the same denominator. We explored what happens when our answer becomes greater than one whole, for example 12/15 + 10/15 = 22/15, and how we can then convert an improper fraction into a mixed number.

We used Play-Doh to represent the fractions visually, building the parts and combining them together so she could actually see why the answer was greater than one whole.

I love finding practical ways to make tricky maths concepts easier to understand. Sometimes seeing it, making it and moving it can make all the difference! 🧠✨

07/09/2026

🦊✏️ Building confident writers!
Today’s KS1 & KS2 literacy sessions were all about nouns, verbs and adjectives!
We started with a word-sorting activity, identifying which word class each word belonged to, before using them to create our own sentences. 📝
We then highlighted the different word classes we had used and introduced a thesaurus to explore new vocabulary. We used this to improve our word choices and make our sentences more interesting and engaging for the reader. 📚✨
The same activity was adapted to suit each learner’s age and ability, helping to build grammar knowledge, vocabulary and confidence in writing. 🦊

29/08/2026

🍂🎨 **THE CLEVER FOX CRAFT DAY!** 🦊✨

Looking for something fun and creative for the October half term? 👀

I’m super excited to be considering a Clever Fox Craft Day for children during the October half term holidays! 🥰

🎨 **90 minutes of creative fun**
✂️ Fun, autumn-themed crafts & activities
🖍️ Plenty of opportunities to get creative
🥪 **Lunch included**
👧🧒 Small group setting
📍 **Location TBC**
💷 **£20 per child**

It would be a lovely opportunity for children to spend some time away from screens, get creative, make new friends and take home something they’ve made themselves! 🍁💛

I’m currently checking interest before securing a venue and ordering all of the craft materials, so…

👇 WOULD YOUR CHILD BE INTERESTED?👇

If you think your little one would love to join us, please comment below or send me a message with their age! 🦊

If there is enough interest, I’ll confirm the date, location and full activity details and open bookings! 🎨✨

£20 per child | 90 minutes | Lunch included

🦊 The Clever Fox Club – making learning fun, creative & memorable! 🦊

28/08/2026

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21/08/2026

🦊 Making multiplication fun at The Clever Fox Club! ✖️🎲
During a recent maths session, my learner and I were exploring multiplication, but, of course, we couldn’t just sit down and work through a page of questions! 😉
We started with a simple multiplication dice game to warm up our brains and get us thinking mathematically. 🎲🧠
Then we introduced playing cards to create the numbers in our multiplication problems. This added an element of surprise to each question and meant we never quite knew what challenge was coming next! 🃏✨
We then played “Who can get the answer the quickest?” ⏱️ We explored different methods for working out each calculation, encouraging my learner to think about which strategy worked best for them.
It was a great opportunity to practise multiplication while also developing mental maths, problem-solving, fluency and confidence.
Because maths learning doesn't have to mean endless worksheets! 📚❌
Sometimes a little competition, a pack of cards and some dice can make learning so much more engaging. 🦊💛
Learning through play. Learning through challenge. Learning with The Clever Fox Club. ✨

10/08/2026

🦊 Who says phonics has to happen sitting at a desk? 📚✨
At The Clever Fox Club, we love to get little learners moving!
This learner is currently working on recognising their letter sounds, so today we turned it into a fun game of ‘Find the Sound!’ 🔤
We used BIG jumps to find the correct letters — meaning we were not only practising our sounds, but developing our gross motor skills, coordination, balance and body control along the way! 🤸‍♀️💪
Learning doesn’t always need to look like sitting at a table with a pencil. ✏️ Sometimes, movement, play and a little bit of fun can be the perfect way to help children engage, remember and build confidence in their learning. 💛
And those big jumps definitely made this phonics lesson a lot more exciting! 🦊✨
Learning through movement. Learning through play. Learning with The Clever Fox Club. 🧡

21/07/2026

🎮 Fortnite + Maths = The perfect combination!➕🧮

One of my learners is a huge Fortnite fan, so today's maths lesson was built entirely around something they love!

We played a Fortnite-inspired maths board game, where every move around the board came with a maths challenge. Along the way, we collected loot chests, building materials, shields and bonus rewards, making each question feel like part of the game rather than "just maths."

To develop number sense even further, we collected coins throughout the game and used concrete resources to represent each player's total. We then compared the amounts by adding and subtracting to work out who had more coins and by how many. Using practical resources alongside the game helped to make the maths visual, meaningful and fun.

This is a great example of how I adapt my sessions to each child's interests. By bringing something they're passionate about into the lesson, engagement increases, confidence grows and learning becomes something they genuinely look forward to.

Learning through play, following children's interests and making maths memorable is what tutoring is all about. 💙🎮✨

15/07/2026

✨ **Story Building in Action!** ✨

One of my online learners and I are currently creating our very own story, and it's been amazing to see their ideas come to life! 📖💭

We started by creating a mind map to describe our characters, exploring their personalities, appearance, and unique qualities. Using these ideas, we then brought our characters to life.

Next, we did the same for our setting, thinking carefully about where our story takes place and adding lots of descriptive detail. Once we had our ideas, we created a picture to help us visualise our setting.

In our next session, we'll begin writing our story, using all the fantastic ideas we've already planned and discussed.

Story writing isn't just about putting words on paper—it's about developing imagination, creativity, vocabulary, planning skills, and confidence.

I can't wait to see where this story takes us! 🌟✍️