Sonali's Reviews

For Creative Writing, Sonali is worth every penny!

As a parent of 4 and someone who earns a living from creative writing, I was fascinated by Sonali’s refreshing approach to this often overlooked aspect of a child’s development. Especially as creative writing brings together the whole of the English curriculum all at once. After all, good grammar, punctuation, spelling and handwriting earns marks at the end of each academic year and therefore shouldn’t be ignored.
— Will Farquhar / Creative Copywriter

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by Will about Sonali on 21/09/2024

Response by Sonali on 25/09/2024:

It’s been an absolute pleasure helping to nurture your children’s creative writing skills.

English is multifaceted and honing language skills to develop an individual creative writing style takes time and patience. Thank you for your faith in the process. At the end of the day, it is your belief in a systematic approach to teaching that has helped to shape your children’s future.

Fantastic tutor!

We first met Sonali when we were searching for a tutor for our son. We were so impressed by her teaching methods that we used her to guide him throughout his whole primary school life. Save to say that Sonali was invaluable in helping our son navigate through the 11+ process and get into our school of choice. She was always positive and encouraging and although gentle was also firm and had a good understanding of how to relate to our son. Her holistic approach which includes tips and guidance for parents have been incredibly helpful.
Sonali is now also providing our 6 year old daughter with a tailor made teaching plan whereby she will adapt & construct the lessons according to what works best.

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by Angie about Sonali on 08/11/2022

Response by Sonali on 09/11/2022:

It is wonderful to have the privilege of teaching siblings, and still stay connected to the oldest child, while helping a younger sibling. Truly rewarding to see how your son has blossomed into a confident, charming, mature and well rounded student.

It is such a pleasure to be involved in the development of yet another young mind in your family! Your daughter is a creative, kind and polite young lady. I look forward to helping her to build her knowledge in both English and maths, as well as encouraging her to gain confidence and independence, in time.

I loved helping her in the vital preschool years, and I am truly looking forward to watching her flourish, in the same way that your son did. I feel like a member of your family. So, thank you, too.

Wonderful Tutor! Couldn't Recommend More

We were so grateful to have found Sonali completely by chance on this website. My son has responded so well to her teaching methods and the lessons have made a huge difference to his learning. Sonali is so considered about how she approaches each lesson and always makes it fun. She adapts and changes the topics based on what she feels works best for him so always has a great session. I don't see us ever not using her to help her guide my son through school and support him as and when is needed and cement is understanding across Maths and English. While my son is young I think it's never too early to confirm the best way to learn the basics to build a great foundation for the future. Couldn't recommend more!

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by Andrea about Sonali on 14/09/2022

Response by Sonali on 14/09/2022:

Wow! Praise indeed!!

I am so glad that you contacted me Andrea, because my teaching technique, combined with your support at home has really created an avid little learner over the summer. So happy that you are continuing lessons.

It is an absolute pleasure to teach your young son. He has developed incredible focus and independence in the short time that I have been teaching him. He is a delight to teach. His listening skills have improved tremendously. It is a joy to watch his progress, and I know that he will continue to thrive and make us all very proud of his rapidly developing skills in both literacy and maths.

Great tutor

Sonali started to teach my 6 years old son when pandemic begun. At that time he couldn't almost read and write at all and because I am Polish I couldn't help him. Then I found a private tutor. When Sonali started to teach him, he made such great progress in the short time. Sonali is a great, experienced and very patient tutor. I am very happy that she taught my son. Highly recommend.

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by Gosia about Sonali on 28/07/2022

Response by Sonali on 29/07/2022:

It has been such a pleasure teaching your son and watching his literacy skills improve so rapidly. Remarkable progress! Particularly as you do not speak much English at home. I am so proud of his achievements to date. Well done for following up on my recommendations each week. Your son has become a focused and confident young man. I am so sad that you have decided to go back to Poland Gosia, because I will really miss teaching him. He is a model student and I know he will be successful in his future endeavours. Good luck to all of you in your new adventure back at home. Do keep in touch and let me know if you need any help or guidance. Take good care of yourself and each other.

Excellent tutor with a measured and kind approach

Sonali is a fantastic tutor with a measured approach that has significantly improved my 6 year old daughter’s reading in a matter of a few weeks. My daughter has struggled with literacy and phonics for a little while so it’s such a huge relief to finally see some progress. What I also find really helpful is the clear and concise feedback points that Sonali provides. I am able to work on these in a fun way to keep my daughter’s interest and see progress each week.

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by Mimi about Sonali on 16/12/2021

Response by Sonali on 16/12/2021:

Lovely to hear this. Thank you.

I am so glad that I have been able to help your daughter develop her literacy skills. I truly look forward to our lessons, because she is absorbing so much knowledge and continues to blossom each week.

She has indeed made brilliant progress and I am very proud of her (and your) effort so far. She really benefits from this extra help. Onwards and upwards!

Engaging tutor

Sonali has captured my 7 year old daughter's imagination from the word go. She is very well organised, attentive, manages to keep her attention for a full hour teaching online. My daughter loves receiving marbles and playing games as a treat. I receive a thorough feedback after each lesson and noticed an improvement in my daughter's learning after first 3 weeks already.

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by Kat about Sonali on 21/07/2020

Response by Sonali on 22/07/2020:

Thank you for your kind words.
It has been a real pleasure helping your daughter. She is keen to learn and ready to listen. The perfect student: a real joy to teach! It has been thoroughly rewarding to observe her blossoming confidence in such a short time. Together with your help, and her continued effort and hard work, I know that we can achieve wonderful results. A round of applause all round.