Jim Eastwell's Tutor Profile (see if Jim is in your area!)

Maths
Up to 11 years (primary) - £15.00p.h.
11+ (secondary) - £15.00p.h.
GCSE or Standards - £15.00p.h.
A-Level or Highers - £15.00p.h.
Further/Higher (University) - £20.00p.h.
Adult/Casual learner - £20.00p.h.

English
Up to 11 years (primary) - £15.00p.h.
11+ (secondary) - £15.00p.h.
GCSE or Standards - £15.00p.h.
A-Level or Highers - £15.00p.h.
Further/Higher (University) - £20.00p.h.
Adult/Casual learner - £20.00p.h.

Entrance Exams
Up to 11 years (primary) - £15.00p.h.
11+ (secondary) - £15.00p.h.
GCSE or Standards - £15.00p.h.
A-Level or Highers - £15.00p.h.
Further/Higher (University) - £20.00p.h.
Adult/Casual learner - £20.00p.h.

Special Needs
Up to 11 years (primary) - £15.00p.h.
11+ (secondary) - £15.00p.h.
GCSE or Standards - £15.00p.h.
A-Level or Highers - £15.00p.h.
Further/Higher (University) - £20.00p.h.
Adult/Casual learner - £20.00p.h.

Personal Description: I have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, along with a good sense of humour, which enables me to build positive working relationships with students. I'm 33 years old with 3 daughters and a wife who also works as a Tutor. I enjoy attending the monthly meetings of the "Doctor Who club" in Taunton - although I rarely get more than a couple of questions right in the quiz!I

Tutoring Experience: I have 10 years teaching experience in a wide range of subjects including ICT, Design Technology, Art and Design, Basic Skills(English and Maths), Geography and Citizenship. I have taught in a variety of schools including International, mainstream secondary and special schools.

Tutoring Approach: While I am prepared to work with school age students in a wide range of National Curriculum subjects, I also offer the following short courses in computing:

Introduction

This course is designed for people who would like to develop their skills and improve their confidence with computers. On this course we will go through the basics of computing, including what the parts are called and how they connect together, basic word processing, saving, opening, copying and pasting files, installing and uninstalling programs, using the Internet and keeping your computer safe. We will look at issues such as Internet Banking and web-safety, viruses, worms and other dangers. This course assumes no prior knowledge and only uses free software such as Mozilla Firefox, Open Office, Spyware Doctor, **Contact Detail Removed**, and Avira anti-virus. It also offers the opportunity to use the free operating system Ubuntu as well as XP and Vista.This programme is designed for PC users; if you want an Apple course then I'm willing to try and the price will be less.

Web Design

Whether you are a complete beginner who wants to get up and running a family website or you want to produce a web site for your business then I'll take you through it and show you how. We will learn a bit about html and css and then work together to design and create your site. If you want to put your site up on the web then I'll help you register a name and show you how to update and maintain it.

Computer Art

This multimedia course covers a wide variety of approaches to computer art, including stop motion animation, Design by Numbers, Turtle Graphics, Processing and Scratch. Opportunities also exist toexplore 2d graphics packages such as the Gimp and 3d modelling and animation using Blender. It can also include video game making using Gamemaker or Macromedia Flash. Most of these programs are free. Additionally, if students are interested then opportunities exist for teams to enter the Lego Mindstorms League in the dancing robots category!

All these courses are very flexible and if you want to contact me to discuss your needs then please do.

Qualifications:

• PGCE
• BA (hons)

Availability: Weekends / Weekdays (evenings)
References Available: Yes
CRB Check: Yes