Holiday Courses
Summer Courses for 2025
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Summer Courses for 2025 〰️
Summer Book Clubs & Summer Courses have arrived!
During the summer holidays 2025, we are running the following holiday courses and book clubs:
Book Clubs - City of Rust and The Frost Fair - running every Wednesday morning throughout the summer holidays.
Prep for Y7 - The Summer Course - running on selected dates during the first three weeks of the summer holidays.
KS3 Maths and Science Course - running from Wednesday 13th to Saturday 16th August
Please scroll through this page for more information on all of our summer courses and classes. We look forward to seeing you online soon!
Our two chosen texts this year are:
The Miraculous Sweetmakers - The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings
City of Rust by Gemma Fowler
Our book clubs are suitable to students in Years 3-7. More information coming soon. Register your interest below to be the first to know when we’re opening bookings. We can accommodate up to 25 students.
City of Rust by Gemma Fowler
Dive into a futuristic eco-adventure set in a world where humans live in a floating city above a vast rubbish heap! Railey and her gecko sidekick, Atti, uncover a dangerous secret that could destroy everything. With fast-paced action, high-tech gadgets, and themes of bravery and environmental responsibility, this thrilling story is perfect for readers who love sci-fi and daring missions.
The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings
Travel back to 17th-century London during the magical Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames. Thomasina, still grieving her brother, discovers a world of wonder—and danger—beneath the ice. This beautifully written historical fantasy explores themes of grief, friendship, and finding light in the darkness, all wrapped in snowy magic.
City of Rust
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City of Rust 〰️
City of Rust by Gemma Fowler - Summer Book Club
Key Information:
We’ll be meeting online every Wednesday throughout the summer holidays to discuss Gemma Fowler’s amazing sci-fi adventure to save the world!
Key Dates:
Weds 29th July: 9am - 9:45am - Wk 1: Boxville - pages 3-67
Weds 30th July: 9am - 9:45am - Wk 2: The Cascade - pages 68 - 140
Weds 6th Aug: 9am - 9:45am - Wk 3: The Heaps - pages 141 - 191
Weds 13th Aug: 9am - 9:45am - Wk 4: Escape - pages 192 - 272
Weds 20th Aug: 9am - 9:45am - Wk 5: The Drone Army - pages 273 - 328
Weds 27th Aug: 9am - 9:45am - Wk 6: The Great Cascade - pages 329 - end
45 mins live teaching each week. We’ll discuss themes, topics, make predictions about what till happen next and discuss vocabulary choices as well as characters.
Age Group - All students from Year 4 upwards - please see sample text to check suitability. We’d recommend this book to students between 9 and 13 years old.
Max. 25 students - Please note, this is unlike our usual online group classes size of 6 students - this is could be a large class with group games and discussions. We will also run this class, if we have less students.
Class Fee: £60 for all 6 sessions with the book sent to you in the post!
What’s included?
6 live sessions throughout July and August. If you miss one, a recording will be sent. These are all via Zoom
Reading book sent in the post, directly to you
A digital resource pack - each week there will be a different creative writing task, based on our text. Students can choose to share these during the lesson, if they wish
Lots of fun and games via online platform, Blooket. These will be based on ideas and vocabulary linked directly to the text. Students will also have an opportunity to play as a single player at home.
The Frost Fair
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The Frost Fair 〰️
The Miraculous Sweetmakers - The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings - Summer Book Club
Key Information:
We’ll be meeting online every Wednesday throughout the summer holidays to discuss Natasha Hasting’s captivating icy enchantment of 17th-century London, where the past and fantasy intertwine.
Key Dates:
Weds 29th July: 9:45am - 10:30am - Wk 1: Voices in the Mist - pages 9 - 81
Weds 30th July: 9:45am - 10:30am - Wk 2: Father Winter - pages 82 - 149
Weds 6th Aug: 9:45am - 10:30am - Wk 3: The Merchant of Cadaver Street - pages 163 - 264
Weds 13th Aug: 9:45am - 10:30am - Wk 4: The Secret - pages 265 - 328
Weds 20th Aug: 9:45am - 10:30am - Wk 5: The Night Market - pages 329 - 391
Weds 27th Aug: 9:45am - 10:30am - Wk 6: Burgess & Hawke’s - pages 394 - end
45 mins live teaching each week. We’ll discuss themes, topics, make predictions about what till happen next and discuss vocabulary choices as well as characters.
Age Group - All students from Year 5 upwards - please see below to check suitability. We’d recommend this book to students between 10 and 14 years old.
Max. 25 students - Please note, this is unlike our usual online group classes size of 6 students - this is could be a large class with group games and discussions. We will also run this class, if we have less students.
Class Fee: £60 for all 6 sessions with the book sent to you in the post!
What’s included?
6 live sessions throughout July and August. If you miss one, a recording will be sent. These are all via Zoom
Reading book sent in the post, directly to you
A digital resource pack - each week there will be a different creative writing task, based on our text. Students can choose to share these during the lesson, if they wish
Lots of fun and games via online platform, Blooket. These will be based on ideas and vocabulary linked directly to the text. Students will also have an opportunity to play as a single player at home.
To book any of our summer courses, please email office@tutortastic.co.uk. If you’re not currently registered with us, you can register below…
Prep for Y7
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Prep for Y7 〰️
Prep for Y7 - The Summer Course
Key Information:
Our Prep for Y7 Course is open to students in Year 6 - who are just about to start secondary education in September 2025. We’ll be working through early Y7 topics in a fun and interactive way, using our CGP workbooks for occasional classwork and homework, on a variety of different topics.
Key Dates:
Thursday 24th July - 9am - 10:30am
Friday 25th July - 9am - 10:30am
Saturday 26th July - 9am - 10:30am
Monday 28th July - 9am - 10:30am
Tuesday 29th July - 9am - 10:30am
Weds 30th July - 10:30am - 12pm
Thursday 31st July - 9am - 10:30am
Friday 1st August - 9am - 10:30am
Saturday 2nd August - 9am - 10:30am
Monday 4th August - 9am - 10:30am
Tuesday 5th August - 9am - 10:30am
Weds 6th August - 10:30am - 12pm
Thursday 7th August - 9am - 10:30am
19.5 hours of live teaching - We’ll work through all topics together, ending with a fully-interactive game of Blooket each day, based on our topics.
Age Group - Open to students in Year 6, who will be starting secondary education in September 2025.
Max 6 students - Due to the fast-paced nature of our course and to offer everyone individual feedback, we can only offer 6 students a place on our course.
Class Fee: £20 per hour, £30 per session. Each live teaching lesson is 90 mins in length and we send recordings out for missed lessons.
What’s included?
13 live sessions throughout July and August. If you miss one, a recording will be sent. These are all via Zoom
3 x CGP books - one for English, maths and science - sent directly to your home address at the start of July.
Lots of fun and games via online platform, Blooket. These will be based on ideas and vocabulary linked directly to our learning objectives. Students will also have an opportunity to play as a single player at home.
Our current Prep for Y7 class is full and in previous years, our Prep for Y7 class has become full extremely quickly, please book as soon as you are able to. There is no payment made up front, we collect each payment after each class by GoCardless Direct Debit.
KS3 Maths and Science Course
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KS3 Maths and Science Course 〰️
Key Stage 3 - Maths and Science Course
Key Information:
Open to students moving into Years 8 and 9, we offer a comprehensive cover of key physics, chemistry and biology topics, as well as key topic areas in maths over the summer holidays.
Key Dates:
Weds 13th August - 10:30am - 12pm
Thurs 14th August - 9am - 10:30am
Friday 15th August - 9am - 10:30am
Saturday 16th August - 9am - 10:30am
90 mins live teaching each day. We’ll be working through key topics in chemistry, physics, biology and maths.
Age Group - All students moving to Year 8 and Year 9 in September 2025.
Max. 6 students - Please note, we can take no more than 6 students, as all students will require personal attention throughout the course.
Class Fee: £20 per hour, £30 per lesson. These are billed after each session or you can pay up front for the entire course (£120)
What’s included?
4 live sessions throughout July and August. If you miss one, a recording will be sent. These are all via Zoom
A digital resource pack - sent via email. Students will also complete tasks via their own document on Canva.
Lots of fun and games via online platform, Blooket. These will be based on ideas and vocabulary linked directly to the text. Students will also have an opportunity to play as a single player at home.
As we have such a small group over these 4 sessions, parents are welcome to email with any topic suggestions that they’re child is currently struggling with and we’ll ensure that we cover these on our course. These need to be submitted by the end of June.
This is an intial enquiry form and does not tie you into a contract with us.
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