H-FARM International School and Valdo Academics are excited to announce “The Maths Weekend Booster”.
The Valdo Weekend Booster is an intensive weekend course designed for DP1 students who already have solid foundations in maths (4+ in their first report), and want to take their performance to the next level. Please note that the session is for SL students only.
Spend your weekend strengthening your foundations by working face-to-face with a Valdo Tutor for 12 hours (6h on Saturday + 6h on Sunday) in a small group. Clarify key concepts, learn how to use IB markschemes to gain points step by step, and unlock the hidden tricks of your Graphic Display Calculator.
Dates: November 29-30
6h per day → 12h total
Max 10 students (of which max 5 boarders) – first come, first serve!
💶 Boarders: free. Day students: €310+VAT (€378.20) per weekend
In this booster you will focus on:
- Advanced IB exam techniques and strategies
- Reading mark schemes and understanding how to gain method marks
- Decoding command terms to answer in the right register
- GDC secrets: shortcuts and hidden functions that save time
- Intensive practice with Paper 1 & 2, step by step
Tutor: David is a professional IB Mathematics tutor. He is completing his PGCE at Cambridge on a full scholarship, striving to take his teaching to the next level, whilst working as a tutor part-time He graduated in Mathematics from Warwick with first class honours and has recently completed a Masters degree in Abstract Algebra and Number Theory, with first class honours. He has over seven years of tutoring experience in SAT and IB Mathematics. He teaches Mathematics in English, Spanish and Catalan and has helped several international students achieve their academic goals. Prior to attending Warwick, David scored 43/45 in the IB at Pere Boïl High School, in Valencia, with a full scholarship awarded by the Spanish Government. He obtained a 7 in Higher Level Mathematics, Physics and English, as well as an A in the Extendoed Essay in Mathematics. This score placed him in the best 2% of IB graduates in the world during his graduation year. As a result, he received an Excellence Award by the Spanish Ministry of Education which covered university fees. Besides teaching privately, David has held Number Theory lessons in the prestigious Ross Mathematics Program at the Ohio State University in the USA. This is an intensive university-level learning experience that has been selecting talented students from all over the world for over 60 years.
REGISTRATION: If you’re keen to enroll, sign up here (places are likely to run out!)
This course is aimed at students with a solid foundation in Maths (no less than 4 out of 7). Are you Looking for a revision course to fill major gaps in your preparation? If yes, that’s not something you should try to fix in a quick weekend – please contact us for a bespoke 1:1 programme.
