<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hazel Tomkin tutoring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowering Unique Learners, Stress-Free Success]]></description><link>https://www.h-tomkin-tutoring.co.uk/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:15:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.h-tomkin-tutoring.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Can you whistle while you work? How ear worms get some students through exams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music is a fantastic tool for motivation and regulation – not just for homework and revision but even, believe it or not, for exams. How music helps Music helps in so many ways: Jiggling along to a song's rhythm provides a channel for movement, when sitting still takes more concentration than you have to spare. Following along with a track's "feels" provides an easy channel for emotions, when suppressing stress or anxiety only makes it harder to think. Singing along to the music lowers the...]]></description><link>https://www.h-tomkin-tutoring.co.uk/post/can-you-whistle-while-you-work-how-ear-worms-get-some-students-through-exams</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a29646e2a057aa1c77b40a0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:53:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/625d72_dc7c36186c8d456b9f4ff0122bf509e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_730,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hazel Tomkin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[End of exam season!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just gave my last exam lesson for the year. So proud of my students for all that they've overcome!! Chief highlights of this exam season for me: using the proportion of high heels and flats in my future-fashion-student's wardrobe to learn about ratio getting momentarily distracted from introducing a student to the deliciousness of half rhymes by her cat getting trapped in my long skirt a student teaching me about the world's only flightless parrot – and then us using its big ole feet and...]]></description><link>https://www.h-tomkin-tutoring.co.uk/post/end-of-exam-season</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a26e4457ed4057defe8ab2c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:01:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/625d72_c84cebbb2e6241a29e94a24b681ac394~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hazel Tomkin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 stages of learning: how to take the stress out of mistakes for anxious students]]></title><description><![CDATA[(hard not to feel like I was posing for Beyoncé’s ‘Single Ladies’ while taking these photos) A common problem for my anxious lessons is that horrible dread of making mistakes. It’s so easy to get stuck – you make a mistake, you freak out about it, your brain freezes up…and now it feels like you can’t do anything. Least of all risk making another mistake that might make your brain freeze even more. So I’m forever grateful to my old singing teacher who taught me the 5 stages of learning : Stage...]]></description><link>https://www.h-tomkin-tutoring.co.uk/post/5-stages-of-learning-how-to-take-the-stress-out-of-mistakes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a268fbb579005354a9b5491</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:07:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/625d72_5eb05ae7003a4dd0bde7857d8164de5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hazel Tomkin</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>