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Who are we?

Eureka Learning is an online language and tutoring school offering online private and group classes for adults and children alike. 
 
The school was opened in January 2019 by Sarah Boland, who, aside of managing the online school also teaches mathematics, business studies , economics and German.  So far, all our virtual teachers have received great feedback from students and the company has grown quickly. Our main aim is to provide high quality online lessons, helping each individual student to reach their goals. 
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Our Departments

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Online Language Department

The language department focuses on teaching foreign languages as well as English as a foreign language. Have a look here for more information
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Online Tutoring Department

The tutoring department has a selection of online tutors providing students help in small groups or 1-2-1 in a range of subjects commonly taught in schools and colleges. 
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Online Homeschool

Our online homeschool provides weekly live classes to homeschooled children from primary to college and access to a customised online platform for the sharing of course material and extra support. 
Our prestigious online school provides a creative and broad British curriculum to all of our students. Our expert and highly qualified online teachers supply our students with an outstanding, world class online education that gives them the ability to excel and succeed in their exams and goals. Our flexible and personalised virtual learning approach allows our online pupils to learn when it is most convenient for them, giving them more time for the activities they love. Whether our online students are looking for virtual morning classes or virtual evening classes, we have a selection of schedules for every student to match their circumstances. 

Featured Teachers

Sarah Boland
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Subjects:

  • Maths 

  • Business 

  • Economics

Sarah teaches from year 7 through to university. 

Sarah was born in a small town in Germany. After graduating from college, she moved to Scotland, where she completed her master's degree. As part of her degree, she spent a year living and studying in Spain. Due to her love of studying and a long interest in Mathematics, she completed an honour's degree in Mathematics at the Open University, while also studying towards a distance learning degree in psychology. Using her academic knowledge and success, Sarah started teaching as a private tutor. As she was very successful and received well by her students, she decided to grow her business and set up her own language and tutoring school. Eureka now has a team of tutors, a tutoring centre in Portsmouth as well as an online school teaching many homeschooled students.

Thorya Cherrared
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Subjects:

  • French

  • Arabic

  • Maths

Thorya teaches primary school and French for all ages.

Born in Algeria, Thorya graduated with a masters in applied statistics in 2012 before moving to the UK. She has a number of years’ experience working as a statistician/engineer within the finance and banking industry where she was responsible for a number of projects in different sectors. Native in French and Arabic, Thorya has been enjoying tutoring French, Arabic and mathematics privately, while raising her kids. She enjoys meeting new people and working in the community. What she enjoys the most is seeing people taking up a new language whether for work or as a hobby and slowly getting to master it.

Abbie Thomson
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Subjects:

Abbie teaches primary school students in a range of subjects

Abbie is a primary teacher from Edinburgh. She holds a degree in Primary Education from the University of Stirling, and has experience in teaching a variety of subjects to children of all ages. This has enabled Abbie to develop techniques to teach challenging concepts and create engaging materials. She has also completed her CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) with the British Council. During this course, Abbie held online English classes for adults of various levels, and helped develop their skills to meet their aims.

Kajol Punjabi
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Subjects:

  • Psychology

  • Biology

  • Chemistry

Kajol teaches from secondary school to sixth form.

Kajol Punjabi was born in Mumbai, India. She completed the first half of her education until pre-university level in Mumbai, before moving to China in 2015 for medical school. During her stay in China, she learnt Mandarin and successfully completed the HSK level 5 examination. Besides medicine, teaching has always been her passion, which is why Kajol always had in my mind the wish to take up teaching as a full-time career. Kajol teaches Psychology, Biology and Chemistry for GCSEs as well as A-Levels. She also teaches Mandarin as per the HSK examination qualification requirements. While she loves teaching, a major part of her lifestyle also includes a lot of love for animals, reading and music. Kajol hopes and wishes to help as many stray and abandoned animals as possible, and has been slowly yet steadily working her way towards this goal. Kajol's passion to educate and help young people to achieve their dreams is equally as strong, and she hopes to be able to teach for as long as possible.

Claudia Karnitz
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Subjects:

  • German

Claudia teaches students in secondary school.

Claudia was born in Cologne, Germany and obtained a Masters in English and German Language and Literature and Educational Sciences. As a student and after her degree she worked for several years in various administrative roles, such as working in the office of an in-company language school – where she learned a lot from the teachers she dealt with – as well as organising degree programmes in Germany and the UK for employees. She then moved to Bordeaux where she raised her daughter, and started teaching private lessons in ESOL and German to teenagers and adults. After 13 years in France, she moved with her family to the Moray area in Scotland where she co-managed a pub while teaching private lessons online. Now she lives in Aberdeen and teaches German, ESOL, and sometimes French to teenagers, students, and adults of all levels. She has extensive experience in GSCE preparation, A - Levels/Highers, as well as several IB German programmes. In her spare time she enjoys reading historical crime novels and short stories, hiking, Pilates and visiting castles.

Guy Rogers
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Subjects:

  • Physics

  • Biology

  • Chemistry

  • Maths

Guy teaches from year 7 to college.

Guy was born in Portsmouth and has lived in the surrounding area all his life. His love for science started in school and continued through to university where he studied astrophysics at the Russell Group's University of Southampton. While at university, he began to tutor privately and soon realised he had a passion for helping others to learn. Once graduated, he was able to use this passion to teach science at key stage 3 and 4 both in school and through continued private tutoring. Now, he still enjoys spending time helping students succeed through private tutoring and teaching online classes at the school.

Ann Boland
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Subjects:

  • English

  • History 

Ann teaches all ages, from primary to college.

Ann was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1985 she moved to the UK with her husband and raised her three children, while completing a degree in Histroy. She subsequently taught English to young children in Germany where she lived for 13 years until returning to the UK and teaching English to foreign students in Wales, preparing for GCSE exams. She now lives in England teaching a variety of online classes teaching English and history with Eureka.

Katie Unnithan
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Subjects:

  • RE

  • Philosophy

Katie teaches students in secondary school through to sixth form.

Katie was born in California but grew up in the UK. She has a BA Philosophy Religion and Ethics and an MA International Law; Ethics and Politics both from University of Birmingham. Katie worked as a private tutor alongside studying and helped provide feedback to university students through the university-approved website, Studiosity. She has been living in Birmingham since she graduated in December. Katie really enjoys teaching Religious Studies and Philosophy because these subjects can help students articulate and interact with difficult questions they may not directly talk about elsewhere. Also, students always bring really interesting perspectives to discussions and they "make her job so much easier (and more fun)!" In her spare time she also enjoys running and boxing. Katie has completed several half marathons and one full marathon as well as a trail race.

Mike Griffiths
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Subjects:

  • Chemistry

  • Science

  • Marine Science

  • Physics

Mike teaches from secondary school to sixth form.

Mike has 5 years experience working at Trinity Academy in Carlisle in the SEN department. He has a masters degree in physics, so he has high skills in physics and maths. Mike is passionate about his subjects and he believes that enjoyment and motivation are key to learning, hence he tries to add variety and fun into his lessons wherever possible. Mike is very familiar with the Edexcel and AQA G.C.S.E. courses, as well as the AQA A-level physics and the AQA and Edexcel A-level maths courses. Mike has taught at 4 different high schools around the country, supporting students in lessons and one-to-one sessions. "My experience has informed me that enjoyment and motivation are key to learning, both adults and children alike need to enjoy what they are doing and feel as if they are achieving".

Carla Tenner
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Subjects:

  • English

  • History

  • Geography

Carla is available to teach all ages. 

Carla was born in South Africa and has lived there all her life. She has been involved in teaching since graduating from the Nelson Mandela University in 2007 where she obtained a Bachelor majoring in English Language and Literature, Geography, and Psychology. She then went on to receive a Post Graduate Certificate in Education majoring in English as well as the Social Sciences. Carla has taught a variety of subjects. She feels that her greatest strength is her ability to connect with her learners and to create a positive environment where her learners feel supported to learn and grow in their knowledge of the subjects. Carla is an outgoing person who enjoys meeting new people and working with children and young adults. Her teaching philosophy is to not just focus on conveying the necessary subject matter, but to also facilitate and promote her learners developing their critical thinking capabilities. Carla’s love for learning and teaching has brought her to Eureka where she is able to reach people from all over the world through online tutoring and the online school.

Paula Zapata
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Subjects:

  • Spanish

  • English

Paula teaches from primary through to College.

Paula was born in Colombia and emigrated to the United States at a very young age. She graduated from the University of Houston, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in communications. At university, she also obtained minor degrees in interdisciplinary art and English Language arts. Paula worked as a video editor, content writer, and multimedia artist for a decade. During that time, she began giving private lessons to help others learn video editing. For the past five years, her focus has been in education. In 2019, she earned a 120 hour Advanced TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification and began teaching English and Spanish to students both locally and overseas. Having taught students of all ages and fro a variety of backgrounds, her passion has led her to encourage learners of all abilities to discover their full potential. Paula is most passionate about art, languages, literature, and activism. She also enjoys swimming, gardening, watching films, and making art in her spare time.

Jacques Hackart
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Subjects:

  • English

  • Maths

  • Science

Jacques teaches all ages from primary up to Year 7

Jacques was born in South Africa and has lived there all of his life. He has been involved in teaching since the start of 2007. Jacques graduated from Nelson Mandela University where he obtained a Bachelor majoring in all the subjects including English, Mathematics and the Sciences for primary school (B.Ed (IP)). Since then, Jacques has been involved with many forms of education from the local curriculum of his country, ACE (Accelerated Christian education), to international systems such as IEB. Throughout his years of teaching, Jacques has taught a variety of subjects in-person and also online over many platforms (such as Moodle, Google class and Microsoft Teams). He believes that one of his strengths is to assist his student where they are and will make sure they understand before carrying on as he believes that when it comes to academics, there is a foundation that needs to be established. When he is not teaching, Jacques enjoys time being a musician and enjoys meeting new people and working with adults and children to better themselves. Jacques’ passion is to see his students reach the goals that they have set themselves aspire to be the best that they can be. This passion has brought Jacques to Eureka where he is able to reach people from every corner of the world through remote teaching and tutoring.

Julie-Ann R
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Subjects:

  • Geography

  • History

  • Art

  • Spanish

Julie-Ann teaches primary school students in a range of subjects.

Julie-Ann is a primary teacher who qualified from Durham University with a BA (hons) in Primary education. She then went on to study for her PGCE in Education. Upon leaving school, Julie-Ann trained to become a teaching assistant and this is when her love of teaching began. After this, however, she chose a different path and studied general nursing becoming a registered general nurse. From here, Julie-Ann moved into medical sales as a territory manager before deciding to go back to University and follow her passion for teaching. Julie-Ann has gathered wide experience in teaching, both in classrooms and online, and has taught all subjects to all ages of primary children. She has experience of teaching children with additional needs and children with English as their second language and believes that teaching children the joy of learning is a privilege. After living in Spain some years ago, Julie-Ann decided that she wanted to spend half of her time living back in Andalucía, so online teaching was the perfect opportunity to make a move from the classroom. Outside of teaching, Julie-Ann enjoys spending time with her husband and two children and likes to walk her dog, Bella. She also enjoys art, reading, yoga and swimming.

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