Tutors in Abba River include high-achieving graduates, experienced teachers, subject specialists, and passionate mentors from top Australian universities. Many have received academic awards or hold advanced degrees, and all share a genuine commitment to helping students succeed.
Improving their skills and marks is obviously very important, but I believe that the students' confidence is of paramount importance. When they see what they are capable of and how much they can improve over only a short period of time, this has a cumulative effect on their self-confidence, which in turn spurs them on to greater heights and bigger…
Inside Abba RiverTutoring Sessions
Content Covered
In primary, tutoring often targets core arithmetic—addition, subtraction, times tables, fractions, and building number sense—while also pushing for deeper comprehension, not just rote rules. High school sessions shift to algebraic thinking, graphing, interpreting questions, and developing strong exam strategies. There’s a big emphasis on breaking down word problems, revisiting tricky homework, and test prep for NAPLAN or semester exams, always tailored to what each student finds hardest right now.
Recent Challenges
Some primary students rush through comprehension or maths tasks without fully reading instructions, leading to incomplete or off-target answers. In high school, it’s common for students to have scattered or unclear working, which makes multi-step problems harder to check and fix. Other frequent hurdles include forgetting materials, leaving homework unfinished, or spending revision time catching up on missed basics instead of moving forward—all of which can hold back progress and lead to confusion.
Recent Achievements
Tutors are noticing students becoming more proactive during lessons—regularly checking their own work, spotting errors, and making corrections without being asked. There’s a clear shift toward students verbalising their steps in maths and explaining their reasoning aloud, rather than rushing through problems. Tutors also report that learners are reviewing their test results with more care and taking the initiative to improve, showing greater confidence and ownership of their progress.
What they say about our tutoring
Yes I have spoken with Chirag this afternoon. He seems really lovely,
confident, competent and friendly and I think someone like this is
going to be ideal for our Pops.
Zane is finally grasping concepts that he always found confusing in class. Alan has been very patient with Zane, as there is quite a bit of work to do.
Zane would not have received this personal time in class, due to time, disruptions etc..
Thank goodness we are starting now before NAPLAN in 2 weeks and highschool in 2019.
Just an up date on Alexander. He is absolutely shining with Matt - fantastic tutor!