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Tutors in Balgownie include a senior maths teacher with over 40 years' K–12 experience and a Commonwealth Scholarship, multiple high-ATAR Smith's Hill alumni—including a Dux, subject-firsts, and academic awardees—plus seasoned youth mentors, sports coaches, peer support leaders, accomplished university students in STEM and English, and an A* UK Astrophysics scholar.

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Understanding that different students learn in different styles, and catering to all of those different needs, as well as not making a student feel silly. I am an excellent communicator, friendly and very approachable. Students relate to me because I had tutors for years! I am able to put into words and demonstrate how to do things in a way…
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Teach and help them learn by listening to what it is that they need help with. Each student is different so developing an individual way with each one is very important as a tutor. Honesty, if something is wrong with something I can tell a student how to fix it straight away. Another strength of mine is teaching someone how to do something rather…
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Identify areas where the student struggles and work with them to improve those weak points. I think I am good at explaining abstract concepts in an easily understood and digestable…
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The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is be there for them, both through aid in academic studies and through personal encouragement. A tutor needs to make sure the student feels safe and understood, seen and heard. Therefore, I believe a tutor needs to just have faith in their students. That is the best and most important thing a…
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Listen to them, let them teach you about themselves, let them have a go and try things and trial and error. No matter how many times they get it wrong they will always learn more by putting the effort in rather than just being given the answer. Also find out what techniques help them learn best, some students can pick up things in different ways…
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The most important things a tutor can do for a student is enhancing a student academic confidence by providing extra support that session may not provide them. In addition, tutoring can aid the refinement of academic skill which will assist a student in gaining personal security in successful completion of assessment tasks and in-class…
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After school help is the one thing I feel all students require. A tutor can provide that requisite help and enable students accelerate their learning and cognition for better performance and a better future. Tutors also help students stay focused and disciplined while out of school. So, it gives the necessary direction that every student requires.…
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The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to make themselves welcoming. A good and effective tutor is open to all ideas and willing to completely work with the student. The most effective tutors will offer a variety of perspectives and welcome all criticism and differing opinions. During school, I struggled with breaking down tasks,…
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- learn about them as individuals - identify their strengths and weaknesses - quality teaching Communication with the students and building a relationship which aids in the improvement of the…

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Jade plans ahead, she is is thorough and she has a lovely gentle nature. She has helped our daughter with mich success in a short time.
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Inside BalgownieTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Ava worked on multiplication tables and reading comprehension, practicing spelling through sentence building activities.

For Year 8, Emily focused on fractions—using visual models to compare sizes—and practiced mental addition strategies like "friends of 10 and 20."

Meanwhile, Year 12 student Sebastien tackled essay planning for English Advanced, writing an introduction together for a long response question on All the Light We Cannot See and exploring how to integrate related texts into his writing.

Recent Challenges

A Year 4 student still relies on finger counting for addition and subtraction, as one tutor observed, "he confuses addition and subtraction," which slows problem-solving and affects confidence.

In Year 8 English, another struggled to structure comparative essays, hesitating with how to reference texts properly—missing marks even when ideas were strong.

For a senior student in Year 12 Chemistry, revision was often limited to familiar topics; more challenging concepts like spdf notation were left until the last minute.

One high schooler repeatedly left homework incomplete, leading to gaps that compounded week-to-week, especially ahead of tests.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in Balgownie recently noticed a Year 11 student who used to stick closely to simple vocabulary now actively seeks out synonyms and refines her arguments, especially when drafting essays under time pressure.

In another high school session, Sebastien—who previously hesitated to ask questions—has begun preparing thoughtful queries about structuring creative writing tasks and regularly completes homework ahead of schedule.

Meanwhile, a younger student who once struggled with reading fluency is now pronouncing tricky words clearly and even read an entire story aloud without pausing for help.

What they say about our tutoring

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Jarryd is proving a great find! Meg's already doing better and feeling more confident, so we're very happy. Thanks for finding him for us.

Katie is great and things are all going very well. Both Michaela and I like Katie very much.

Thanks for organising Matt for tutoring. Tom had a great first session with him and said he 'got heaps'Âť out of the experience.

Local Spots for Tutoring

If you'd prefer not to have lessons at home, tutoring can also take place at a local library—such as Corrimal District Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Balgownie Public School.