Due to the current situation we are experiencing significant demand for tutoring. Fast track your enrolment online: Enrol Online Now

Private software-design-development tutors that come to you in person or online

100% Good Fit
Guarantee

Coldstream's tutors include a qualified secondary maths and science teacher with VCE expertise, a Monash Master of Engineering graduate and university teaching associate, an ATAR 96+ advanced science student, multiple experienced peer mentors and school coaches, and passionate future educators currently pursuing teaching degrees at Melbourne's top universities.

  • 100% Good Fit Guarantee
    100% Good Fit Guarantee

    Love your tutor or it's free. Guaranteed.

  • Qualified Tutors
    Qualified Tutors

    Carefully screened, fewer than 10% are good enough to work with us.

  • Simple Terms
    Simple Terms

    No booking fees, no hidden fees. Cancel any time, no lock-in.

  • We come to you
    We come to you

    You decide where and when to meet. As little or as often as you want.

  • Working with Children Check
    Working with Children Check

    All tutors have a valid working with children check

  • Real Results
    Real Results

    Reach goals and improve grades faster with private, 1-to-1 lessons.

  • Any Grade
    Any Grade

    High school or primary, you'll get a tutor that fits your needs.

  • 1000's of Happy Students
    1000's of Happy Students

    Our tutors show WHAT to study + HOW to study

  • Lesson Reports
    Lesson Reports

    You'll get feedback on each lesson, so you know how your child gets on.

Kristopher
  • y1
  • y2
  • y3
  • y4
  • y5
  • y6
  • y7
  • y8
  • y9
  • y10
  • y11
  • y12
  • Naplan
  • VCE

Kristopher

Software Dev Tutor Chirnside Park, VIC
To be patient, understanding and always willing to go back to the basics and refresh their memory and to get the work to fit together. But mostly the tutor must be someone who the student is comfortable with and able to ask any questions or queries however small or silly they may think they might be. Strengths: Excelent communication and people…

Local Reviews

I am very happy with how things are going and Zach is lovely so thank you for finding us a great match for Kane
Fiona, Coldstream

Inside ColdstreamTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 8 student Josh revised index laws and tackled algebraic topics including expanding brackets and simplifying expressions.

For Year 9, Codi worked through trigonometry problems—solving for unknowns in triangles and practicing the application of bearings to contextual scenarios.

Meanwhile, Year 5 student Sara focused on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators and practiced converting between decimals and fractions, using visual aids where helpful.

Recent Challenges

In Year 10 algebra, a student skipped showing working for multi-step equations, which meant sign errors went unnoticed until late in the process. As a tutor noted, "he often forgets to show his working out for a question."

During Year 11 calculus sessions, time pressure led one student to rely heavily on memorized rules rather than understanding—this made it difficult when unfamiliar terminology or new question types appeared.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 student hesitated to try alternative multiplication strategies and defaulted to calculators, so pen-and-paper fluency didn't improve. In these moments, confusion and frustration slowed progress instead of practice building confidence.

Recent Achievements

One Coldstream tutor noticed Josh is now double-checking and self-correcting his work more often—something he rarely did before—which has led to fewer mistakes in expanding brackets and solving equations.

Meanwhile, Ayelet (also high school) is relying less on her calculator; she's begun handling more mental calculations and can simplify surds without the hesitations she had just a few weeks ago.

In primary years, Sara surprised her tutor by drawing her own diagrams to add and subtract fractions—a shift from previously depending entirely on visual aids provided—and then completing all the questions correctly.

What they say about our tutoring

quote

I am very happy so far with Joseph who has started teaching Thomas. He is keen to work with him and seems to be enjoying their sessions

Pippa is very happy with Dexter. Her tutoring style is very effective and Pippa had excellent results in her mid-year exams.

Sam's first session with Wahidah went really well. He really liked her and responded well to her teaching.

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 Lilydale Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Coldstream Primary School.