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Galston's tutors feature a 21-year primary education specialist and reading mentor, experienced K–12 subject and piano tutors from North Sydney Girls', an ATAR 96.9 Barker College graduate with four years' maths tutoring, Redfield's Year 11 Dux, UNSW and Macquarie Education undergraduates, youth camp leaders, school captains, sports coaches, and creative arts award-winners.

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Madeline
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The most important thing to do as a tutor for the student is provide an encouraging environment with the right tools to enable the student to progress in the subject. It is important to build a trusting relationship with the student by being reliable, kind, and positive. My strengths as a tutor are my determination, my flexibility, and my overall…
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Developing a friendship with the student. A friendship makes both feel more comfortable in the work they are doing as many aspects with be easier to handle as you have likely mastered communication with each other. For the student it will also give the subject more interest and therefore more confidence in learning it. I believe my strength will…
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A tutors most important duty is taking necessary action to improve a students breadth of knowledge, quality of writing and overall gain an essential confidence that will help them comprehensively tackle any obstacles that may arise in their schooling career. Fostering a constructive and productive environment is pertinent in aiding a students…
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- Teach them how to be passionate about their subjects - Teach them how to logically solve a problem so that they will be able to apply this method to all problems that they encounter, and hopefully solve them. - Working hard, but also smarter in order to achieve success. - Patience - Honest - Friendly - Kind - Passionate - Committed -…
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I think the most important things a tutor can do for a student are being an attentive and listening mentor, ready to help with any issues. As a tutor, I think being able to shape and mould your lessons around the needs of the student is also a very important skill, and in doing so they can help the student achieve their goals. I think some of my…
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Motivate a student to never give up, and encourage them to be the best versions of themselves I am kind, and patient, enjoy working with children and am. a team…
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Having freshly graduated from highschool, I understand the importance of wanting the "perfect" tutor. I believe that a tutor must be confident and patient enough to explain academic concepts from scratch and contribute to the learning confidence of a student. It's also important to be a mentor and make students feel valued. I remember feeling…
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A tutor, apart from ensuring that students understand the content of the subjects, also needs to inspire them, showing them the amazing and magical aspects of the subjects they are learning, keeping them motivated and excited to keep studying. I consider myself as an engaging tutor who can relate and connect to students from my personal viewpoint…
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I believe some of the most important things a tutor can do for a student is to support them and present themselves as a good role model. All students are different and their learning style, ways to approach certain topics and ability to process content are all different, therefore tutors being able to support them through difficulties, pointing…
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I believe the most important things are recognising their progress and congratulating them for it as school can always be tough and every student has a different pace they work at. I also believe having support through your education is important and a tutor needs to give a student that positive motivation to do well, it’s good for the student…
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A student seeks a tutor in the hopes of improving their academia and however big or small these improvements are, a tutor most ensure that the student learns. The tutor is providing a paid service and the student has the expectations that they will improve. So it is within the tutor's responsibility to achieve these expectations as reasonably as…
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I believe that one of the most important things is recognising students' needs and personalising their experience such that it is most beneficial for them. It is important to be empathetic and open-minded to a range of learning styles as a tutor, in order to assist in their academic journies. I also believe that a tutor should maintain a strong,…
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A tutor\'s first duty must be to create a comfortable environment for the student to learn. This means serving as a friend, and as someone who is receptive and understanding to the needs of the student. It is through this that students will grow and be most efficient in their studies. As a humanities oriented tutor, my strengths lie in my ability…
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Tutor can make a student feel at ease,make him comfortable and develope a friendship with him which is a good start before anything. Tutor can make a very strong impact on the student and not only teach him about the particular subject but also things related to daily life. Tutor can also teach students the importance of work ethic, set them up…
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A tutor's ultimate goal should be to increase an interest in that certain subject and learning overall. Tutors should also aim to push their students to their full potential with renewed sense of confidence. My best quality as a tutor is being understanding and patient with my students. I adapt and change teaching styles to best suit my student's…
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I think the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to teach the student how to approach problems and questions on their own, such that they are not dependent on anyone when they encounter a difficult problem in the future. For example, to teach them how to look at a problem in many different ways, to reverse the problem and work…
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The most important thing is that tutor should try to understand the student's understanding of the topics and fill the gap gradually with known concepts through the easiest possible way. Encourage the students towards learning by making the student feel comfortable and free to inquire about their doubts in a wide range. As a tutor, my strengths…
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Being able earn the trust of the student and work together in achieving mutually set relevant/ realistic goals in their personalised Learning Program. Bring high levels of engagement to the lessons and making sure that the student clearly understands the learnings in the lesson through the end of lesson re cap. Provide assistance through…
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Listen to what the student's struggle is with the subject. Understand how they learn and understanding the best way to utilise their strengths to help them. I have worked as an informal tutor for family and friends for many years, to the point where I am able to come from an educated point and provide real experience to help them. I have also gone…
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A tutor must be student-centered and patient. One must understand the difficulties of the child in a certain learning area and must find ways to overcome these difficulties using the student's strengths. One must be patient enough to guide the students in learning and to help them overcome their fear and apathy of the subject. My greatest strength…
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As someone who has been a part of school education, I believe that fostering a healthy balance between personal life and academics is pivotal towards a student's success in tertiary studies. Knowing this, I will strive to maximise the efficiency of the student's academic endeavours to ensure both their health and academic performance are at their…
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The most important thing a tutor can do is teach, not complete. A tutor's main goal is to be able to teach students to operate individually, not do all their work for them. It is also very important for tutors to be understanding, so that they can preform most efficiently. I believe that i am very patient, as I like tutoring and so have no problem…
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Giving motivation, goals and direction. I always loved tutors who could give me a purpose to life on top of knowledge of school content. I've always been in the tutoring scene back when I was in primary and all throughout high school. I know what kids want in a tutor and I will try my best to meet them. I have exceptional interpersonal skills and…

Local Reviews

I am pleased to say that Tayla is gaining confidence already. Courtney is amazing with Tayla. Tayla just sat a test that Courtney had helped prepare for and got her highest mark in months.
Marie

Inside GalstonTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 5 student Daniel focused on converting word problems into algebraic expressions and practiced finding the interior angles of quadrilaterals, using diagrams to structure his solutions.

In Year 8, Lukas worked through Pythagoras' Theorem for right-angled triangles and manipulated algebraic variables to solve for unknowns.

For Year 9, Sophie covered geometry topics including surface area and volume of solids, with an emphasis on using logic to streamline multi-step calculations.

Recent Challenges

Several high school students left a large portion of their maths work unmarked, which limited opportunities for targeted feedback—one tutor observed, "a significant portion of his school work is unmarked."

In Year 10 algebra, skipping the marking step meant persistent sign errors went unnoticed and slowed progress.

A Year 8 student showed reluctance to lay out steps when rearranging equations, making it difficult to pinpoint misunderstandings.

For a senior student revising payoff graphs in maths, revision focused mostly on easier examples rather than tackling complex options.

When exam season arrived, overconfidence led one Year 11 student to overlook question instructions, missing critical marks as a result.

Recent Achievements

One Galston tutor noticed that Tom, a high school student, was able to tackle multi-part algebra questions with much more independence—he interpreted graphs and connected them back to the underlying expressions without prompting, something he hesitated with in earlier sessions.

Will, also in high school, started attempting challenge problems that most of his classmates avoid; even when stuck, he persisted rather than giving up.

In primary years, Riley showed a real shift by listening carefully during fraction work and, by lesson's end, handled mixed negative fractions confidently—a big change from his previous confusion on these topics.

What they say about our tutoring

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Patrick is a wonderful asset to your company.  It pleases me so much that Patrick has a wonderful understanding of my Son capabilities with in only 5 lessons. Thank you for sending Patrick to us.

Mike has been great and very patient with Chelsea.  Most importantly Chelsea is feeling comfortable with him and starting to open up and ask questions. He is also very organised and we are really happy.

We are very happy with Baily. She is very competent in math, but is also a very good teacher.  She makes learning fun and the boys' relationship with her is developing well. As a person, Baily has a lovely manner about her, is very respectful, but confident.

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 Galston Branch Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Galston Public School.