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Chemistry Tutor Craigmore, SA
Encouraging and patient when explaining concepts to students. Tutors need to provide encouragement as this will build both motivation within the student to do well in a subject, and increase their overall confidence in a difficult topic. I believe setting achievable goals is also an important thing a tutor can do. Patience is also critical, as…

Local Reviews

My son and myself are greatly satisfied with the work that Jacqualine is putting forth to my son Tyler, he looks forward to every session. Jacqueline is professional, explains the following subjects until my son grasps on but also makes learning enjoyable. Not only myself by Tyler's teacher has seen an improvement with his confidence when completing a math's task at school. I believe we are in the process of having Tyler's teacher also liaise with Jacqueline to make this process a easier transition.
Alexandra

Inside Humbug ScrubTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Dominic worked on identifying factors and multiples, including finding highest common factors and lowest common multiples, as well as exploring prime numbers using number lists.

In Year 10, Georgia focused on solving simultaneous linear equations both graphically and algebraically, also practising how to use a graphic calculator for these solutions.

For Year 11, James tackled problems involving fractional exponents and surds, alongside applying exponent rules to simplify algebraic expressions.

Recent Challenges

In Year 4 mathematics, a student struggled to automatically recall basic number facts and sometimes left homework on prime numbers incomplete, as noted: "did not answer all questions in the set."

In a Year 8 algebra session, working was skipped in multi-step problems; this led to hidden errors—"he jumped straight to answers when expanding brackets."

Meanwhile, a Year 10 student avoided writing out steps for worded percentage questions, preferring mental calculations but missing key details. The result: time lost retracing logic and difficulty identifying specific misunderstandings during review.

Recent Achievements

Dominic has started to ask more questions and actively join discussions after initially being quiet and hesitant. He now even volunteers to try fraction problems while the tutor observes.

Abigail has begun tackling probability rules and simultaneous equations with less prompting than before; she's making connections faster and clarifies her own misunderstandings out loud.

A younger student who previously mixed up digit values was able to confidently read five-digit numbers without pausing or second-guessing.

What they say about our tutoring

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This all seems to be going really well. We are very happy with James and his reliability, knowledge of the area and approach to tutoring.

We are happy with Taylor. Emilie gets on well with her and they work well together. Taylor is keeping the work current and relevant.

thanks for your note.  Things appear to be going well with Andrew.  He is a very polite and professional young man and he seems to get on well with Matthew.

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 Gumeracha Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like One Tree Hill Primary School.