Lysterfield's tutors include a seasoned RMIT university lecturer with decades of teaching, an ATAR 99.5 Scotch College scholar, a Nossal High Distinction maths competitor, primary specialists with education degrees and school leadership experience, Kumon and private academy instructors, a state-level athletics coach, and multiple accomplished mentors from selective schools and top universities.
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I am absolutely thrilled with Hayden's performance as a tutor for my daughter. His questioning techniques are wonderful with encouraging my daughter to think more deeply about what she is learning. My daughter is feeling more confident with her mathematical problem solving skills now.Sharon, Lysterfield
Year 4 student Sahas worked on division using grouping with visual aids, and also practiced converting mixed fractions to improper fractions.
Year 8 student Luan focused on graphing linear equations by finding gradients and intercepts from algebraic expressions, along with revising how to solve equations involving positive and negative integers.
Meanwhile, Year 9 student Oliver tackled trigonometry for finding missing lengths and angles, as well as reviewing bearings and elevation problems in worded contexts.
Messy written work and lack of neat layout have repeatedly affected accuracy in Years 7–10, especially when working through long division or algebraic expansions—"reminding Ollie to keep calculations neat, and in correct columns to minimise mistakes" was a consistent note.
In Year 8 trigonometry, formula selection sometimes stalled progress until prompted by the tutor.
Several primary and lower secondary students avoided tackling harder worded questions or focused only on familiar times tables, making it difficult to transfer skills to new problem types; for example, one student struggled with converting word problems into equations during algebra revision.
When focus wavered, exercises often went unfinished.
A Lysterfield tutoring session saw one high school student, Ollie, move from making frequent mistakes with algebraic fractions to accurately solving balance method equations after targeted revision—he now checks each step carefully, something he often skipped before.
Another tutor noted that Luan, who previously struggled to focus and hesitated with negative integers, was able to complete all the adding exercises independently using counters and number lines.
For a younger student, Sahas, lessons using iPad visuals have paid off; where he once lost his place during division problems, he now stays engaged and can solve division by 3 and 5 using grouping pictures without reminders.
We have all had the experience of a "bad teacher" and we know it's not pleasant. Often the teacher is simply a bad match for that particular student rather than being a "bad teacher" in general but in either case the student has a serious problem. This is why many parents contact us for a private tutor - their child just can't "get it" when their teacher is teaching.
It's incredible how one explanation results in more confusion whereas another results in that "aha" feeling we all love so much! It is really a matter of getting the "right" tutor and not the "best" one. We see this every day in our work. A tutor might have hundreds of hours of experience and might have received dozens of testimonials from students, however, even such a tutor doesn't click with all students. Every tutor gets bad feedback sometimes. It's all about getting the right fit and this is what we do!
We will organise a 1-on-1 maths tutor in Lysterfield to come to your home at a time of your choosing. They will be a local Lysterfield maths tutor so scheduling lessons will be easy. Also, no booking fees, no minimum terms, no cancellation costs, no nonsense! And here's the best thing: your first lesson is a trial. So if you feel that the tutor wasn't a good fit, we'll organise someone else. It's our Good Fit Guarantee.
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