Tutors in Mermaid Waters include a veteran US middle school maths teacher with 15+ years' classroom and private tutoring experience, an award-winning biomedical scientist and peer mentor, a Bill Wilcox Mathematics Award recipient, high-ATAR subject dux achievers, experienced K–12 English and piano tutors, and university students with Olympiad, robotics mentoring, and advanced STEM credentials.
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Lara has been a wonderful help for my son with Grade 9 Mathematics and Science. He was initially reluctant to try tutoring but Lara quickly made him feel comfortable and he is reporting that the tutoring is improving his confidence. I would certainly recommend Lara.Kristy, Mermaid Waters
Year 6 student Milly worked on understanding outliers and measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode, range), using explanation sheets and practice questions to solidify these concepts.
Year 8 student Ava focused on creating and interpreting frequency tables, including cumulative frequency, gradually building up from basic to more advanced examples.
For Year 10, Liam tackled linear equations by identifying if an equation is linear and calculating values using the y = mx + c form.
A Year 10 student hesitated to attempt algebra questions without notes, often looking back at previous examples instead of trusting her own process—she became less confident as soon as an equals sign appeared, noted the tutor.
In Year 7 maths, skipping careful working and not setting out steps neatly led to confusion during factorisation tasks.
For a senior chemistry worksheet, memorising charges was avoided in favour of referencing handouts, slowing progress on balancing equations.
Meanwhile, a Year 6 student missed homework deadlines and left some revision incomplete, making it harder to consolidate fractions and decimals across topics.
One Mermaid Waters tutor noticed that a Year 10 student who used to get overwhelmed by complex Excel data tasks is now confidently double-checking her answers and referring back to her own summary sheets when stuck, rather than freezing up.
In a recent session with a Year 7 student, the tutor observed genuine improvement in algebra: after initially hesitating, she began identifying the right process for factorising without needing prompts.
Meanwhile, a Year 4 student who once struggled to visualise multiplication surprised her tutor by explaining division using her own diagrams and then tackling two-digit problems independently.
