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James
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A tutor can provide mentoring and perspective for a student. Tutoring in my opinion is more effective than lecturing as the student gets more individual attention. A tutor is somebody you can go to if you are not completely confident studying by yourself. My strengths are that i am very good at mathematics and enjoy helping other people. I also…
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To provide educational leadership to explore and examine relationships between language and text, and interrelationships among texts. To teach students to examine closely the individual qualities of texts while considering the Sources’ relationships to the wider context of the HSC ADV/STD English/History Area of Study. I provide educational…
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Chudi
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As a tutor, the most important thing that i can do for a student is really listen to what they are asking and to try and focus on each student as individuals, and not just parts of a class. I believe that each student has his or her own weaknesses and areas which they wish to improve on. I believe that I am good with children and am patient and…
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I think the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is clarifying and reviewing a piece of information they are trying to learn and understand, while instilling a useful learning strategy. Also increasing the level of knowledge so their confidence level increases and hence allowing them to improve at school. Patience would be a strength…
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Teach in an understandable, motivating, and enjoyable way. Crucial factors for efficient learning (things as relibaility, punctuality and so on) are all obvious and mandatory to me. Finally, every student has his / her own ways of learning / understanding things, and it is clearly the job of the tutor to find out the most efficient one, to let the…
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A tutor should be very patient and let the student learn in his/her own pace. A tutor must develop a friendly professional relationship with the student, help him/her focus on the weak points, and provide continuous encouragement and support. I am very patient and a good listener. I always take the time to listen to what a student has to say…
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I think it's really important for a tutor to offer intrinsic motivation to a student. I find that alot of students are easily academically discouraged. I believe my role as a tutor is to provide them guidance and encouragement. However, I believe a tutor should always be realistic and honest with their student as it would be wrong to offer false…
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After confirming they've got a handle on a concept, emphasise practise and self-study. I believe this is important in ensuring they get enough time with a concept so as not to forget it. I believe I'm good at explaining concepts in more than one way and being patient. I enjoy interacting with the kids and it makes me genuinely happy when they…
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The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to not only teach them, but allow them to be independent and learn. My strengths as a tutor includes that: I am patient, I find different methods to teach, and I try to understand them and teach them in a way how I understood…
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Make them feel like you believe in them, and ensure you are being kind and patient and encouraging. Confidence in a student makes a huge difference to their willingness to learn and their study habits. I have patience and understanding, and make sure a student has a solid base to build their knowledge on. I like to work with the student and ensure…
Shiyi (Clara)
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Give insight and experience to tackle questions and exam conditions Communication, Clarification, Organisation, detailed…
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The most important thing would be being able to be flexible in your teaching strategy so that a kid who may not have understood the concept, understands it in a different way. Being able to do this without losing your temper at a kid who doesn't understand is an underappreciated skill according to me because usually people think of it as more…
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I think that helping a student find summarising and working methods that suit their personal academic strengths and weaknesses is very valuable. I also think helping a student to find the aspects of a subject that are inspiring and engaging to them is very valuable. I think I am good at using a variety of teaching methods based on the needs of the…
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The most important role of tutors is to help and see their students achieve their academic goals. This is done by being disciplined, committed, and compassionate towards the student's learning. When tutors meet students they need to understand their strengths, weaknesses, and areas of concern. Tutors need to identify these for their student(s) and…
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Catering to a student's needs and teaching at a pace that the student can follow is the most important thing in my opinion, as it ensures the student is fully comprehending and understanding what the tutor is teaching My strength lies in my patience and empathy when helping others as I was in their very shoes up until very recently so I would be…
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interact with the student and attend to their needs. Being able to communicate as a friend whilst teaching according to a child's…
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Help each children succeed their own goals (we would need to ask them what their goal is at first) Ability to establish a rapport with…
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The most important thing a tutor can do would be to personalise the study plan and instruction to ensure that the student's weaknesses and strengths are being addressed and to have the patience to explain concepts repeatedly if the student doesn't understand it at first. Often times, students seek outside tutoring as they feel the help they…
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transfer self-confidence, work hard in an alternative way, be a reliable figure, build a long-term relationship, show school subjects in a different way My high passion for this subject. I won't ever be bored if Maths is related to my daily life. My confidence in Maths let me run always different and interactive lessons, any doubts will be surely…
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I believe every student has the potential to succeed but sometimes requires positive influence to an individualised approach of teaching. Therefore, as a tutor, the most important thing for me is to motivate my students and increase their confidence by establishing strong bonds with them and foster a compassionate and well-structured learning…
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Help the students understand the maths question Help them to learn the techniques to solve it Help them answer the question correctly and quickly I can handle students well and i am very good at explaining since i have so much practice and i can communicate very well in amanner that they can understand…
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A tutor can teach the student how to learn a difficult subject, how to clear their thoughts when they're not able to understand something and think from a different angle. Communication, building relationship with students, making studying fun by conducting short surprise…

Local Reviews

Nathan has been a fantastic help with Ruby and helped her gain some confidence.
Jodi, Croydon

Inside MortlakeTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 6 student Lily worked on adding and subtracting fractions, then practiced multiplying and dividing both mixed and improper fractions using visual aids.

In Year 8, Ethan focused on expanding brackets in algebraic expressions and began factorising basic expressions for homework support.

For Year 11, Olivia reviewed the strategic role of financial management along with objectives of finance and explored the interdependence between finance and other business functions within her Commerce studies.

Recent Challenges

A Year 8 maths student often rushed to answers without showing step-by-step working, especially in algebra and inequalities—this made it hard to spot sign errors or missing pronumerals. "He tends to work out the answers in his head instead of writing out his working," a tutor noted, which led to small mistakes accumulating on assessments.

In senior economics, a Year 12 struggled with structuring business report evaluations and sometimes neglected reviewing class notes for macroeconomic concepts.

One Year 9 English student read quickly but overlooked grammatical errors and failed to organise ideas clearly in written responses, impacting both comprehension and expression.

Recent Achievements

One Mortlake tutor noticed real shifts across different year levels recently. In Year 8 maths, Tyler used to skip showing his working out, but now consistently sets it out for problems he can't do mentally, which has helped him catch errors before moving on.

In senior Business Studies, Kai moved from mostly descriptive writing to crafting more analytical paragraphs in his reports after targeted feedback—he now explains cause and effect instead of just listing facts.

Meanwhile, Zarraf (Year 6 English) went from hesitating to share ideas aloud to making thoughtful predictions about challenging texts and backing them up with details from the story.

What they say about our tutoring

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Julian has done a wonderful job tutoring Julia. She has always struggled with maths but has made very good progress thanks to his patient, consistent effort. We look forward to his continuing to tutor Julia up to the HSC exams.

Daniel as a tutor is a very good fit (perfect) for Sid! We are quite happy with the way things are progressing so far & happy to continue.

Just wanted to let you know that my daughter just finished her first tutoring session with Derek and he was fantastic! Thank you so much for connecting us with him, things are looking up already.

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 Gladesville Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Patrick's Catholic Primary School.