Katherine was great with the girls. Very organised, assertive and patient. She has surpassed my expectations, so I am really happy with her and so are the girls.
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Penfield's tutors include a Master of Teaching candidate and former school dux in maths and sciences, Kumon-trained mentors with peer tutoring experience, an academic award-winning pharmacy student, a research scholar with university teaching expertise, experienced Kumon and private tutors, creative writers, and postgraduate students in mathematics, engineering, data science and education.
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Marystella
Psychology Tutor Andrews Farm, SA
The most important things a tutor can do are build the student’s confidence, provide personalised support, and create a safe environment for learning. A good tutor doesn’t just teach content they empower the student to become a more independent and motivated learner. My strengths as a tutor include patience, clear communication, and…
Strengths:
- Clear communicator
- Conf boost focus
- Adapts for students
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Isla
Psychology Tutor Direk, SA
I believe the most important thing a tutor can offer a child is patience. Impatience does not create a suitable learning environment. Qualities like these can prevent a child from wanting to learn, they may negatively associate with the subject, putting them further behind. Every child can succeed, given enough time. I have strengths as coach that…
Strengths:
- 1-on-1 coaching exp
- Essay writing help
- Confidence focus
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Ahok
Psychology Tutor Elizabeth Downs, SA
Tutors serve a distinct role from teachers and parents, putting them in a unique position to assist learners. Personal relationships are crucial to student achievement; the more attached a student feels to his or her tutor, the more trust and respect the tutor instils in the student, both of which are necessary ingredients for effective learning.…
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Hanny
Psychology Tutor Burton, SA
In my opinion, as a tutor, it is very important to cherish the students as they progressed, acknowledging their work and encourage them to try to do with their full potential. Besides, it is important to have an understanding of their best way of learning, and encourage them to question in their learning. Furthermore, awareness of their wellbeing…
Strengths:
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- Leadership roles
- Maths & science
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Psychology
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Jaswinder kaur
Psychology Tutor Craigmore, SA
A tutor can minimize the weakness of students so that thay can achieve their goal. Tutor can make them able to read and understand the statement of a question. He/she can enable them to deal with academic problems. I can minimize the weakness in my students and enable them to deal with academic difficulties. I also can motivate them to study well…
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- 12+ yrs teaching exp
- Award-winning tutor
- Maths postgrad
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Ryan
Psychology Tutor Salisbury North, SA
The most important thing is for a tutor to help a student understand the concepts, rather than giving them answers, to help them towards understanding the work independently. I consider myself to be patient with my students as they learn at their own speeds, while providing them with the path to find the answer…
Strengths:
- 1-on-1 teaching exp
- Positive role model
- Clear communicator
Subjects:
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Psychology
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Content Covered
Year 4 student Ariana practiced identifying symmetry in shapes and began a Year 4 content quiz to reinforce her understanding.
For Year 9, Amelia worked on algebra skills, including factorisation with pairs and the difference of two squares, using practice problems to build confidence.
Meanwhile, Year 10 student Jackson focused on linear equations for a maths assignment, tackling concepts like parallel and perpendicular lines as well as slopes—covering negatives, zero slope, and undefined cases.
Recent Challenges
A Year 12 student often left major research tasks until the last minute, leading to rushed work and "little time to polish," as noted after a Research Project session.
The same student sometimes relied heavily on lesson time for assignment completion rather than preparing notes or articles in advance; one week, not having articles ready cost valuable analysis time.
In Year 10 mathematics, skipping steps when solving equations was observed: "student needs to double check the carrying of values between steps, also sometimes skips the steps in an equation when written."
During a Year 8 biology session, key materials—including test papers—were forgotten at home, preventing review and making targeted feedback impossible.
Recent Achievements
One Penfield tutor noticed a big shift with Flynn, a high school student who used to hesitate with algebra but recently started thinking out loud and correcting his own process when he got stuck.
Another secondary student, Sam, has begun showing more initiative in English—he re-engaged with his Research Project by coming up with thoughtful interview questions on his own and recently earned an A for his newspaper PowerPoint after previously struggling to organise ideas.
Meanwhile, a younger learner, Vikrant, who at first had trouble remembering number order past ten, now fills in missing numbers up to twenty with only minor errors and traces words while saying them aloud.
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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 Playford Civic Centre Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Swallowcliffe School P-6.