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Tutors in Petwood include a seasoned K–12 teacher with a psychology background, university-trained physicists and mathematicians (including ATAR 99+ scorers and research award recipients), experienced piano and sports coaches, peer mentors, primary literacy specialists, childcare educators, Olympiad medallists, and academic prize-winners—each bringing impressive expertise and genuine passion for working with students.

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English Tutor Mount Barker, SA
Be patient and understand that each child learns in different way, therefor, active listening and finding new way to improve and help them will make them thrive confidently. Friendly, patient and…
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Melinda

English Tutor Blakiston, SA
It is super important for children to feel like they are doing well, and making progress. I think that as an english tutor, encouragement is the most important tool that a tutor can use. If the students are not encouraged, they will no longer be motivated to keep trying, and will therefore not improve. My biggest strength as a tutor is my…
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mao

English Tutor Blakiston, SA
To help student build confidence through successful experience and gradually realize that anything is achieveable if you find the right approach. I put my feet into student's shoes and try to find the right approach for the student to…
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English Tutor Littlehampton, SA
The single most important thing that an english tutor can do for a student is to help them build confidence in their own abilities to learn and overcome challenges. By helping grow and nurture this sense of confidence, a tutor can give a student the tools that they need to learn not only the subject they are working on, but also other subjects and…
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English Tutor Nairne, SA
Have a good working relationship with them. Be patient. Encourage them to 'have a go'. Encourage them to take a 'risk'. Help them to understand that mistakes are ok - they are simply a step in the learning process. Encourage them to do their best. Celebrate their successes. Encourage them to believe in themselves and their abilities. Vast…
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English Tutor Blakiston, SA
teaching can take time so understanding not everyone learns as the same pace, having patience to help out the kids is a very important aspect and skill to have i struggled with english and maths in school so i feel as though i can help kids learn the way that i did and give them the best possibility of understanding what is being…
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English Tutor Blakiston, SA
I believe an english tutor should foster a positive learning environment for a student, in which the student feels comfortable discussing any issues they are having with the tutor. I feel that as a tutor, your core responsibility is to place the needs of the child first, and do whatever you can to fulfill these needs, even if it does involve…

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Meera is a great tutor, patient and explains well. She takes a keen interest in her student's learning and progress. Keep up the good work!
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Inside PetwoodTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Sydney worked on building confidence with multiplication and division using textbooks and worksheets, then moved to fraction fundamentals and equivalence, including representing fractions on number lines.

Year 9 student Josh focused on algebraic manipulation, tackling more challenging problems involving multiplication, division, and common factors before revising trigonometry basics such as SOH CAH TOA through both written examples and visual aids.

Meanwhile, Year 12 student Sophie concentrated on calculus skills by practising differentiation from first principles for functions involving square roots, alongside revision of integration techniques applied to definite integrals with unknown limits.

Recent Challenges

A Year 3 student working on fractions and decimals showed confusion when converting between representations, sometimes misidentifying 1/4 as 0.33, which slowed progress in related tasks. As one tutor noted, "she kept thinking it was 0.33 rather than 0.25."

Meanwhile, a Year 10 student tackling algebraic worded problems often struggled to translate scenarios into equations under time pressure, making multi-step solutions harder to construct and check for accuracy.

In senior maths (Year 12), difficulty arose when attempting unseen problem types without first reviewing underlying principles—this led to repeated revisiting of similar errors during practice exams.

Recent Achievements

One Petwood tutor recently noticed a Year 11 student who, after struggling with integration techniques, began exam revision early and managed to tackle complex integration problems by independently rearranging expressions—something she hesitated to attempt before.

Another high schooler made a real shift in his approach to algebra: last week he needed reminders for key steps, but this session he took on feedback and completed challenging questions without prompting.

Meanwhile, a younger student who used to guess when unsure now actively asks for help with times tables and checks her own work; today she filled out the multiplication chart up to 11 entirely on her own.

What they say about our tutoring

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Stuart and Ben seem to have hit it off straight away and my son was very happy with his first lesson. It is still early days to really make a comment but Stuart seems like a very smart, helpful, pleasant young man and they both seem to share an interest in soccer.

Due to Nakita's tutor doing an amazing job last year, Nakita has not needed his skills for the beginning of this year, comprehending and understanding the maths content at school extremely well.

We are very happy with the tutoring services we are receiving through your company and my daughters tutor, Alfred. Alfred has been very flexible in fitting in with Jayda's schedule and learning needs and we foresee a lengthy tutoring relationship.

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 Mount Barker Community Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Nairne School - Preschool and Primary.