Tutors in Saumarez include high-achieving graduates, experienced teachers, subject specialists, and passionate mentors from top Australian universities. Many have received academic awards or hold advanced degrees, and all share a genuine commitment to helping students succeed.
- Being able help a student through their HSC year and the rewarding experience of seeing them improve and hopefully achieve their potential.
- Hopefully I am able to help them outside of just teaching them the concepts required during class but also offer advice to keep them on top of their workload as well as welcoming any questions or help…
The most important thing, I believe, a physics tutor can accomplish with their student is to instil a level of love and enjoyment for more challenging courses through aiding them to understand at a deeper level than a classroom teacher has the time or capabilities to do by creating an individualised learning environment for each…
In my opinion, the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to not force them into studying and to not put too much pressure on them to understand a certain topic. I believe that I can teach them in a way I have been taught and make them understand a certain problem easily. And even if I fail to make them understand I study the problem…
Inside SaumarezTutoring Sessions
Content Covered
In primary, tutoring often targets core arithmetic—addition, subtraction, times tables, fractions, and building number sense—while also pushing for deeper comprehension, not just rote rules. High school sessions shift to algebraic thinking, graphing, interpreting questions, and developing strong exam strategies. There’s a big emphasis on breaking down word problems, revisiting tricky homework, and test prep for NAPLAN or semester exams, always tailored to what each student finds hardest right now.
Recent Challenges
Some primary students rush through comprehension or maths tasks without fully reading instructions, leading to incomplete or off-target answers. In high school, it’s common for students to have scattered or unclear working, which makes multi-step problems harder to check and fix. Other frequent hurdles include forgetting materials, leaving homework unfinished, or spending revision time catching up on missed basics instead of moving forward—all of which can hold back progress and lead to confusion.
Recent Achievements
Tutors are noticing students becoming more proactive during lessons—regularly checking their own work, spotting errors, and making corrections without being asked. There’s a clear shift toward students verbalising their steps in maths and explaining their reasoning aloud, rather than rushing through problems. Tutors also report that learners are reviewing their test results with more care and taking the initiative to improve, showing greater confidence and ownership of their progress.
What they say about our tutoring
Grace is very happy to be working with Anthony and her feedback has been positive.
Michelle has been great with Shanique and is very easy to communicate with.
Shanique has mentioned she's understanding the benefits of a tutor as she was a little apprehensive at first.They are settling in well.
Here is our feedback on Linh.
- Hyper-reliable. Always on time, always communicated plans.
- Motivated Joshua - Joshua came home from the Tut sessions feeling great.
- Clearly, put in prep work, and had revision sheets and questions ready for Joshua.
- Answered Joshua's problematic questions.
- Great engagement with parents.