Tutors in Schofields 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.
The primary tasks of a tutor include providing personalised guidance depending on the student's learning style, building confidence through positive reinforcement, and ensuring a clear knowledge of important topics. It is crucial to promote critical thinking, create reasonable goals, and evaluate progress on a regular basis. Instilling a genuine…
Teaching the content required within a particular subject is only the start of what a tutor can do for their student, but teaching them how to apply everything they have learned to not only the subject at hand but how they are tested within that subject. Since going through the HSC I have learned that some subjects teach content in a very…
The most important things a tutor can do for a student is listen. This is crucial as it allows the tutor to know how the student is struggling and with what part in order to better teach them. I feel my greatest strengths as a tutor is my large skill set to teach students in different ways according to what best suits them. This has been developed…
Helping a student understand the basic building blocks to understand questions better and formulating great responses to achieve great results. I am very good at breaking questions down into easy to do problems and helping students formulate responses for different…
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.