Due to the current situation we are experiencing significant demand for tutoring. Fast track your enrolment online: Enrol Online Now

Private engineering-studies tutors that come to you in person or online

100% Good Fit
Guarantee

Smiths Gully's tutors include a primary school teacher with a Master's in Education, an Eltham High dux and ATAR 99.50 scholar with extensive youth leadership and choir teaching, Kumon-trained maths and English mentors, experienced university STEM students, peer tutors with subject awards, and accomplished coaches nurturing academic excellence and confidence in K–12 learners.

  • 100% Good Fit Guarantee
    100% Good Fit Guarantee

    Love your tutor or it's free. Guaranteed.

  • Qualified Tutors
    Qualified Tutors

    Carefully screened, fewer than 10% are good enough to work with us.

  • Simple Terms
    Simple Terms

    No booking fees, no hidden fees. Cancel any time, no lock-in.

  • We come to you
    We come to you

    You decide where and when to meet. As little or as often as you want.

  • Working with Children Check
    Working with Children Check

    All tutors have a valid working with children check

  • Real Results
    Real Results

    Reach goals and improve grades faster with private, 1-to-1 lessons.

  • Any Grade
    Any Grade

    High school or primary, you'll get a tutor that fits your needs.

  • 1000's of Happy Students
    1000's of Happy Students

    Our tutors show WHAT to study + HOW to study

  • Lesson Reports
    Lesson Reports

    You'll get feedback on each lesson, so you know how your child gets on.

Swathiga
  • y1
  • y2
  • y3
  • y4
  • y5
  • y6
  • y7
  • y8
  • y9
  • y10
  • y11
  • y12
  • Naplan
  • VCE

Swathiga

Engineering Studies Tutor Hurstbridge, VIC
Questioning is a key skill for both teacher and student as well. It helps to understand the contents better and engage in higher-order thinking. Tutors' knowledge and moral support are the most important things for students I'm adaptable to the classroom environment I'm a self-motivated, energetic person and possess good interpersonal…

Local Reviews

Very happy with the tutor! Chris has improved and has more confident! In his last 2 test he got B & A.
Marianthi

Inside Smiths GullyTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 3 student Baylee worked on identifying and creating equivalent fractions using shaded diagrams, as well as practicing addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator.

In Year 10, Theo focused on analysing persuasive techniques within argument analysis tasks and developed body paragraphs for English essays, particularly drawing evidence from set texts.

Meanwhile, Cameron in Year 11 reviewed feedback on creative writing pieces related to Station Eleven and practised planning and expanding draft responses to improve structure and thematic insight.

Recent Challenges

In Year 12 English, one student's reluctance to write down ideas led to rigid, repetitive essays—"he worried too much about how it should be phrased," as a tutor noted.

This meant he missed chances to analyse texts deeply and hesitated when planning creative pieces, often defaulting to retelling scenes instead of exploring new perspectives.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 student frequently forgot steps in multi-digit subtraction and struggled with times tables; her tendency to rely on finger-counting slowed progress in class activities and caused frustration during mental maths games.

Both situations show how process habits directly shaped their learning moments.

Recent Achievements

One Smiths Gully tutor noticed Cameron, a Year 11 student, moving from passively reading texts to actively annotating and identifying persuasive techniques on his own—something he'd hesitated with before.

In another session, Theo was able to structure an English essay with clear sub-ideas and evidence after previously struggling to move beyond simple rephrasing; he even grouped minor character examples together without prompting.

Meanwhile, Baylee in primary school began asking for more challenging decimal addition problems and made only one error when writing numbers as words—a big change from needing lots of reminders last term.

What they say about our tutoring

quote

James has got off to a good start-in his first test this week, he got 91% in his specialist exam.  Matthew is able to work through all the challenging questions with James and ensure that he understands the theory behind the maths.   I definitely feel that James has commenced Semester 2 with a more positive approach to Specialist Maths and I look forward to seeing improved results.

We are more than pleased with Kai's maths progress. I can tell that Ben is such a good tutor because he had described Kai exactly in his report. All Kai's school teachers throughout his school years have wanted Kai to speak up in class. Kai isn't shy when he's relaxed and comfortable, it's just in those environments I guess he's quieter. I hope he gets the confidence to speak up soon and I think with Ben he will and I am looking forward to the tips he can give to Kai.

Really happy with the tutoring and Stephen is great, really professional. My son is feeling a lot more positive about catching up so really happy.

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 Yarra Glen Reading Room—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Andrews Primary School.