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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.

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The most important thing that an english tutor can do is to stay positive and encouraging. If the tutor possesses these qualities, then the student will stay motivated and positive too, and will want to continue learning. As a high academic achiever, I strive to teach new students and help them to achieve their academic goals. I am motivated to…
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Preparation, planning and a positive can-do demeanor. I believe listening to the student is essential, I have found that when a student gets 'stuck' on a problem they get either despondent or so fixated and frustrated. I initially work to ascertain what approach the student will be most responsive to and work with them from there. My patience and…
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I think the most important thing is to instil them with confidence, as I have found that this is one of the biggest problems that slow down the understanding of something. Something new can look very daunting, especially when it comes to maths. Because of my experience a a recent student, I can more easily understand the road blocks that cause…
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Understanding a students strengths and weaknesses in a subject. Keeping sessions organised by creating lesson plans and short term goals. Relating to the student by identifying their learning style and teaching them using the appropriate method. As a tutor, I am able to provide a supportive and comfortable environment for the students to ask…
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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

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Thanks, we all love love love Kieran.  Just what both my kids needed.  Awesome tutor!

Mollie is fantastic. Annabel really likes her and she's readily available for extra sessions.

Louisa is very pleased with Stella. She is a very conscientious and capable tutor. Thank you!

English tutoring in Smiths Gully

Ideally tuition should be a simple and positive experience for everyone involved - that means students and parents and of course, tutors too! Private tutoring is popular because it works. What could be better than a tailored 1-on-1 approach where 100% of the instructor's time is spent understanding and helping the student? A good English tutor can be life-changing but unfortunately they can also be impossible to find. That's what we're here for!

English Tutor Smiths Gully

Currently we are working with 5 local English tutors in Smiths Gully. We'll find a tutor to come to your home, or any other location that's convenient. These tutors have worked with thousands of students in all sorts of situations. They're good, and they love tutoring! We have hundreds of reviews available for you to look at. But don't take our word for it, give us a try. Your first lesson works as a trial so if you don't like it, you don't have to pay for it.

If you're interested please get in touch. Either call us on 1300 312 354 or complete an enquiry form below so that we can get in touch. Our consultants can double check your area, explain pricing and answer any questions you may have. Then we'll organise a trial lesson risk-free. Ezy!

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.