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Flexibility to adapt to every student because everyone is different and have different pace of learning. Being patient and tolerant with the student to help them understand the content. Always being energetic with a smile to motivate and cheer up the student. Being flexible to help the student anytime even over the phone if necessary.…
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The most important things a tutor can do for a student include providing individualized support tailored to their learning style, clarifying concepts, and addressing confusion to facilitate understanding. Encouraging and motivating students, offering constructive feedback, and promoting critical thinking and problem-solving skills are crucial for…
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The most important things a tutor can do for a student are building rapport with the student, helping them make a progress with their learning at their own pace, and developing a certain teaching method that best fits their learning capabilities. My strengths are being patient and understanding with the students, creative with my teaching methods…
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I consider the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is helping them achieve the results they want to pave the way for future career pathways. This can be achieved by maximising a student's potential through motivation, encouragement, and engaging them with the content that you are tutoring them for. There is nothing worse than just…
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I may consider the most important things a tutor can do for a student as providing personalized support, clarifying concepts, fostering a positive learning environment, offering guidance and feedback, developing effective study skills, instilling motivation and confidence, and adapting to the student's individual needs. As a tutor I perceive my…
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A tutor frames the way the students learn different things. As being experienced studying the same things, he/she can make the pathway of learning quite easier for the students. A tutor can be a friend and at the same time motivate students and teach them how to stay motivated. Not only this, a tutor can change the life of students by sharing…
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The most important things a tutor can do for a student are understanding their needs, creating a supportive environment, providing clear explanations, offering guidance and feedback, fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills, promoting active learning, supporting motivation and confidence, and collaborating with parents and teachers.…
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I teach students to learn not only new things, but also how to learn. The tutors should help students feel more confident and engaged in their studies. I am a strict and patient tutor and teacher. I have ten years of experience in the education sector. I can also teach English to new immigrant families (e.g., children and adults from China). I…
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I believe that the most important thing a tutor can do is care and be dedicated. I think you have to really care about the student doing well rather than just focusing on the payment, a tutor should also be dedicated to the student so that they get the best service and help possible. I believe my patience and persistence are strong strengths,…
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A tutor can make the complicated things easier. Also, can make a proper timetable and show a way how to study strategically without getting bored or stressed I can easily amalgamate with my student as a friend and I think that's my most powerful side as a tutor. This is because they don't hesitate to tell me their problems and that's how I get to…
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I believe that the best thing a tutor can do for a student is help the student develop more confidence in themselves. This will result in them trying their best which is what is most important. I am very patient, positive, persistent and hard working. These strengths help me to motivate students. I am also creative and practical. I always find a…
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Prepare the best tutoring methodology keeping in mind students strengths and weaknesses Build compliance with high school course and curriculum Build and keep interest of student in the subject Do regular assessments to follow improvement strategies I have resilience, patience, subject expertise and excellent teaching methodologies which can…
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Most important thing for any tutor is to understand their student well. If they know the students quite well only then they could develop the educational materials and classes that caters the student's need. Next big thing is encouraging the students and help them maintain a positive attitude. Only if the student is motivated and have positive…
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Set elevated expectations for the student and make them know they can achieve it Vary instructions during tutoring sessions to aid engagement Tutors should show they care about their student and always be ready to listen while being transparent . Calmness Good rapport with students Always wanting to grow and learn General…
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Provide them with effective resources that they can use to build on their knowledge Very caring and considerate of the individuals situations while providing constructive feedback on the work they…
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Provide the student with confidence in their own learning ability. Helping students find learning methods that work for THEM, which they can continue to use in the future is the most important thing, and also the most satisfying thing for me as tutor. My flexible teaching style means the student quickly feels comfortable and isn't afraid to ask…
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It is mandatory to understand the difficulties the individual face, clear the basic mistakes, give them a strong basic foundation and then proceed to the higher levels. Sufficient subject Knowledge and Patience. I am happy to repeat a topic any number of times until the student understands. Systematic in studies and punctual and prepared for…
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The three most crucial things a tutor can do for a student are academic direction, human connection, and consistency. When these three things are combined, a tutor has the power to completely transform a class, subject, or educational setting for a young student. my experience and…
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I think the most important things as a tutor are to make sure that students are able to enjoy their studies as well as being confident and satisfied with their academic performance. I am very flexible, in a sense that I would always try my best at answering the students' questions. I always prepare myself beforehand to ensure that enough topics…
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A tutor who has understanding and can relate to the difficulties that a student faces. Which was why my favorite tutor was a pre-med student, he could relate to my struggles. I have been through different tutors and I know the difference between a tutor who teaches skills and a tutor who just follows a book. Plus, I am very passionate about…
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A tutor has to be committed to helping the student learn, rather than just getting through the session. Even if the entire session is spent on one question, that is better than leaving the student confused and unconfident in their abilities. Everyone can learn, some people just need more help grasping certain topics than others. It's my job to…
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The most important thing a tutor can do is guide a student to develop their own confidence and self motivation to learn. While it is easy to put pressure on a student to improve their grades, I believe that the learning experience is the key to achieving success in the long term, both within school and outside of it. I have familiar with different…

Local Reviews

Thanks for your help arranging a tutor in such a short period of time, honestly I am very happy and satisfied with the way John is teaching and the way he is managing his time for extra tuition classes for Harman.
Deep, Southern River

Inside Southern RiverTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 10 student James reviewed the Cartesian plane and tackled algebraic concepts, including plotting points and working with linear equations.

In Year 6, Olivia focused on identifying rules in number sequences and practiced dividing fractions, with extra attention to converting between measurement units.

Meanwhile, Year 8 student Sarah strengthened her understanding of operations with fractions and place value, then briefly explored Roman numerals and multiplication strategies for numbers ending in zero.

Recent Challenges

In Year 10 Mathematics, a student left the semester review homework incomplete and showed hesitancy when tackling short answer questions, with one tutor noting, "homework: complete semester review (short answers)." This led to less exposure to unfamiliar question types and reduced feedback opportunities.

Meanwhile, a Year 7 student struggled with organisation—forgetting to submit word class homework on nouns, adjectives, and verbs.

In senior maths sessions (Year 11), skipping written steps during algebraic simplification made sign errors harder to spot; as observed: "needs more practice with dealing with negative/minus signs when solving problems." Missed steps lingered into later revision.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in Southern River noticed a Year 10 student who had struggled with fractions is now completing worksheets on decimals independently and shows much more ease tackling new arithmetic topics.

In Year 11 maths, one student recently started asking clarifying questions about solving for area until each step made sense—a big shift from staying silent when confused.

Another win came from a Year 7 English session where the student, previously unsure about comprehension questions, began identifying exactly what each question was asking and could answer with far less prompting than before. Last week, she asked the tutor for a tougher reading passage.

What they say about our tutoring

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Everything seems to be going along quite well at the moment, Lawrence is a nice tutor and Arawyn seems to like him.

Thanks for the email Erica, we have been very happy with Enya, she is making lots of effort to have interesting ways to teacher Jasper  the maths concepts and he is very happy after each session.

Thanks Erica, Jemma & Hunter get along very well I'm pleased to report. I've observed that Jemma has that natural communication talent that all gr8 teachers have i.e. they engage you with their knowledge.

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 Amherst Village Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Southern Grove Primary School.