The Patch's tutors include a 6+ year classroom and music tutor with international teaching experience, an award-winning VCE dux (ATAR 97.5) and debating adjudicator, seasoned secondary maths and science teachers with postgraduate education degrees, Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars, leadership-award recipients, accomplished academic prizewinners, peer mentors, and youth coaches skilled in building student confidence.
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Reach goals and improve grades faster with private, 1-to-1 lessons.
High school or primary, you'll get a tutor that fits your needs.
Our tutors show WHAT to study + HOW to study
You'll get feedback on each lesson, so you know how your child gets on.
My son Logan McDonald has been having tutoring with Sunny for the past few months. We have found Sunny to be very professional in his manner and has taught Logan some valuable studying skills as well as some necessary maths concepts.Kellie, Monbulk
Year 5 student Daniel worked on area and perimeter calculations, practiced addition and subtraction with larger numbers, and reinforced times tables using flashcards for recall.
In Year 10, Vien focused on planning a practice essay by developing ideas and a main argument to strengthen her persuasive writing skills.
For Year 11, Tanya revised algebraic fractions and prepared for an upcoming SAC by correcting homework errors and working through practice content relevant to linear algebra topics.
A Year 9 student preparing for essay writing often left planning until the last minute, resulting in rushed introductions and weak conclusions—"he needs to plan his writing faster," a tutor observed.
In VCE English, one student avoided revisiting challenging literary analysis questions, instead sticking to familiar topics, which meant deeper techniques weren't practiced or reviewed before SACs.
For Year 7 Maths, forgetting to label diagrams led to lost marks under test conditions.
Meanwhile, a Year 11 student skipped homework practice on exam-style questions; this made recall during assessments much slower and less confident.
One tutor in The Patch noticed a big shift for Vien (Year 10): after initially struggling to write clear paragraphs, he could spot the difference in his second attempt and took pride in editing it himself.
In Year 8 maths, Daniel started out unsure of his times tables but now works through multiplication problems with only minimal prompting and is much quicker at recalling answers.
Meanwhile, during a recent Year 3 English session, Tanya—who was once hesitant—read aloud willingly and chatted comfortably about herself for the first time.
We have all had the experience of a "bad teacher" and we know it's not pleasant. Often the teacher is simply a bad match for that particular student rather than being a "bad teacher" in general but in either case the student has a serious problem. This is why many parents contact us for a private tutor - their child just can't "get it" when their teacher is teaching.
It's incredible how one explanation results in more confusion whereas another results in that "aha" feeling we all love so much! It is really a matter of getting the "right" tutor and not the "best" one. We see this every day in our work. A tutor might have hundreds of hours of experience and might have received dozens of testimonials from students, however, even such a tutor doesn't click with all students. Every tutor gets bad feedback sometimes. It's all about getting the right fit and this is what we do!
We will organise a 1-on-1 maths tutor in The Patch to come to your home at a time of your choosing. They will be a local The Patch maths tutor so scheduling lessons will be easy. Also, no booking fees, no minimum terms, no cancellation costs, no nonsense! And here's the best thing: your first lesson is a trial. So if you feel that the tutor wasn't a good fit, we'll organise someone else. It's our Good Fit Guarantee.
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