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Thirroul's tutors include a university teaching academic with over seven years' experience, a school support officer and cheerleading coach studying education, an ex-school dux (ATAR 97.8) and award-winning UNSW scholar, seasoned K–10 classroom teachers, high-achieving peer mentors, creative writing specialists, and passionate youth coaches with Duke of Edinburgh and elite sports backgrounds.

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Jasmine
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Jasmine

English Tutor Thirroul, NSW
Be an ally for them and advocate for them. Making sure they feel the most confident in themselves as they can. I am a Great listener, and I understand how difficult some concepts are due to struggling a bit in…
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Abbey

English Tutor Thirroul, NSW
I feel that the most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is instill in them an understanding of how to approach learning. This includes an understanding of how to dissect given tasks, understand what is being asked of them and their personal learning process. This sets up the students to become independent learners. I have…
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Josephine
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Josephine

English Tutor Woonona, NSW
One of the most important things an english tutor can do for a student is provide a deep understanding of the material being studied, and to explain it in such a way that the student remembers and understands. A good tutor must be able to tailor their approach to best help each student and facilitate a positive learning environment. The strengths…
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Lily

English Tutor Coledale, NSW
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is ensure the tutor works towards the students strengths and attempts to minimise their weaknesses. Tutors should also be considerate to their student by considering their needs and how they like to learn so that their student's highest potential is achieved. I believe I am patient,…
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Natasha

English Tutor Woonona, NSW
I think an english tutor should provide a fun, engaging and different approach to studying. A tutor should ask questions in a way a teacher hasn't got the time to do. They should always ask what the student wants and implement strategies as to how to attain these goals. But, perhaps at the forefront of responsibility, a tutor should always make…
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Tabitha

English Tutor Bellambi, NSW
Tutors must foster growth, independence, and a goal-oriented mindset so that each student can strive to overcome learning challenges, recognise their milestones, and identify any incompetencies in their work. This will ultimately strengthen their academic confidence, and allow students to grow from their mistakes. I have been able to adapt to a…
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Kyle

English Tutor Bellambi, NSW
To be there for a student in a more personal and approachable way than the modern education system and its teachers can be, to help 'fill in the gaps' that the student may have missed in class and to be there for the student if they feel like the education system has failed them. Too many schools focus on the groups needs rather than the…
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Paras

English Tutor Corrimal, NSW
After school help is the one thing I feel all students require. A tutor can provide that requisite help and enable students accelerate their learning and cognition for better performance and a better future. Tutors also help students stay focused and disciplined while out of school. So, it gives the necessary direction that every student requires.…
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Matthew

English Tutor Clifton, NSW
Allowing them to find their own way of learning and figuring out what they did wrong without making them feel like they can not learn and know nothing. Creativity, relating to the students. Coming up with engaging lessons and fun ways to learn new things. Mathematics and Science. Able to be flexible in the learning…
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Maree

English Tutor Clifton, NSW
Make them feel at ease and completely supported, be gentle and caring and show incredibly strong belief in them. I know that children feel more courageous to take on new challenges if they feel someone has a lot of confidence in them. You have to really care about them and their results, so they know the help they are getting is genuine. I have…
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Liam

English Tutor Tarrawanna, NSW
An effective tutor can make a student feel more confident and engaged with the learning process. They can make students excited to learn new concepts and to challenge themselves, rather than shying away from these challenges. Marks can be important, particularly for older students, and are a tangible outcome for students to measure their…
Sarah
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Sarah

English Tutor Fernhill, NSW
As an english tutor, the most important things I can do for my students is to listen, give them time and create a safe space for them where they feel comfortable enough to ask questions and leave each session having learnt something new. I can empower students by acknowledging and tailoring learning content to meet each of their specific and…
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John

English Tutor Fernhill, NSW
A good tutor needs to have a variety of qualities in order to bring out the best in a student. Tutors need to be able to personalize learning, no two students learn the same and as such it would be incorrect to assume that the same teaching strategy will work for every student. Tutors should also not simply teach content to students, they need to…
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Sushmita

English Tutor Fairy Meadow, NSW
Enhance their holistic learning and support them with not only career pathways but other aspects of education, school etc. Being able to bring about a change in the one of the most fundamental rights, i.e.…
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Georgia

English Tutor Balgownie, NSW
I think the most important thing an english tutor can do for their student, is tailor their teaching application to the student's needs and personality. Each individual is different, and there is no single one way of teaching. I believe students incredibly appreciate a teacher or tutor that will listen to their needs, and to see where their main…
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Akanksha

English Tutor Fairy Meadow, NSW
Inspire. Children are an inspiration to their teachers. As mentioned before, children are an inspiration to me since I get to learn from them as much as they get tutored from me. Understanding and patient. A lot of parents and teachers lose their patience and become unempathetic while teaching little children, however they're still learning and…
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Anushka

English Tutor Fairy Meadow, NSW
keeping track of his record, strengths and weaknesses. Knowing how the student will be able to understand concepts better and making sure that he understands before learning…
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Ella

English Tutor North Wollongong, NSW
I believe that building trust and a strong line of communication between a student and their tutor is important. Tutors should strive to encourage, motivate, and support their students. Having grown up with a sibling with a learning disability, I have strongly developed patience, active listening skills, and the ability to read body language and…
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Evie

English Tutor Wollongong, NSW
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is to make themselves welcoming. A good and effective tutor is open to all ideas and willing to completely work with the student. The most effective tutors will offer a variety of perspectives and welcome all criticism and differing opinions. During school, I struggled with breaking…
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Eva

English Tutor Balgownie, NSW
Making them feel comfortable to ask any questions and begin to enjoy the subject they are doing. I am very extroverted and am a very big people person. I have over 2 years of experience working the children and teenagers of all ages including those of the spectrum.…
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Rowe

English Tutor Fairy Meadow, NSW
Always giving a positive energy or motivation in class, so that even the students who lack skills or are down due to various reasons will feel like opening up the problem to me and I can solve it. I am a really patient, considerate and understanding as I always try to bring all students in the same pace, by bringing the ones who fall behind in…
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Angela

English Tutor Fairy Meadow, NSW
The most important things I consider an english tutor can do for a student are to teach time the following: Excellent communication skills Self confidence Reliability Time management And to gain an academic level that they feel comfortable at. My strengths in tutoring are excellent communication skills, time management, one-on-one…
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Tanveer Kaur

English Tutor Fairy Meadow, NSW
In my experience, I believe developing a positive and supportive relationship with the student is essential. Establishing trust, empathy, and mutual respect creates a safe space for them to ask questions, express their concerns, and take intellectual risks. The best thing that an english tutor can do is to inspire and motivate the students by…

Local Reviews

The initial session went well with my grandson and the tutor Ovin was very helpful and informative with my grandson.
Bruno Favretti, Thirroul

Inside ThirroulTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 9 student Max worked through solving simultaneous equations and applied the quadratic formula to tackle quadratic word problems.

In Year 10, Chloe focused on logarithms and practiced sketching graphs by hand for visual understanding.

For a younger learner in Year 4, Remi covered multiplication and division basics along with calendar and time questions as part of his homework review.

Recent Challenges

A Year 9 student repeatedly mixed up pronumerals in algebra, assuming they matched previous questions—"attention to detail, especially to the pronumerals," noted one tutor—which led to errors that weren't spotted until late in working.

Meanwhile, a Year 11 learner lost track of earlier content after shifting to new topics, making revision for exams difficult and leading to confusion during more complex factorisation.

In Year 7 English, reluctance to complete homework became clear when a student dodged accountability at lesson's end.

For a younger primary student, not showing written working in maths hid mistakes with subtraction and delayed progress on arithmetic foundations.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in Thirroul recently noticed some big changes: one Year 11 student who used to get stuck on simultaneous equations is now choosing between elimination and substitution confidently, even explaining her reasoning aloud.

In Year 8, a student who once guessed at where he went wrong now pauses to check his work, then solves similar questions correctly without prompting.

Meanwhile, a younger student who felt embarrassed about using finger counting has started doing it openly and with pride—he's flying through perimeter problems that were tricky before and finished all his area questions without any reminders.

What they say about our tutoring

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Zoe's coaching with Lydia was exactly what we needed and Lydia enjoyed working with her. She is an asset to your coaching team.

Jaden seems happy so far with Shahzad .He seems to be patient and confident in his teaching techniques .

Jonathan and Ellie have started well - she seems to be very happy with the work he's going over and Jonathan has been punctual and engaged in her learning.

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 Thirroul Branch Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Michael's Catholic Primary School.