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Misbah

English Tutor Thornleigh, NSW
A tutor should provide a safe space for the student, both academically and mentally. It is important that a tutor empathizes with the students and provide them vivid and interesting perspectives about the subjects which goes beyond school learning. Furthermore, it is needed that the tutor - student relationship be a team work, where the tutor is…
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Rachel

English Tutor Thornleigh, NSW
I feel that encouraging students and pushing them to their full potential is so important. Some of the time, students aren't aware of what they are capable of and what they can achieve in their learning and I feel that paying attention to their strengths and areas of improvement allows them to recognise their potential. I am very passionate about…
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Rhys

English Tutor Mount Colah, NSW
Being able to adapt to their level of knowledge in an entirely nonjudgmental manner that allows the student to feel they are always doing their best. I am able to simply complex topics into more easy to understand packages that allow others to understand the topics not only faster, but also better. I am also an excellent communicator, able to…
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Jennifer

English Tutor North Turramurra, NSW
To me, the most important thing for a student to gain from tutoring is self belief and confidence in their work. As when they feel more confident they will take tasks head on which will help improve their technical skills in the subject as well. I am very patience person who confidently believes that anyone can accomplish whatever they put their…
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Gary

English Tutor Pymble, NSW
The most important things for a student to develop and learn that a tutor can give to a student is support. By building a strong mentor relationship with the student, we can help build confidence in the student to develop their academic and interpersonal skills by providing them support. I have experience tutoring students from a wide range of…
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Maddie

English Tutor Marsfield, NSW
The most important thing for a tutor is to meet the student where they are at and be able identify their needs and their learning style. I am reliable and strong in academic ability. I am also creative and passionate about…
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Inchara

English Tutor Cheltenham, NSW
Be there for them and provide comprehensive guidance. Students would love me because I create a welcoming…
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Anita

English Tutor Cheltenham, NSW
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to be patient yet match the student's learning pace. Every student is different and it is the tutors' responsibility to recognize this and adhere to students learning patterns. If a student is struggling with a certain concept, I would try review this more often during the term and if the…
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Veena

English Tutor Cheltenham, NSW
Tutors should have a personal relationship with all their students, meaning they should make a personalized tutoring experience tailored to suit each student's needs and weaknesses. A tutor should be extremely patient and willing to listen and answer any questions the student has. The most important thing is to keep encouraging your students and…
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Jelinna

English Tutor Cheltenham, NSW
I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to boost confidence and increase motivation in their school subjects through collaboration learning. By tailoring the style of teaching, I believe tutors can offer students personalised and honest advice to focus specifically on areas they may find challenging and hence drive…
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Naba-Allah

English Tutor Cheltenham, NSW
Tutors can help with homework, projects or just help the student gain a more thorough understanding of the subject. Every Tutor’s main goal is to help the student with questions, clarify content and provide challenging questions back to the student to test the gained knowledge. The better tutors don’t just do this, they set goals for the…
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Angela

English Tutor Cheltenham, NSW
One of the most important things a tutor can do is to understand what their student's goal is and the best way in which they can guide them towards it. I believe that, as a tutor, an important part of my job is to get to know the student and understand their learning style. It is then my priority to work with the student on developing learning…
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Noureen

English Tutor Cheltenham, NSW
Supporting student to become more independent. Encouraging them to persist and high their self-stem. Provide academic guidance . Adapt to the student's needs. Be flexible and patient. Build a positive and open honest relationship with students. Simplifying Patience Adaptation Motivation…
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Ayan

English Tutor Cheltenham, NSW
Listen to their problems and try to understand their perspective when it comes to studies and course works. Be some one they can rely upon with their intellectual and educational problems. My strengths as a tutor is that I am friendly towards the students and I try to empathize with the students as to where they are now and where I have been when…
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Khin Thawdar

English Tutor Marsfield, NSW
The most important things a tutor can do for a student are - monitoring the progress of the student and help them improve to their full potential, helping the student to achieve their dreams, sharing my own study experiences so that the student can learn from those experiences and make the most effective studying. My strengths as a tutor…
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Asmita

English Tutor Marsfield, NSW
Covering the gap of knowledge in a students mind. A tutor's main job is to help guide student's struggling in understanding anything. Developing new tricks or techniques to make the student understand something they are having difficulties with. This mostly applies during teaching…
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Seonjae

English Tutor Cherrybrook, NSW
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student can understand the student's ability and personalize their learning according to it. My strength as a tutor is the ability to be in the mindset of students with different levels of…
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Mone

English Tutor Dural, NSW
The most important thing for a tutor to do is to make the student feel as if they do know things, that they are not stupid or anything, the student does know the content they just simply need some help understanding the work and revising it effectively to ensure success. I am very patient with others and understanding, I am good listener with a…
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Matthew

English Tutor Gordon, NSW
In my opinion, the most important thing a tutor can do would be to provide the students with the resources/information necessary to understand a challenging topic effectively. My strengths as a tutor would be effective interpersonal communication, critical thinking skills and the ability to solve problems…
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Shalmalee

English Tutor Marsfield, NSW
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to be patient. From my previous experience, one of the most important things I have learned about students is that some of them are just afraid of asking questions because they think that their questions are stupid or their questions do not matter. If the tutor cannot be patient with the…
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Melina

English Tutor Marsfield, NSW
Listening to the student's misconceptions and errors, and learning from experience. By listening to the students concern, needs, wishes, questions, a tutor can truely cater uniquely to the student. A tutor can assist students in developing thinking abilities and, as a result, growing in the various learning areas in which they need to improve and…
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Ashlesha

English Tutor Marsfield, NSW
I reckon communication is integral in any career but it’s particularly essential in tutoring. In addition being able to offer different methods of teaching to fit the students needs and requirements. Being able to adapt to different students needs. Having strong communication skills and building respectful relationships with students and…
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Ishani

English Tutor Marsfield, NSW
Understanding the student's challenges and explaining topics to them in the simplest way, making sure they're learning the "why's" and not just "what's" of any problem. [Clearing concepts from the grassroot level]. I have the patience and listening skills to understand the problems a student is facing before I can come up with the best way to…

Local Reviews

Sameera has been happy with Deanna. It has been very positive so far.
Leena, Turramurra

Inside WaitaraTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 9 student Charli worked on calculating area and perimeter of rectangles, as well as revising types of angles using diagrams.

Year 10 student Angus tackled simultaneous equations and practised problems involving discounts and percentage increases.

For Year 11, Hannah focused on interpreting tax payable scenarios, then applied her understanding to questions about Medicare levies and simple interest calculations.

Recent Challenges

In Year 4 maths, one student frequently skipped writing out working for multi-step addition and subtraction, leading to missed carrying or borrowing—"she often misses adding the carried over number," noted a tutor.

In Year 7, another lost track of time during a statistics test, rushing through multiple choice without allocating enough minutes per question.

For a senior student in Year 10, difficulty reading long worded questions in financial maths meant key details were misunderstood, resulting in errors with net versus gross pay.

Confidence wavered after mistakes; at times, this caused hesitation to attempt similar problems again.

Recent Achievements

One Waitara tutor noticed a big shift in a Year 11 student who used to skip steps in simultaneous equations but now confidently writes out each line and checks their reasoning, especially after mastering the rise/run method for gradients.

In Year 9, another student has begun underlining key parts of questions—something she previously ignored—which is helping her accurately identify what's being asked before jumping into calculations.

Meanwhile, a Year 5 learner who once hesitated with fractions is now finishing weekly homework without help and even explains how to convert mixed fractions into decimals during sessions.

What they say about our tutoring

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I would like to thank you for providing 2 excellent tutors for Nerys over the last 2 years in particular Christina. Christina has been excellent, not only is she a lovely person who shows patience she has catered to Nerys learning style and the proof is in the pudding . Nerys has improved dramatically. She has moved up in class ranking and she is now confidence and able to understand maths concepts more easily. please pass our gratitude to Christina.

Ethan is settling in very nicely with working with Jordan, who is very professional, friendly and approachable. Ethan is comfortable working with Jordan and is beginning to gain a little confidence in his approach to maths, so we are more than happy to continue working with him.

Georgie is really enjoying coaching with Gabrielle. She's already doing so much better in maths at school (her teacher has commented on the huge improvement at recent parent teacher conference!). Gabrielle is a real asset to your team. She's so polite, punctual, intelligent and just fantastic.

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 Hornsby Shire Library & Information Service—or at your child's school (with permission), like Hornsby Girls High School.