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Clayfield's tutors include a former primary school teacher and teacher aide with experience supporting diverse learners, seasoned private maths tutors—including an Olympiad participant and multiple ATAR 97+ achievers—a university-level mathematician, an ex-school Dux, youth mentors, academic prize-winners in STEM, and coaches skilled at engaging kids from early childhood through high school.

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Connie

Science Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
I believe that the most important thing to do is to communicate with my student and get an idea of what they know and don't know. It is important to build upon existing knowledge to explain other concepts and to avoid confusing my student. I think my strength is being patient with my student. I also believe I can encourage improvement and work on…
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Yash Balaram

Science Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
To teach a topic is to simplify it, make the students imagine and live in the topic by giving them real life examples and case studies. As a tutor I beleive in understanding student's perspective, I try to put myself in their shoes and consider all the possibilities. While preparing a topic I prepare as if the students know everything (which helps…
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Brianne

Science Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
Build confidence in their own abilities as well as provide guidance and support where needed My strengths would be being able to communicate clearly and precisely along with my flexibility and professionalism whilst also being approachable. My weakness would be that I haven't had too much experience in a professional tutoring position, so I would…
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Stamatios

Science Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
A tutor should be able to provide lessons to a student which are tailored to their abilities and learning style. This is something which students can't always get in their regular classes and a tutor could provide through being attentive. They should also be able to make students feel confident in their abilities and iron out any weaknesses. My…
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Idelle

Science Tutor Auchenflower, QLD
Support them. Sometimes students just need that boost of confidence and support to understand. Frustration in their own learning can often end up being the reason why a concept is not being understood. I was an inclusion support assistant at a primary school, working with various kids with learning difficulties and disabilities. This has given me…
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David

Science Tutor Woolloongabba, QLD
I believe the most important role of a tutor is to create an environment where the student feels fully comfortable and confident. It’s crucial that they never hesitate to ask questions or admit when something isn’t clear. When students feel safe and supported, genuine learning can take place. After that, I think it’s about helping them…
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Anshraj

Science Tutor Woolloongabba, QLD
The most important thing a tutor can do is be a mentor. Students need a guide who can not only help them academically but also go a little extra and use their experience to teach them essential skills like time management. These little details play a major role in the tutee's overall success. My strengths as a tutor include deep understanding of…
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Ruth Kanmani

Science Tutor Woolloongabba, QLD
A tutor should be able to and simplify a particular concept making it easier for a student to understand. A tutor should also be able to motivate the student and provide constant encouragement when the student is feeling demotivated. A tutor should also be able to adapt and improve teaching styles depending on the student and their progress. It…
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Abbe

Science Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
The most important things are: - to help the student become an independent learner so that eventually they do not rely to a tutor for academic success - to give them methods or techniques so that their study is more effective and efficient - to help the student learn how to prioritise what they need to get done (in terms of homework, study, or…
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Drew

Science Tutor Woolloongabba, QLD
It's very important that a tutor can passionately engage with a student and journey with them as they progress. I also think that a tutor's role as a mentor in general is important I am very passionate about it and that allows me to enthusiastically and actively engage with students and try hard to help them understand and appreciate more…
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Quintin

Science Tutor Carina, QLD
The most important thing I think a tutor can do for a student is to instil in them a good approach to learning through teaching them practical techniques to work smarter and get more out of the effort that they put into the subject. Demystifying task sheets for a student and teaching them how to manage their time and develop a good working…
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Akshay

Science Tutor Annerley, QLD
To interact more with the student and make sure they are understanding things better and/or are facing any difficulties, but also appreciate them on their improvements and encourage to do better and never be satisfied with being average. I try to make sure the student is comfortable while interacting with me and guess where he/she is falling…
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Haise

Science Tutor St Lucia, QLD
I believe that the best thing a tutor can do is to help students be more self-sufficient in their future learning. It is important for students to develop skills transferrable across topics and subjects in the process of learning and revising new concepts. My strength as a tutor is my ability to accomodate to students' needs. I am always willing…
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Arishneel

Science Tutor St Lucia, QLD
The most important thing that a tutor can do is to inspire a sense of lifelong learning for the subject that is being tutored. My major strength is my appreciation of the subjects I tutor. Along with that, I always prepare myself with material, supplementary exercises and further reading before class. As a student engineer, I am also very adept…
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Lining

Science Tutor Nundah, QLD
To recognise the student's limits, and to help them reach beyond them. A tutor should set realistic goals for students to help them stay motivated and to make progress in their learning, however, they should also encourage students to achieve higher through effective communication and tutoring support. As the student's needs should be a tutor's…
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Eloise

Science Tutor Ascot, QLD
I feel as if patience and asking questions to ensure they understand the information and knowledge they are learning. I am a very friendly, professional yet personable tutor. I am passionate about STEM and like to encourage it for other…
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Julia

Science Tutor Wooloowin, QLD
Having been a student myself, the greatest feeling when coming away from my tutor was a feeling of relief and greater understanding. I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is simply make them feel more confident in approaching and applying concepts to questions. I believe my strengths as a tutor would be my ability to…
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Jigyasu

Science Tutor Ascot, QLD
Most important thing for a tutor is to be friends with his students. It has been seen that students hesitate to talk with their tutor and ask questions from teachers, according to me removing this hesitation from students mind is the most important thing for a tutor. Dedication and…
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Shubham Naval

Science Tutor Nundah, QLD
The most important things a tutor can do for a student encompass fostering a supportive learning environment, identifying the student's individual learning style and needs, providing clear explanations, offering ample practice and constructive feedback, encouraging questions and critical thinking, adapting teaching strategies as necessary,…
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Ryan

Science Tutor Bowen Hills, QLD
A tutor must give a student confidence and help them to not be overwhelmed by new topics. Once a student believes they can learn something, it is much easier to actually learn it. Tutors must also be personal and understand what method of teaching is most effective for each individual. As a recently graduated student, I am able to understand how…
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Sarah

Science Tutor Bowen Hills, QLD
I believe it is integral to grasp the individual students learning style and tailor my lessons accordingly. As a part of this, it's also important to learn what doesn't work for them, and avoid these techniques. For example, an English teacher might teach them poetic terms by getting the student to write out definitions. If a students doesn't…
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Liam

Science Tutor Wavell Heights, QLD
Believe in their potential and support their growth. I learn knew skills quickly and take on any challenge. I am good at explaining problems to others and I am organised. I can be quiet and shy at times which can hinder work especially with…
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Jielong

Science Tutor Wilston, QLD
In the teaching phase, student-focused teaching would be my method of teaching, which is to discover what the students need instead of dumping knowledge, whilst showing respect and understanding. When a student raises concerns about a question, which I assume in maths and sciences usually composites of concepts from multiple areas of study, I…

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Malithi is lovely and they are getting on very well. She has definitely made good progress with her assignments since having the sessions with Malithi. We are very happy.
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Content Covered

Year 4 student Fractions practised basic multiplication and division, then moved into highest common factor (HCF), lowest common factor (LCF), and introductory percentages using real-life examples.

In Year 8, Ethan focused on graphing straight lines by identifying points and gradients, along with reinforcing multiplying integers through step-by-step exercises.

For Year 10, Jasmine worked on quadratics—finding turning points, x- and y-intercepts, and sketching graphs to visually understand how equations translate to curves.

Recent Challenges

In Year 4, a student's lack of confidence in mental arithmetic led to hesitation when tackling multiplication problems—"he second guessed himself here and there," one tutor noted, so simple calculations took longer and errors crept in.

For a Year 10 learner working on rearranging algebraic equations, skipping full written steps meant mistakes went unnoticed until the very end.

Meanwhile, a Year 12 student drafting an assignment missed opportunities to use feedback effectively; notes from their draft weren't fully incorporated, resulting in repeated small errors across multiple attempts. This left them feeling frustrated as similar mistakes resurfaced in later tasks.

Recent Achievements

One Clayfield tutor noticed a Year 11 student who had previously hesitated to explain her maths thinking now clearly sets out and justifies each step in her assignment solutions, even writing down assumptions for clarity.

In a recent session with a Year 9 boy, the tutor saw him try new strategies on challenging geometry problems instead of waiting for hints—he's begun tackling parallelograms and triangles independently after months of needing guidance.

Meanwhile, an upper primary student who often guessed at arithmetic now pauses to identify mistakes before moving on, recently catching his own error while plotting points.

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 Nundah Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Clayfield College.