Cooranbong's tutors include a seasoned HSC and piano tutor with a 95.25 ATAR, a university-trained peer mentor and Maths Olympiad achiever, an award-winning school Dux, accomplished selective exam coach, experienced high school maths teacher, Bachelor of Education candidates with classroom placements, and passionate academic all-rounders recognised for leadership, mentoring and excellence across science, maths, English and the arts.
Our daughters tutoring with Yashu is going really well and is learning so much. Shehas become my confident in maths and is not afraid to ask question in class of the teacher, thats huge credit to Yashu for spending the time in explaining how it all works.Allison
Year 4 student Claudia worked on adding and subtracting like fractions and multiplying fractions, alongside reviewing the basics of 24-hour time using practical examples.
Year 8 student Leonardo focused on solving linear equations and explored profit and loss scenarios by breaking down real-world examples.
For Year 9, Nina revised measurement concepts such as converting between units and calculating perimeter for rectangles and triangles, with extra practice in GST calculations for applied numeracy skills.
A Year 7 student struggled to transfer creative writing ideas from mind to paper; as a tutor observed, "he has great difficulty with gathering ideas in written form despite the ability to collect ideas verbally."
Messy handwriting and disorganized layout during fraction work caused confusion for a Year 5 student, especially when setting out addition steps.
In Year 9 maths, one learner hesitated to show working in factorisation tasks due to low confidence, which led to freezing up under pressure.
Missed homework repeatedly delayed progress for several students—one needed extra time each session just revisiting unfinished times tables instead of moving forward.
One Cooranbong tutoring session saw a Year 9 student who previously hesitated to ask questions begin requesting clarification when tackling tricky algebra problems, showing new independence compared to her earlier reluctance.
A Year 10 student, after struggling with percentage discounts and GST calculations last term, now works through these multi-step problems without pausing for help and checks her answers against previous mistakes.
Meanwhile, a younger student in Year 4 who once avoided reading analogue clocks is now confidently stating both simple and challenging times like 6:47 aloud before moving on to solve worded maths problems independently.
