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Copacabana's tutors include a seasoned school teacher and university lecturer with decades mentoring K–12 students—including gifted programs—plus a Master's-qualified special education teacher, an Honours university medallist in science, experienced HSC and music tutors, accomplished peer mentors, junior sports coaches, and high-achieving recent graduates recognised for leadership and academic excellence.

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Laura

Science Tutor Copacabana, NSW
Offering them ways to easily comprehend subjects and topics, making subjects more enjoyable. I will try my very hardest to ensure my students feel that they are able to openly express their thoughts and to answer questions without the fear of judgement. I want my students to learn from their mistakes, and not be afraid to pick themselves back up…
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SAMUEL

Science Tutor North Avoca, NSW
Treat them with patience, respect, and help them to understand the content Breaking down complicated…
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Mia
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Mia

Science Tutor Terrigal, NSW
Give the student the foundational skills to excel on the own once outside of tutoring. A good tutor will be able to get their student to a level where they feel competent to work by themselves, and know both how to solve a problem, and why we approach the problem the way we do. My strengths as a tutor is my relatability, as math didn’t come easy…
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Bailey

Science Tutor Terrigal, NSW
Create a safe and engaging learning experience in which the student does not feel scared to ask questions. Adaptability: I am able to come up with unique ways to explain concepts and ideas that can help students to understand difficult ideas. Patience: I create a supportive, pressure-free learning environment, which helps students feel…
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Georgia

Science Tutor Wamberal, NSW
I believe the most important things a tutor can do for a student are to build their confidence, adapt to their learning style, and create a safe space for questions and mistakes. It's not just about helping them understand the content. It’s about helping them believe they can understand it. A good tutor should be patient, encouraging, and…
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Benjamin

Science Tutor Booker Bay, NSW
Implement creativity and a willingness to try is the most important skill a tutor can pass on to their students. Once a student builds a willingness to try and a need to challenge themselves, they will be more likely to build good habits and routines around creating these pathways for themselves. I always ask myself 'how do students learn' and…
Oliver
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Oliver

Science Tutor Avoca Beach, NSW
Ultimately, there are two things. Teaching a student to be curious, and teaching a student how to learn. Education systems are designed to filter all kids through a rigid, structured system, which, although brilliant for most, loses the spirit of why we learn. Because we are curious! We like to see how things work, to investigate our world and…
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Caitlin

Science Tutor North Avoca, NSW
A tutor's most important role, in my opinion, is using their passion for a subject to provide the student with confidence in the subject, and even inspiring this same passion in the student if it is not already there. I have 5+ years of teaching experience as a martial arts instructor, I am passionate about and skilled at the subjects I would like…
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Elisabeth

Science Tutor Green Point, NSW
I believe that tutors should provide all-round mentorship to students and that this is one of the most important things that can come of tutoring; helping them to feel more confident in approaching problems they have in their everyday lives and to search for the answers to the questions that they have about the world around them. I am very patient…
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Carol

Science Tutor Booker Bay, NSW
I believe a truly effective tutor can accurately pinpoint the source of a student's struggle with a particular topic, and propose the correct solution. For example, trouble with foundational concepts often stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of the basics, therefore it is important to readdress the theory portion of the topic and provide…

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I'm so grateful to Chelsie, she is very competent and kind person. Highly recommended
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Inside CopacabanaTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 7 student Zac focused on fraction operations, including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions, and practised simplifying mixed and improper fractions using worded sentence questions.

Year 8 student Lily worked through algebraic expansion and factorisation as well as more complex expressions involving both techniques.

Meanwhile, Year 5 student Olivia recapped money counting in NAPLAN-style questions and analysed the symmetries of shapes by counting angles and sides using visual aids.

Recent Challenges

A Year 8 student often forgets to do set homework and struggles to stay focused during lessons, as seen when "she was very reluctant to do work today" and didn't complete her assigned tasks—resulting in slow progress through content.

In Year 10, messy written work led to calculation errors, especially when columns weren't lined up for long division or graph plotting.

For a senior student preparing for HSC, frequent reliance on calculator answers without double-checking steps caused repeated mistakes; one tutor noted, "errors were being made when numbers were not properly lined up in columns," which cost valuable revision time.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in Copacabana noticed Zac, a high school student, shifting from hesitating during problem solving to confidently speaking up and tackling fraction questions that previously caused him trouble—he now remembers methods across lessons without prompting.

In another session, Olivia demonstrated new independence by bringing her own tricky homework questions and consistently writing out area formulas before solving complex shape problems; she used to skip this step and get stuck more often.

For a younger student, Lilly showed tangible progress by stopping her tutor from helping so she could solve percentage-to-fraction conversions on her own—a first for her.

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 Kincumber Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Copacabana Public School.