Deer Park's tutors include a former university lecturer and valedictorian with primary teaching expertise, a PhD physics candidate and ex-assistant lecturer, Kumon-trained mentors, experienced school maths teachers, STEM educators, award-winning peer leaders, Olympiad and high-ATAR achievers, plus passionate subject specialists pursuing advanced degrees in education, science, mathematics, and the arts.
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Minh aka Truc has been fabulous in the short amount of time I have worked with her. She really has given me the confidence I needed to have a better mindset going in to an exam. From the start she was approachable and understanding. I never felt like I was being judged, she was able to answer all my questions with an explanation on how she got the answer.Vanessa, Burnside
Year 6 student Aashi focused on simplifying fractions and converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages using practical examples.
In Year 9, Alexia worked through ratios and financial maths concepts from her schoolwork, as well as revisited measurement topics like area and perimeter with extra written notes for clarification.
For a senior secondary student, Daniel tackled the long division algorithm for polynomials along with the Remainder Theorem and Factor Theorem to strengthen his understanding of polynomial arithmetic.
In Year 8, one student often missed key terms in worded maths questions, leading to incorrect answers; a tutor observed, "she would misread or miss integral terms and vocabulary."
In VCE Economics, a senior student failed a recent test—less from lack of effort than from struggling to organize revision and recall material under pressure.
Another Year 7 learner sometimes left homework incomplete, which slowed progress with multi-step equations.
Meanwhile, in Year 5 English, difficulty piecing together ideas into essay structure made written tasks feel overwhelming.
Moments like these show how process habits can shape both understanding and confidence during lessons.
One Deer Park tutor noticed a Year 10 student who used to rely heavily on the CAS calculator now confidently factorises expressions by hand, even double-checking her work by expanding brackets herself.
In a recent session with a Year 8 student, the tutor saw him tackle multi-step equations—where he previously got stuck choosing which operation to do first—and after some practice, he started completing them independently.
Meanwhile, during primary sessions, one Year 6 student has begun backchecking her answers on tricky worded maths problems; as a result, she's making far fewer mistakes than before and now finishes these questions accurately without prompting.
