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Tutors in Don Valley include experienced classroom teachers, a Monash Master of Teaching candidate, VCE and university-level maths and science mentors, an IIT gold medalist with 7+ years' tutoring expertise, award-winning high achievers (ATARs up to 99+, subject dux), youth coaches, and academic scholarship recipients dedicated to supporting K–12 students.

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Biology Tutor Warburton, VIC
Helping people understand why learning is important to them. Kids can find it hard to see why what they're learning is important. I think a fundamental key is showing how the process of learning itself is the important aspect, rather than specifically the content. While the content is important to grasp, the process of regular work towards a goal,…

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Louisa is a wonderful tutor and my daughter has learned so much from the Maths lessons. Thank you for your effort and patience!
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Content Covered

Year 5 student Erin focused on converting between decimals and time, then practised rearranging equations to make a variable the subject using worked examples.

In Year 7, Codi worked through finding unknown angles along straight lines and within triangles, and also revised all four operations with fractions.

For Year 10, Alice explored composite functions by working step-by-step through function substitution problems and practised simplifying expressions while preparing for an upcoming test.

Recent Challenges

A Year 9 student tended to rely heavily on one familiar multiplication method, hesitating to try more efficient strategies—this slowed her during test-style drills. "She could benefit from experimenting with different approaches," noted a tutor after she avoided alternative methods in maths.

Meanwhile, a senior student working on calculus revision skipped reviewing teacher feedback before sessions, missing the chance to target tricky exam questions and refine problem-solving under time pressure.

For a Year 7 English assignment, another student's perfectionism meant she repeatedly erased work instead of editing drafts, making written tasks longer and increasing frustration when facing creative writing prompts.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in Don Valley noticed Lizzie, a senior English student, recently started generating her own nuanced arguments during text analysis—she's moved from just listening to actively shaping ideas and challenging perspectives, which is a big leap from her earlier sessions.

In maths, Ayelet (Year 10) now works through trigonometry problems with clearer logic and independence; she independently chooses the right ratios and her written solutions show much more organised thinking than before.

Meanwhile, Riley (Year 3) used to guess unfamiliar words but has begun sounding them out on his own whenever he gets stuck—last session he read a full page without prompting for help.

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 Yarra Junction Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Don Valley Primary School.