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Elizabeth Downs' tutors include a veteran primary teacher with special needs expertise, an award-winning mathematics educator (MSc, BEd) with international classroom experience, a University Merit scholar specialising in K–12 mentoring, experienced private STEM tutors including an ATAR 97.9 scorer and Brain Bee top 10% finalist, plus passionate early childhood educators and youth mentors.

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Diya

Tutor Salisbury East, SA
Aid them in understanding any concepts they couldn't grasp during school hours and ensure the syllabus is clear to them. Carry out fun quizzes which allows tutors to know how much more effort is required. Report and communicate with parents on a regular basis so as to ensure better tutoring experience. Some of my greatest strengths is care and…
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Hanny

Tutor Burton, SA
In my opinion, as a tutor, it is very important to cherish the students as they progressed, acknowledging their work and encourage them to try to do with their full potential. Besides, it is important to have an understanding of their best way of learning, and encourage them to question in their learning. Furthermore, awareness of their wellbeing…
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Tyler

Tutor Salisbury Downs, SA
Not just teach them the material but to also teach them how to learn. Especially with younger year levels, their needing of a tutor can show that they need help in education as a whole not just a subject. In older year levels that skill of self learning becomes very important. Secondly, I would say to have no stress. Coming into exam or test time,…
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Marko

Tutor Golden Grove, SA
Give them the confidence to succeed independently. The ability to listen and to determine my student's strengths, weaknesses and…
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Elizabeth

Tutor Golden Grove, SA
Being able to help a student achieve future problems on their own by helping them understand how to do a problem rather than just providing the solution is one of the most important things I consider a tutor can do for a student. I also think it's important to be prepared to help them with their topics by preparing first myself. I believe my…
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Bethany

Tutor Golden Grove, SA
The most important things a tutor can do is to tailor their lessons to suit their individual students as every student learns differently and has different learning needs. It is also important that the tutor has knowledge on the curriculum that the student is being taught at school so they can align what they teach what the student is learning at…
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Harshil

Tutor Salisbury East, SA
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is teach them that is help them understand a topic genuinely rather than just memorizing the topic. Also a tutor should guide students to think, and make them believe in their own skills and and ability to learn boosting their confidence. Also To able to solve all their doubts and give them a…
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Lachlan

Tutor Paralowie, SA
I think the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is identify and act on the students gaps of knowledge. This is because information is available to the student in the form of teachers and unlimited online resources. A tutor's differentiatory use then becomes identifying a students gap of knowledge and assisting in weak areas that the…
Steven
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Steven

Tutor Elizabeth North, SA
A tutor should be able to communicate effectively with a student, not only to teach course material but also to build a personal connection with the student. My own experience studying Physics, Chemistry, Methods and Specialist maths at a disadvantaged school gave me experience in explaining novel concepts to my peers. As I've only recently…
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Tamika

Tutor Smithfield, SA
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to be able to help the student reach their full potential and to guide them on the right path My strengths would be guiding them through the process and making sure they take their time to…
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Hadassah

Tutor Smithfield, SA
1. The tutor should be patient with the student; When a student asks for help from a tutor, I believe that they should uphold their responsibility to help the student rather than stressing them out with their frustration. 2. The tutor should continuously be encouraging the student; I already admire the determination of these students to…
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Jia Ming

Tutor Smithfield, SA
Apart from being a tutor, I'm also a mentor to my students by building a strong relationship with them over time. One of the most important things that I can do as a tutor is be an adult that they can trust and look up to in their life. As a tutor, I strive to create positive learning experiences, provide encouragement and use effective…
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Aayush

Tutor Smithfield, SA
Provide multiple ways of interpreting a question until the student understands from their own perspective. High level of…
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Molly-Jean

Tutor Blakeview, SA
I believe that a tutor should be someone whom the student should feel comfortable asking questions. In this sense, the student should definitely feel no hestitation when asking for clarification if they do not completely understand a concept, something which is not always easy to do in a class. I believe my weaknesses as a tutor would stem from my…
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Gregory

Tutor Elizabeth North, SA
For high school students, I find that the most important thing a tutor can do is to build a student's confidence in their own abilities. More often than not, I hear student's say that they don't know what they're doing, which can hold them back from trying their best. It's a fact of psychology that people tend to sabotage their own efforts when…
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Soraya

Tutor Elizabeth, SA
I strongly believe that tutor are in a position, where they can not only help the student with solving a problem, but also build their confidence so that they become confident in solving any type of problems independently. It is also about teaching them how to approach a question instead of giving them the answers. For example, helping them to…
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Kloe

Tutor Smithfield, SA
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to just help them with their work and listen to their needs and help with those needs. I think that my strengths are: - being an effective communicators - knowing how and when to give critical feedback - being able to explain concepts in a way that is different than normal - being able…
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James

Tutor Smithfield, SA
Help them work through different problems enough so they can figure it out for themselves Im able to solve problems different ways to help people…
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Dev

Tutor Elizabeth East, SA
I believe the most important things a tutor can do are to build the student’s confidence, create a supportive learning environment, and teach them how to learn independently. It’s not just about solving problems for them, it’s about giving them the tools and strategies to tackle challenges on their own. A tutor should motivate students,…
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Francheska Alizah

Tutor Hillbank, SA
The most important thing I can do for a student is help them develop a positive mindset toward learning. Beyond academic skills, I teach students how to think critically, stay motivated, and manage their time effectively—skills that benefit them both in school and in life. I am an approachable, positive, and engaging tutor who creates a…
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Stacey

Tutor Smithfield, SA
Help them understand the material, encourage their strengths and support them when they find something difficult I believe I'm good at helping people understand information, being able to explain things simply and…
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Aasif

Tutor Hillbank, SA
Be able to be understanding and Patient With the students to be able to help them reach their potential. And scaffold them to their needs in order for them to reach their zone of proximal development. I am studying to become a teacher, I am well versed and know how to deal with teenagers/kids due to my current job and studies. I am also very…
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Adam

Tutor Blakeview, SA
Important things a tutor can do for a student is simply to believe in them and to encourage them when they start feeling disparaged. I believe I have great patience when it comes to tutoring and I can break concepts down…

Local Reviews

Alicia, is softly spoken and paced and this appeals to my teen Rose. Alicia picks up when Rose hasn't understood and works to explain it differently until she does. We are very happy with the confidence Rose has gained in maths & the skills she can now apply at school.
Ali

Inside Elizabeth DownsTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Ava worked on understanding place value up to five-digit numbers and practised long addition and subtraction with multi-digit problems.

Year 8 student Chase explored the angle sum property of quadrilaterals and triangles, including proving similarity and using cross multiplication to find corresponding sides.

For Year 10, Daniel revised solving quadratic equations by factorising and finding roots, as well as tackling practice questions on constructing angles using a protractor.

Recent Challenges

A Year 11 student preparing a Research Project left work until the last minute, saying he "did not want to pursue" it—this meant rushed drafts and little time for meaningful revision or feedback.

In Year 9 English, messy written work made it hard to keep ideas clear; as one tutor noted, "focus slips when writing longer responses," so arguments became repetitive or lost formality.

For Year 6 mathematics, a reluctance to write steps—especially in expanded notation—led to confusion when checking answers.

The unfinished homework on number patterns and times tables left gaps that slowed progress during sessions.

Recent Achievements

One Elizabeth Downs tutor noticed that a Year 10 student, Chelsea, has started to ask for clarification on equations right away instead of hesitating or skipping over difficult steps—a real shift from her earlier sessions.

Meanwhile, Caitlin in Year 9 independently tackled all the Pythagoras application questions without waiting for hints and even checked her answers herself before moving on.

In a younger group, Chase (Year 5) now consistently uses finger-tap spelling while reading tricky words out loud, showing much more patience than when he'd previously rush through and guess.

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 Playford Civic Centre Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Taparra Primary School.