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Tutors in Fig Tree Pocket include an IB 98.05 ATAR graduate and multi-subject awardee, a seasoned K–12 English and maths tutor with postgraduate credentials, multiple high-achieving university scholars (GPA 6.25+, Dean's List), current school teachers and coaches, experienced peer mentors, debating captains, and science/engineering students with national competition and leadership accolades.

Toby
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Toby

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
The most important thing that a tutor can do for a student is to build rapport so that they trust in your abilities and in your desire to help them. I also believe that it is important that students feel that the time that they have spent with you has been worth the cost and the effort. One of my tutoring strengths is my ability to explain…
Aryan
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Aryan

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
1. Be knowledgable 2. Be encouraging 3. Be Organized 4. Be Adaptable 5. Be a Clear Communicator I bring knowledge, patience, adaptability, encouragement, clear communication, and organization to my lessons. Scoring an IB 43 (ATAR of 99.40) in high school, I have a deep understanding of my offered subjects and can give insight into helpful…
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SHUTING

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
I think the most important things are teaching students the learning methods, help them form a good learning habit and culture the keeping learning attitude. 1. Patience and good temper. 2. Several learning skills to get good grade. 3. Strong acdemic background. 4. International experience. 5. Good learning…
Gabriel
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Gabriel

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
As a tutor, what I believe to be important for a student is the ability to not only push but to better the student in their schooling career. My years of high school were spent with teachers who picked favourites and let me fade into the background. As a tutor, I would enjoy seeing the potential in someone and letting them see that for themselves.…
Asraful
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Asraful

English Tutor Darra, QLD
We help them to think openly, ask questions, improve communication. They can improve their skill of expressing their own problems. We can make them ambitious of their future. Have closed knowledge up to graduate level Mathematics and pedagogy, have experience on ethnomathematics and multicultural society, passionate to make Math easy, friendly and…
Ragulan
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Ragulan

English Tutor Jamboree Heights, QLD
Most important thing is to be able to teach for an individual students needs. Each student is different and it is vital tutors are able to adapt their teaching methods for the different students to ensure students achieve their potential. My biggest strength is communication. Being able to communicate both what I understand and clear concepts as…
Vas Witharamalage
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Vas Witharamalage

English Tutor Jamboree Heights, QLD
Build and improve the confidence of a particular subject. Easy tactics to memorise and improve the subject knowledge. Build up confidence of the examinations. Clear communication with the subject. Easy methods to memorise technical stuff Confidence build up, How to answer questions and elaborate. Teaching with fun and not…
Nur Hanisah
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Nur Hanisah

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
The most important thing is to get the student have a deep understanding on the part they have troubles. I believe once they understand there will be no problem to do well and increase their passion in that particular subject. "You can't love what you don't know" is my motto. My strength as a tutor is making things more simple to understand…
Jenna
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Jenna

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to not only instruct, but listen. Tutoring is a beneficial one on one experience, therefore tutoring has opportunities to become specialised for the students benefit. This can be achieved with asking questions such as “How is this content relevant to the student?†or “Does the…
Babak
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Babak

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
The most important things a tutor can teach a student is to practice what he/she has already learnt in the classroom. Further practicing and sloving many exercises also could help for the student to boost their learning skills. My patience and my experience and knowledge. I have had many students in the past and during Covid I have taught online.…
Kavya
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Kavya

English Tutor Oxley, QLD
I believe some of the most important things a tutor can do for a student include: understanding their unique learning requirements and style (this ensures effective and efficient studying), encouraging them to work on their weaknesses while making it enjoyable (this allows students to improve in a healthy/ positive environment and also foster a…
Martin
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Martin

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Not just tutor them, but be a friend. By opening up and developing a closer bond to students, the students feel more comfortable and it doesn't become a tutoring session, but just a study session. I went through the course(s) myself quite recently, so I understand what's expected on the students, and what they need to do to excel and not only get…
Angus
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Angus

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
Make the student feel supported, and confident enough to make mistakes and learn from them. My ability to explain complex topics and break them down into smaller…
Sanggavi
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Sanggavi

English Tutor Westlake, QLD
I think one of the most important things a tutor can do for a student is really spend the time and be patient with the students' needs to improve on the skill they may be struggling on. I believe it's vital that the student feels safe and comfortable to make mistakes and learn from them. I also believe that tutors can not only guide students with…
Caitlin
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Caitlin

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
A tutor is a mentor and a friend to a student as they are coming to them when they are struggling and trusting them to build up their skills and their grades so that they can achieve their desired grade. The most important thing is trust between the tutor and student, meaning that the tutor will do right by the student. I used to struggled when I…
Lachlan
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Lachlan

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Ideally, I want to instill the same sense of wonder and love that I have for mathematics in the students. This won't work for all students, of course, so failing that I think a tutor should be able to teach a student how to think for themselves - it's one thing to be shown how to get an answer, and it's another thing entirely to be taught how to…
Annie
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Annie

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
To be able to teach the concepts with patience and clarity. A good tutor would be able to inspire the students to develop an interest and enjoy learning Maths. I am able to teach Maths at all levels from grade 5 to grade 12. I can breakdown complicated concepts into simple terms, such as calculus, trigonometry and integration, etc. I am also…
Clarissa
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Clarissa

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
To understand their student. People will always learn better when the subject is related to topics they enjoy (hobbies, movies, shows). So, to help a student learn, the tutor must first learn about their student. I have a couple of helpful experiences. In high school I tutored a student a grade below me for a semester. I was also a TA for Linear…
Brianne
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Brianne

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Build confidence in their own abilities as well as provide guidance and support where needed My strengths would be being able to communicate clearly and precisely along with my flexibility and professionalism whilst also being approachable. My weakness would be that I haven't had too much experience in a professional tutoring position, so I would…
Helga
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Helga

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
Having both been the tutee and the tutor, I believe that it is imperative that a tutor is supportive of the student and caters their teaching to the student's specific needs. Tutoring is only truly effective when the student is completely engaged with the tutor and I believe that this can only happen when the student believes that they are in an…
Mahima
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Mahima

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
Students, in my opinion, are like clay that can be molded in any way. And if I have such a wonderful opportunity, I'll do everything in my power to make the most of it. I believe that a tutor should always be ready to help pupils with their concerns. In order for students to do better under him, a tutor must not only assist students academically…
Anna
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Anna

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
The most important things a tutor can do are to listen to their students and respond accordingly when tutoring them. It is also important to encourage their abilities and help them to succeed. A tutor should also be there to encourage continuous learning and creating a positive learning environment. I believe my strengths as a tutor are working…
Khin Thawdar
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Khin Thawdar

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
The most important things a tutor can do for a student are - monitoring the progress of the student and help them improve to their full potential, helping the student to achieve their dreams, sharing my own study experiences so that the student can learn from those experiences and make the most effective studying. My strengths as a tutor…

Local Reviews

With Oscars learning disorder he really wouldn’t be fully accessing the curriculum content if it weren’t for Matthew’s help. We really appreciate his patience and friendly disposition and non-judgemental attitude.
Rosilyn, Kenmore

Inside Fig Tree PocketTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 6 student Meg tackled ratio problems and reviewed tricky questions from class, often using visual examples to support understanding.

In Year 8, Sophie worked through a maths practice test and explored probability concepts with real-world style questions.

Meanwhile, Year 11 student Jack revised derivatives and logarithms by tackling past exam-style questions, helping consolidate his skills ahead of assessment.

Recent Challenges

In Year 8 Maths, one student consistently avoided the final exam questions—especially multi-step problems with unfamiliar scenarios—preferring to revisit easier practice sets. This meant they missed chances to build confidence tackling the hardest test sections.

For a Year 11 Engineering assignment, another student delayed starting the "solve" section until prompted, leading to rushed last-minute work and overlooked feedback ("needs to make sure that his PSMT is done up to the solve section by next Wednesday").

In Year 6, forgetting about lessons altogether resulted in missed homework submissions and falling behind on key content.

Recent Achievements

A Fig Tree Pocket tutoring session saw a Year 10 student, who had previously struggled with homework independence, tackle all assigned maths problems solo and even achieve a B+ on her recent test—she only needed to check one answer with the tutor.

Meanwhile, a senior student finally cracked the logic behind quadratic discriminants after weeks of confusion, confidently applying it to enrichment questions that used to feel out of reach.

At primary level, one younger learner surprised their tutor by reading instructions aloud for the first time without prompting before completing all ten worksheet problems on their own.

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 Kenmore Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Brisbane Montessori School.