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Penshurst's tutors feature a classroom teacher with a Master of Teaching and K–6 expertise, an ATAR 97.45 graduate who topped Extension 1 and 2 Maths and Physics with peer mentoring experience, a university medallist in engineering, seasoned school science educators, and high-achieving recent graduates—several fluent in Mandarin—bringing academic awards and proven mentoring skills.

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Emma

English Tutor Penshurst, NSW
I believe the most important thing an english tutor can do is listen to their student and understand a concern they have from their point of view. I also believe tutors should be encouraging and help their students gain confidence so they can complete tasks independently and successfully. My main strength is listening, I always need to understand…
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Lenin

English Tutor Hurstville, NSW
The most important thing I can do for a student is to empower them with the skills and confidence to solve problems independently. By teaching critical thinking and problem-solving strategies, I aim to make students self-sufficient learners who can tackle future challenges with ease. I also focus on creating a supportive environment where students…
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Aaryan

English Tutor Beverly Hills, NSW
The most important things an english tutor can do for a student are to build confidence, foster a love for learning, and provide personalized support. By creating a safe and encouraging environment, tutors help students feel comfortable asking questions and making mistakes. Additionally, tailoring lessons to meet individual needs ensures that…
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Dinesh

English Tutor Hurstville, NSW
The most important things an english tutor can do for a student are to build their confidence, provide personalized support, and make learning engaging and enjoyable. As a tutor, I believe my strengths lie in my patience, adaptability, and strong communication skills. I am able to explain complex concepts in a simple and relatable way, ensuring…
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Emily

English Tutor Hurstville, NSW
To provide moral support as well as valuable experience. Great study tips and tricks! Strengths - I am good at explaining things - usually in a few different ways too! I can sympathize with my students because I too have been through the joys of school and studies. I enjoy tutoring so I put in 100% of my effort and time. Weaknesses - I have OCD…
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Krish

English Tutor Hurstville Grove, NSW
Tutor can assist in providing a tailored direction to student to succeed in life Experience on how best to teach students & provide a tailored…
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Darren

English Tutor Hurstville, NSW
To be a good tutor, I feel like you need to be personally connected with your students. Each student has their own unique situation whether it be family or academic and as an english tutor, you must be able to work with what your students have. After all, I believe that is the role of a tutor; to help students build upon what they have and then…
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Anusha

English Tutor Narwee, NSW
Not give the answers but help support the learning process and give guidance when the child needs it most. There is a difference between doing all the work for the child and actually teaching how the problem can be approached and observing how the student does it him/herself. If the child is stuck on a concept, it is my responsibility to help the…
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Mohsin

English Tutor Peakhurst, NSW
The most important things an english tutor can do for a student are: -Build strong, personal relationships with their students. -Truly personalize the learning -Minimize the student's weaknesses -Incorporate connections to the student's interests -Should have specific content expertise -Tutoring is ubiquitous. Good tutors recognize the…
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Alice

English Tutor Connells Point, NSW
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is to be able to understand their specific needs and hence find creative avenues in order to best convey a concept. Continual encouragement and acknowledging success whether it may be big or small foster self-efficacy and motivation within a student hence opening them up to reach their…
Thomas
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Thomas

English Tutor Allawah, NSW
To effectively guide and help students, an english tutor must be able to build trust with said student, fostering a sense of psychological safety whilst simultaneously encouraging self confidence and an intrinsic desire for success. Tutors must also be able to employ a personalised learning approach in order to ensure effective guidance for…
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Hadiah

English Tutor Peakhurst, NSW
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is being empathetic and understanding as this allows the student to feel seen, valued and respected, and it will motivate them to pursue their studies. It is also important to cater to every student's needs by providing individualised lesson plans, worksheets, topic tests and mock…
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Simon

English Tutor Carlton, NSW
Build their confidence and prepare them before an exam. This personally was the most important thing for me prior to every exam as I would always enter panicked and feeling nauseous. After being tutored, I feel this is one of the most necessary and significant thing an english tutor can do for a student. I am very patient and can attempt to…
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Pravin

English Tutor Carlton, NSW
Be patient with them. They do not have the same experience that we have so it might be difficult for them to grasp or even explain what they don't understand but they will eventually be able to gain an understanding of it when you try explaining it to them from a different perspective - Patient - Flexible in teaching styles and explains concepts…
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Angela

English Tutor Riverwood, NSW
Build their confidence in their weak areas - I will want to see all my students feel they can overcome challenges and difficulty in their work through my help and support. I want my students to be inspired as I have been inspired by my teachers in the past, including when times were tough - to never give up on a student is essential. Also…
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LAURA

English Tutor Bexley, NSW
Trying to bring out the best that a student can do; whether in grasping a concept, applying it or simply being able to explain it. Properly conveying the idea to each student according to their personal means of understanding because "you can't judge an elephant by its ability to…
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Tanzila

English Tutor Bexley, NSW
A tutor is a guide to show the right path. Students might stumble a lot, but tutor should hold him up, stand by him and show the right direction. Never giving up on a student, looking for opportunities to advance their skill is what an english tutor should always do. I try to explain things from the student's perspective. For example, a gamer…
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Paawan

English Tutor Bexley, NSW
Simplify school work and syllabus and teach it in a more concise way to the student. Communication, Problem Solving,…
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Sana

English Tutor Lakemba, NSW
The most important thing is to make sure that the student has completely understood the concept. It is useless to move forward if they don't understand the basics. I am able to understand the thought process of a student and their weak points. This allows me to help construct their concepts from the base up and ensure they can solve any…
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Armak

English Tutor Punchbowl, NSW
The most important thing as an english tutor is to help students connect to what they are learning. It is the job of the tutor to differentiate instruction based on the learning preferences of the students. Further, a tutor reinforces what the students have been learning at school. I am a teacher with 15 years of teaching experience. My last…
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Joshua Jayaprashanth

English Tutor Clemton Park, NSW
Firstly, Building confidence in a student to make him function in his own.Secondly, a tutor should consider himself in terms of the student's point of view. My biggest strength is steering the student in the positive direction and always boosting their confidence level. I believe, once the student feels he could perform, we succeed as a…
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Jasmin

English Tutor Oyster Bay, NSW
The most important thing a tutor can do is to practice empathy in order to ensure the student knows they're in a safe environment where they are allowed to make mistakes and learn from them. Being kind and really listening to what they say to you is also essential, as you don't want them to feel like they can't talk to you, as this will result in…
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Benjamin (Benji)

English Tutor Kangaroo Point, NSW
A tutor or at least a teacher is someone who can give students a helping hand, perhaps a friend is too informal but someone they can relate to. I think being able to understand your student and what makes them improve or how they can improve is also essential as a tutor and a teacher. It is useless to spoon feed facts and knowledge to a student if…

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Inside PenshurstTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 7 student Aaliyah focused on simplifying like terms in algebra and practiced applying these skills through targeted exercises.

Year 9 student Jessica worked through worded probability questions, such as drawing colored discs from a bag, and solved equations involving negative numbers and unknown pronumerals.

Meanwhile, Year 10 student Sophie revised Pythagoras' theorem by tackling test-style problems and also created an essay template for English to support her writing skills.

Recent Challenges

In Year 11, one student's exam performance was affected by time management issues; as observed, "she ran out of time and left several questions unfinished," leading to unnecessary loss of marks despite knowing the material.

For a Year 8 student, dependency on tutor prompts was evident—she often waited for hints before attempting questions, slowing independent problem-solving.

A Year 4 learner struggled to lay out her thinking clearly on paper; when asked to "write everything she thinks of," she found it difficult to track her working, causing confusion during multi-step BODMAS tasks.

Recent Achievements

One Penshurst tutor noticed a Year 10 student who used to leave answers unsimplified now independently checks and simplifies her solutions without prompting—a big shift from relying on hints in past sessions.

Another high school student recently recognised every mistake in her maths test, then confidently corrected them herself and completed the rest of the questions accurately, showing new self-awareness and resilience.

Meanwhile, a younger primary student who would hesitate with mental calculations is now eager to attempt challenging multiplication problems out loud and even asks for tougher ones when she finishes early.

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 Penshurst Branch Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Declan's Catholic Primary School.