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Priestdale's tutors include a Redeemer Lutheran College Proxime Accessit (ATAR 99.10) and dual science prizewinner, a seasoned maths and piano tutor studying at UQ, an ex-school English teacher with international credentials, Olympiad participants, youth mentors, and state-level athletes—each bringing real teaching experience, academic excellence or specialist coaching skills to local students.

Tako
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Tako

English Tutor Rochedale South, QLD
Give them confidence in making them believe and achieve the goal the wish to attain Very patient, good interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to interact and make student feel…
Fatima
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Fatima

English Tutor Rochedale South, QLD
Some of the most important things a tutor can do for a student is basically giving them the ability to simply understand their work, as this understanding forms the foundation of what they need to know and without this understanding they would not be able to pus themselves forward into learner their work on a broader perspective. I am a fast…
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Eldho

English Tutor Daisy Hill, QLD
It is pivotal that the tutor is always easily approachable as otherwise shy students may be reluctant to ask the tutor questions and thus those shy kids may end up falling behind. In addition, I feel that tutors must always be supportive towards the student as any harsh or negative comments may severely hinder a students willingness and ability to…
Dannika
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Dannika

English Tutor Underwood, QLD
It's important for a tutor to be able to provide a positive and safe learning environment for their students, where the focus is upon developing useful skills and knowledge rather than being limited by specific content. My strengths would be that I am very patient, sensitive and sympathetic, and I would definitely be able to make my students feel…
Maha
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Maha

English Tutor Underwood, QLD
I consider self belief and self motivation are the most important skills a tutor can instill in a student I believe my strength as a tutor revolve around the fact I am a hardworking, patient, self motivated high school teacher who loves the satisfaction of an excellent result. However my weakness as a tutor would be that I like to spend a little…
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Hamid

English Tutor Kuraby, QLD
Inspire them. Anyone can regurgitate textbook material in a different way. But only few can truly educate and inspire their students to become the very best version of themselves. Some of the strengths that I believe are quite necessary for a tutor other than leadership are resilience, and the ability to properly analyse a students learning…
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Daniel-Louis

English Tutor Runcorn, QLD
Stay that extra bit of time if possible to make sure a student understands the concepts outlined instead of just leaving at the end of the session. Thorough understanding of maths topics, strong communication skills and patience with…
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Berylia

English Tutor Wishart, QLD
The most important thing is to be patient and to be a good listener - understanding that what may be easy to you might not be easy to the student, and to offer various techniques that will help the student's understanding. A tutor should also be honest, and should admit when they do not know a certain topic. This would help to build trust…
Sarah
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Sarah

English Tutor Wishart, QLD
The most important things a tutor can do for a student is to make them passionate about the subject. I wholeheartedly believe that a student must not cram information purely for grades, but to generate a genuine interest for the subject with the assistance of the tutor. I am very familiar with working with children from a large variety of ages. I…
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Zaakiyah

English Tutor Eight Mile Plains, QLD
Firstly to help them understand something that they may be scared or ashamed of not knowing. Also, to help teach special small techniques to quicken solutions. I'm super open and friendly and have a lot of patience, so I can sit and understand what the problem is before rushing and forcing the student to hop…
Suneha
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Suneha

English Tutor Loganlea, QLD
I believe that building solid rapport with a student is one of the most important tasks a tutor needs to achieve in order to ensure future development and academic growth. This involves listening closely to what the student wants to achieve in regards to the studies, and creating an effective communication system whereby the tutor understands…
Thidaporn (Lukgade)
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Thidaporn (Lukgade)

English Tutor Wishart, QLD
To help them with any questions they have and identify their strengths and weaknesses in that subject to help develop and improve on it. I think my strengths are that I am very patient, dependable and willing to learn new things. I think my weaknesses would be that because my study timetable will have to change every semester, the times that I…
Lisa
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Lisa

English Tutor Wishart, QLD
Encourage them to try their best, build up their confidence and show them what they have the ability to do, and enhance their abilities through assistance. My strengths as a tutor include my passion for learning, my ability to communicate effectively with others and befriend people fast. I am able to make people feel at ease and I believe this is…
Shaylea
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Shaylea

English Tutor Loganlea, QLD
The most important thing as a tutor is to be there for your student, not only academically but mentally and emotionally as well. I want my students to feel like they can ask me for advice on subjects that may not pertain to their education, but I want them to also feel like they can come to me for help when it comes to their academics as well.…
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lachlan

English Tutor Macgregor, QLD
I think a tutor should be friendly and approachable where the student feels comfortable even when struggling that they are able to speak up about why and what’s bothering them. I also think it’s important a tutor to be flexible and willing to help I believe i have strengths in improvisation and adaptability to overcome learning challenges and…
Jasmine
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Jasmine

English Tutor Macgregor, QLD
Be approachable and pay attention. It's very hard to put your own worldview aside when it comes to knowledge, and many people are likely not even cognisant of that, but you need to understand that you know things that the child doesn't even know what they don't know. I make learning a bit more laid back and approachable. My strength is in relating…
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Paiwand

English Tutor Carindale, QLD
The most important things include : - Instilliing a healthy attitude - Being supportive - Being on task - Achieving Goals Together optimising these factors leave little room for failure. My strengths would be Maths and English as I am motivated and fond of those subjects. I also like teaching visually and interactively. Furthermore, my…
Arya
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Arya

English Tutor Mansfield, QLD
Help them out and to make them feel comfortable with asking you for help and to realise there are no stupid questions and both sides learn together. My strength is my interest to tutor and to help students out. As a not so long ago high school graduate, I know how it feels. Weakness: My lack of…
Matthew
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Matthew

English Tutor Sunnybank, QLD
Each student is an individual and should be considered so. I am knowledgeable and patient but sometimes I can be a little…
Kevin
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Kevin

English Tutor Calamvale, QLD
It is very important for me as tutor to ensure that a student do not feel demotivated. This begins with creating a safe learning environment and ensuring that they will not feel pressured for making mistakes, as mistakes are part of the learning process. When a student struggles with a problem, it is important to be patient and commit to ensuring…
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Xingyu

English Tutor Sunnybank Hills, QLD
Being respectful is one of the best ways to connect with a student, and allows students room to speak up about any issues they are having. Having good management skills will ensure students are taught with well prepared content, and also be heared with appropriate after class learning material to prepare for the next lesson. Very good…
Kerri
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Kerri

English Tutor Capalaba, QLD
To relax them, and build up the student's confidence. This can often happen by breaking tasks into sections, and working through tasks slowly. I am a reliable, very caring and dedicated person. I am also a perfectionist, and become easily annoyed with…
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Natasha

English Tutor Calamvale, QLD
It is highly important for a tutor to listen and more specifically identify gaps and concerns that a student is having in a particular area. I believe that my strengths are that I have developed strong communication skills over the course of my employment and my university studies. I studied Board English at highschool and maintained high grades…

Local Reviews

Good Morning, Thomas started tutoring Jaxon at the beginning of this year as he was struggling in the essential subjects last year. We attended his Teacher/parent in March and his teacher was concerned about his progress.What a difference Thomas has made.His school report this week was a major climb in both marks a comments. Jaxon adores Thomas and thrives on his postive teaching skills to him.Please pass on a huge Shoutout to him.
Jaxon Lassey

Inside PriestdaleTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 5 student Ben focused on area and volume calculations for both 2D and 3D shapes, along with converting between measurement units.

In Year 10, Lily tackled compound interest problems and practised applying the sine and cosine rules to non-right-angled triangles using her calculator.

For Year 11, Ethan worked through linear regression by creating scatter plots and finding trend line equations, then explored bivariate data analysis including correlation coefficients.

Recent Challenges

A Year 8 student began the lesson without a notebook or working calculator, which delayed progress in algebra tasks ("his calculator seems flat").

In Year 10, a science report draft lacked clear structure, making it difficult to communicate findings.

For a senior student in Methods, reliance on technology for seasonal indices meant handwritten solutions were incomplete—when asked to "show working by hand," steps were skipped and accuracy suffered.

One Year 12's assignment planning stalled because the scope was unclear; as the tutor noted, "clarify with teacher the scope of assignment and work on the data." This left critical data analysis unfinished before the deadline.

Recent Achievements

One Priestdale tutor noticed a real shift with a Year 10 student who used to guess through compound interest problems—now, he's setting up equations on his own and correcting earlier mistakes in percentage calculations.

A Year 12 student, previously hesitant to plan ahead, worked out a personalised study schedule for the holidays and mapped out revision topics for their ATAR exam without prompting.

Meanwhile, a Year 5 student who'd struggled with 3D shapes became much more engaged after using hands-on props; she successfully explained how to draw 2D views from those models by herself.

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 Logan North Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Calvary Christian College.