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Sebastopol's tutors include a primary and secondary teacher with over a decade of experience in Australia and internationally, an award-winning science dux, seasoned maths specialists (including a 6-year K–12 tutor and university medalist), passionate English and performing arts mentors, peer coaches, camp leaders, and current education degree students supporting literacy and numeracy.

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Yuri

Science Tutor Mount Helen, VIC
Having the patience and being a good listener. Having the two is what I believe where you can start building a better relationship with the student. By listening carefully to the student and also being patient with them (since people learns at different speed and different methods). From there, I can understand students in their area of weakness…
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Carrie

Science Tutor Ballarat East, VIC
The most important thing to keep in mind when tutoring in my opinion is to help them gain confidence & enjoyment in the subject. If a student believes they are bad at a subject, they often won't try as hard because they view it as pointless. Confirmation bias can also lead to only noticing when they make mistakes, meaning they won't recognise the…
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Oluwaremi

Science Tutor Black Hill, VIC
I believe it’s important for tutors to create a supportive environments for students. This will allow them to feel comfortable and open to learning. Learning is almost impossible in an environment where students do no feel safe. I also think it’s important for tutors to give students the opportunity to share their learning to encourage active…
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Jayd

Science Tutor Mount Helen, VIC
A tutor should help a student feel confident in their abilities, and ensure the student understands. A tutor should also help students find intrinsic motivation, help them find a reason to study that comes from their own goals and aspirations, rather than having study feel like a chore. I focus on fundamental understanding, and try to find gaps in…
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Zayda

Science Tutor Canadian, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do a student is listen to them and their needs as well as create an environment whether that's in person or online that is safe, supportive and positive for them to learn and thrive. I have a very personable, open and kind approach when interacting with staff, parents and most importantly students so I feel…
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Muskan

Science Tutor Ballarat, VIC
The tutor must understand the learning and understanding power of the children and how they can digest in the single session of tutoring. The tutor should be a good friend for a student. My strengths are that i am patience and I know how to handle a child and make them understand in the easy way. I have quality of good time management so my…
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Isaac

Science Tutor Ballarat East, VIC
The most important things a tutor can do for a student is provide the with the strategies, tools, and perhaps most importantly: confidence they need to succeed and thrive in their studies. I believe my strengths include my ability to effectively communicate and teach important concepts and skills to my students. In particular I pride myself on my…

Local Reviews

Benjamin is a very kind and patient person and always encourages Sophia to do her best. He would email/text either myself or Sophia each week to check what topics she required assistance with at the next session so that he always came prepared. Benjamin also provided old maths papers and exam techniques throughout the term to help Sophia. Benjamin is thoughtful and considerate and is very passionate about his job, so much so that he almost always goes over time at each session without giving it a second thought.
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Content Covered

Year 6 student Greta worked on negative number operations and expanded her skills in solving algebraic expressions, also revisiting fractions and decimals with visual aids.

Year 10 student Sam focused on trigonometry by labelling sides of right-angled triangles, writing and rearranging sin, cos, and tan ratios, and using a calculator for practice questions.

For Year 11, Ava revised the laws of exponents while simplifying equations and tackled previous test problems involving surds and set notation to prepare for upcoming assessments.

Recent Challenges

A Year 8 student often avoided writing out working in algebra, which made it difficult to spot where sign errors crept in; as a tutor observed, "he skipped showing steps in algebra, which hid sign errors."

In Year 11 physics, forgetting to convert units (e.g., not changing from km² to m²) led to confusion during problem-solving.

Meanwhile, a Year 6 student hesitated to ask for help on worded maths problems and left answers blank rather than risk being wrong. This reluctance meant her teacher missed chances to target support and left her feeling unsure after tests.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in Sebastopol noticed one high school student who had previously struggled with trigonometry now quickly identifying triangle sides and choosing whether to use sine, cosine, or tangent with minimal prompting.

Another secondary student, who used to rely heavily on guidance for algebraic equations, recently solved most problems independently and confidently applied the quadratic formula without help.

Meanwhile, a younger learner made steady progress with fractions: after frequent errors matching fractions to visuals at first, she began grouping arrays accurately and counted dots methodically for equivalents by her third exercise.

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 Sebastopol Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Sebastopol Primary School.