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Smithfield's tutors include a PhD university lecturer with 8+ years' teaching and mentoring, award-winning maths and English teachers, primary specialists with classroom and special needs experience, accomplished peer mentors, an international F1 in Schools competitor, high-ATAR STEM graduates, creative writing experts, and private tutors praised for engaging K–12 learners from diverse backgrounds.

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Nicole

Science Tutor Salisbury Heights, SA
The most important thing is give a student confidence in their own abilities. Without confidence, a student will continue to doubt themselves and struggle whether you are guiding them in their learning or not. I am compassionate, good at explaining things in multiple ways, and creative. I believe that to be a tutor you have to be creative, as the…
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Samuel

Science Tutor Salisbury Heights, SA
I believe the most important thing which a tutor can do for a student is not only teach them what they need to know but teach them the skills which they need to succeed on their own. I believe this because although a tutor can help with their learning, they can't be there every single step of the way, especially after high school. These skills…
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Mehar

Science Tutor Direk, SA
I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to give them the confidence to never stop trying to learn despite few low moments. I personally, encourage students to ask even the most basic questions which come across their mind and to never feel ashamed of wanting to learn more or being curious. In my opinion, Constantly…
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Ryan

Science Tutor Salisbury North, SA
The most important thing is for a tutor to help a student understand the concepts, rather than giving them answers, to help them towards understanding the work independently. I consider myself to be patient with my students as they learn at their own speeds, while providing them with the path to find the answer…
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Jerome

Science Tutor Salisbury North, SA
The best things that a mentor can give his/her students are life long skills and strategies. Academic knowledge is one thing however being able to know how to handle other different learning problem is something that the students can take with them for a long time (eg; time management, self discipline, problem solving skills) I believe my…
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Kevin

Science Tutor Paralowie, SA
Promote self confidence through support and encouragement in the student so that ideally they become a self sufficient learner. Provide passion about the subject and demonstrate the exciting things that can be done with those skills Identify the student's strengths and weaknesses and identify ways to leverage and overcome them. Teach good study…

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Watching my child's confidence improve as she develops her Math skills has been very rewarding.
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Content Covered

Year 4 student Sam worked on five-digit place value and expanded notation, then practised addition and subtraction with three-digit numbers through worded problems.

Year 8 student Liam revised lines and angles—including exterior angles of triangles—and solved practice geometry questions before being introduced to congruence rules for triangles.

For Year 10, Ava focused on solving quadratic equations by factorising and finding roots, as well as simplifying quadratics using the difference of squares formula.

Recent Challenges

In Year 12, leaving research assignments until the last minute meant one student had little time to select articles or polish work; as a tutor noted, "the opportunity to absorb learning is limited." Relying on session time rather than independent preparation also slowed progress in English.

In Year 10 Science, forgetting materials (like textbooks and test papers) made it impossible to review key topics together.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 student often skipped practicing unfamiliar multiplication tables for homework—leading to gaps when tackling worded problems.

When written steps were skipped in Year 8 algebra, sign errors crept in unnoticed.

Recent Achievements

A Smithfield tutor noticed Chelsea, a Year 10 student, now regularly asks for clarification on complex equations instead of staying silent when stuck—a big shift from her earlier sessions where she hesitated to speak up.

Meanwhile, Caitlin in Year 9 has started tackling challenging geometry problems independently and even requested extra variations to practice after mastering the basics.

In a recent primary session, one younger student who used to guess at multi-digit addition is now verbalising each step out loud and checking their own work before moving on.

Last week, Caitlin attempted all elimination method questions solo and finished them correctly.

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 Blakeview Primary School.