Tutors in Somers include a primary school PLC leader and university lecturer with over a decade of classroom teaching, an ATAR 99.2 Dux and VCE Maths perfect scorer, experienced youth mentors, peer and private tutors with academic awards in maths and sciences, plus subject duxes, student leaders, and creative coaches for K–12 learners.
Skilled 
Standard Tatum is comfortable with Tim. He emails her questions before the lesson which helps her prepare. She has even helped fellow classmates with work that she has covered with “her tutor”Michelle
Year 5 student Mira reviewed long multiplication and simple division strategies, using step-by-step breakdowns to build confidence.
Year 8 student Lily worked on expanding and factorising quadratics as well as identifying the difference of perfect squares, focusing on grouping techniques for clarity.
For Year 11 student Zac, lessons covered sketching transformed trigonometric graphs and solving general solutions in trigonometry, alongside practice with chemistry concepts like Faraday's Law and electrolytic cells.
In Year 3 maths, Riley often attempted to do all working in his head, leading to lost steps and errors—"I encourage him to write down his working more often," a tutor noted after a fractions task.
Meanwhile, a Year 11 student neglected homework outside sessions and struggled to retain previous knowledge, leaving key concepts unpractised for tests.
In VCE Chemistry, forgetting the data booklet's resources slowed progress during calculations.
A Year 9 student missed over a month of required schoolwork due to poor organization; falling behind meant extra pressure catching up instead of building new skills.
A Somers tutor noticed a real shift with a Year 9 student who used to guess answers in comprehension but now stops to re-read and self-correct before responding.
In Year 11 maths, another student who often struggled with errors during calculations has begun making significantly fewer mistakes, showing much more careful checking as she works through exam prep.
Meanwhile, a younger primary student who previously hesitated with times tables is now tackling them independently and even attempted homework without prompting for the first time this term.
