Sunnybank's tutors include veteran K–12 teachers and heads of department with over a decade's classroom experience, an ATAR 99.65 graduate and school dux, international maths competition organisers, university medalists, early childhood specialists, and award-winning mentors whose expertise spans maths Olympiad coaching, curriculum leadership, and nurturing academic excellence across all ages.
We're very happy with how the tutoring has been going with Axel. He and my son seem to have found a good rhythm and my son is feeling more confident with his learning alread.Katrina, Upper Mount Gravatt
Year 4 student Mason focused on subtraction with numbers under 20 and explored foundational addition strategies through reading-based questions.
Year 10 student Alex revised quadratic equations by solving algebraically (using factorisation, the quadratic formula, and completing the square) and analysed features of parabolas, including turning points and axes of symmetry.
Meanwhile, Year 11 student Mia worked through advanced logarithms, specifically examining domains and ranges using graphs to reinforce conceptual understanding.
A Year 7 student hesitated to attempt quiz questions without notes, as noted: "expect to do the quiz without looking back at the notes," highlighting reliance on written aids rather than independent recall.
In Year 10 algebra, a student sometimes mistook one formula for another when rearranging equations, leading to incorrect steps and lost time clarifying which method applied.
For senior years, messy bookwork appeared in graphing tasks—one tutor observed "I would like to see some organising in book work," making it difficult to track corrections or spot patterns in errors. This meant reworking problems that could have been avoided with clearer layout.
One Sunnybank tutor noted a Year 11 student who previously hesitated to ask for help now prepares thoughtful questions before each lesson, leading to clearer assignment planning and fewer mistakes.
In a recent session with a Year 9 student, the tutor observed her using strategies taught weeks earlier—she independently set out her long division steps and only needed support for minor miscalculations.
Meanwhile, a younger student who used to struggle with addition is now quick to spot unit digit patterns in calculations and confidently explains how she arrives at answers without prompting.
