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Thorngate's tutors include a secondary maths teacher with two master's degrees and international school experience, an Adelaide medical student and seasoned K–12 tutor, a university-trained maths specialist with 15+ years' experience, a high school science teacher with classroom and boarding roles, and accomplished peer mentors and academic award recipients in STEM fields.

Daniel
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Daniel

Tutor Dulwich, SA
- Facilitate open discussion about the stresses, intricacies, and difficulties of schooling (especially in Year 12) - Explain the same concept as a student's classroom teacher but in a way that is digestible to the student (offering a personal approach) - Be able to provide detailed feedback and/or comprehensive drafts for assignments and…
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Chloe

Tutor Dulwich, SA
Improving their overall problem-solving and critical thinking skill, guiding them to be a successful and individual learner while establishing a positive learning environment and relationship between tutor and students. The most important part is to let them achieve their short-term goals and then long-term goals. - My distinction GPA (>80%) at…
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James-William

Tutor Mansfield Park, SA
The most important things a tutor can do for a student is to make them feel comfortable to communicate with. Communication is key for a student's success, if they don't know how to do certain things, they can ask the tutor. Sometimes the tutor does not always know the answer, but the tutor is seen as a reliable source so whichever information the…
Jason
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Jason

Tutor Kensington Gardens, SA
One of the most important things I have realised over helping my friends in year 12 would be to walk through the question and not actually doing the question for the student. Sure you could do the question for them and they could get full marks for an assignment or whatever, but they would not understand the fundamentals lying behind the question…
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Alessio

Tutor Campbelltown, SA
Encourage the student to ask many questions and provide visual demonstrations, whether it be a visual demonstration of a physics concept or a step-by-step process of solving a mathematical problem. I also believe that discussing my exact thought process in solving problems helps the student to build better problem-solving habits. I am very…
Gauri
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Gauri

Tutor Frewville, SA
1. Making them believe in themselves. 2. Training and assisting them to achieve successive goals through proven teaching-learning methods and performance strategies. 3. Enhancoing their performance through consistent practice, feedback and tracking. 4.Empowering them with the comprehensive knowledge, skills and attitudes. In my opinion, my…
Athira
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Athira

Tutor Findon, SA
Recognise which areas of learning a student struggles with and focus to improve these areas instead of rehearsing already understood information. It is also extremely important to encourage students to ask questions and not to be inclined to feel embarrassed. I will attempt to answer these queries to the best of my ability and seek clarification…
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Harsimrat

Tutor Kidman Park, SA
Personalised learning plan Differentiated instruction Encourage conceptual thinking Provide intellectual stretch in tasks Help students improve their study habits Organisation and time management Differentiated instruction Multidimensional student assessment Personalised learning Encourage conceptual thinking and multiple representations…
Siobhan
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Siobhan

Tutor Hectorville, SA
I think that the most important thing a tutor must do for a student is to make the student’s learning experience to be enjoyable and productive, where results of their hard work is clearly shown. I think my strengths include having patience towards younger students, being able to think outside the box when a student is unable to grasp the…
Bethany
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Bethany

Tutor Malvern, SA
- be willing to let them lay out their own ideas, plans, or problems before jumping in. - help them find what interests them and motivates them in a given subject - help them understand exactly what assignments require of them, so they know what they're working towards. - help them get to the bottom of whatever difficulties they face in…
Navneet
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Navneet

Tutor Netley, SA
A tutor can always support or help his/ her students, could take student's weakness in a positive way. A tutor can analyse the student's capabilities in a detailed manner which is very helpful to figure out the areas that need more focus and attention. One of my attribute is that i am good at getting to know the student, once i am familiar with…
Madison
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Madison

Tutor Pooraka, SA
I believe that tutoring is extremely important and can give students help in classes they may be struggling in or provide them a way to get ahead in their classes. Learning is incredibly important and tutoring can provide students with the knowledge they need to thrive. I am currently studying for a bachelor of science and am incredibly passionate…
Sakshi
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Sakshi

Tutor Walkley Heights, SA
The most important things that a tutor can do for a student is to: 1) Build strong, personal relationships with their students: a tutor should personalize the learning, make learning more interesting for the student, and teach to the student's strengths while minimizing their weaknesses. 2) Focus on goal setting, and creating benchmarks. For…
Kate
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Kate

Tutor Glen Osmond, SA
tutor/mentor should teach student how to think and ways to process the the subject in question. Student will not able to maintain the theory if all they they can remember is the process I think my strength is the ability to communicate with younger kids and also trying different methods to help them understand and learn. I believe that learning…
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Rajni

Tutor Camden Park, SA
A tutor can make a difference in student’s life. The most important thing is making your students confident in learning and believing in them through helping them solve their academic problems. A tutor can also build a strong relationship with his/her students who always looked up to you for help. My strengths includes my passion for teaching…
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Rohan

Tutor South Plympton, SA
Provide a guiding hand and be there for them when they need it without directly giving away the answer or solution to a problem. The struggle is where the learning happens and it's important to be there with them and help create a strong yet comfortable learning environment for them to excel in. I believe my strengths as a tutor is the ability to…
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Sahar

Tutor Melrose Park, SA
The most significant role of a tutor is understanding of necessities of every single student. So that a good relationship must be established between the student and me. Some critical attributes for that are adaptability, energy, openness, humility, and being aware of multicultural differences. Often, this relationship is created quickly, but at…
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Wenxiu

Tutor North Adelaide, SA
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Lisa

Tutor Prospect, SA
I believe the most important characteristic a tutor can have that would be best for a student is trust. If a student is able to trust my abilities and my teaching, I think this allows many benefits to the development and improvement of their learning. This includes them being able to open up to me more about questions or even other…
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Taison

Tutor Walkerville, SA
The most important thing is to answer their questions and teach them well, not just know copy the answers down but actually understand what's going and teach them my own experience As a Chinese background student, I think my math is good and I'm a people person as I have customer service for more than two years and I really want to make more…
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Chi Ka Ariel

Tutor Adelaide, SA
Discovering the challenges and worries about the topic of students and enabling them to overcome their struggles by explaining in detail. I have good communication skills that I can communicate with different ages; I am responsible, and I will do my best to help students; I am cheerful, outgoing and positive, and I can get along with others well;…
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Ying

Tutor West Hindmarsh, SA
Providing clear explanations, patient support, and tailored approaches to their learning styles are essential. A tutor should cultivate critical thinking, encourage questions, and foster a positive learning atmosphere. Equally important is instilling self-confidence and a growth mindset, enabling students to tackle challenges independently. Also,…
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Gaynell

Tutor Adelaide, SA
making enjoyable and fun environment. even a boring subjects can be easy to learn for students if they are happy and willing to learn my biggest strength in tutoring is willing to helping student in difficulties. some area where they are struggle or they need certain…

Local Reviews

Adam has been a wonderful tutor for Lauren not only is she catching up on her maths but her confidence has improved dramatically...
Michelle, North Adelaide

Inside ThorngateTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Ava practised skip counting and worked on structuring clear sentences for English.

In Year 9, Ethan focused on Pythagoras' Theorem and calculating the circumference of circles using step-by-step diagrams.

Meanwhile, Year 10 student Grace revised indices and surds, strengthening her understanding of both simplifying expressions with powers and working through related textbook problems.

Recent Challenges

In Year 10 Maths, one student relied heavily on a calculator for even basic arithmetic, slowing progress in algebra as noted: "Student needs to work on mental arithmetic as they rely on calculator too much."

During Year 11 Probability, another hesitated when textbook problems became more complex than standard practice drills—requiring additional explanation and after-lesson follow-up by email.

In Year 7, a reluctance to write working for division unless questions were laid out neatly led to confusion if the format changed. Each moment reflected a process block rather than lack of understanding; anxiety or formatting issues shaped how the task was tackled.

Recent Achievements

One Thorngate tutor noticed a Year 10 student who previously hesitated to tackle complex area questions now breaking down irregular shapes into rectangles and triangles on her own, using the right formulas without prompting.

In a senior session, a Year 12 student who used to get stuck on surds and powers started expanding brackets accurately after targeted practice, asking for extra examples instead of avoiding tough questions.

Meanwhile, in primary sessions, one younger student began reciting times tables aloud without relying on charts—she now asks for harder problems and completes them with growing speed each week.

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 Adelaide City Libraries - Tynte Street—or at your child's school (with permission), like Blackfriars Priory School.