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Gaya is a high-performing university student with an academic record in the top ATAR range, giving her a strong foundation to support students in Maths and English. Having recently completed school herself, she understands current curricula and the pressures students face, and can explain concepts in clear, student-friendly language. This tutor focuses on building confidence as well as skills, helping students move from “I don’t get it” to feeling capable and in control of their learning.
Through years of music ensemble work and leading the clarinet section in rehearsals, camps, competitions, and concerts, Gaya has developed exceptional focus, patience, and teamwork—qualities she brings directly into her tutoring. She is highly organised, manages time well, and communicates clearly with both students and parents. Her experience reading widely and analysing texts helps her guide students through comprehension, writing, and exam-style responses in a structured, easy-to-follow way.
Gaya’s interests in reading, sewing, playing instruments, and travelling shape a tutoring style that is calm, creative, and engaging. She often draws on real-life examples and stories to make abstract ideas in Maths and English more memorable. With advanced Japanese and elementary Korean, she is sensitive to the needs of multilingual and culturally diverse families. This tutor aims to create a comfortable learning space where questions are encouraged and progress is clearly visible over time.
Recent Tutoring Comments:
Able to apply different questions to equations
Able to apply different questions to equations
Missing some important parts of the equation (ie. x2 rather than square)
Was confident in most topics. Able to apply knowledge of concepts confidently in various applications.
Was confident in most topics. Able to apply knowledge of concepts confidently in various applications.
Decimals, Fractions, Percentages, Discounts.
Has a good understanding of how we the decimal point moves around. Also confident in multiplication and division operations.
Has a good understanding of how we the decimal point moves around. Also confident in multiplication and division operations.
Keep practicing decimal divisions. Specifically, the step by step process on solving equations with decimal divisors.
Able to apply direct substitution for simple single step and two step algebraic expressions.
Able to apply direct substitution for simple single step and two step algebraic expressions.
Difficulty understanding further complex substitution and creating own expressions from worded expressions - but will focus on other topics next lesson to build fundamental understanding across other maths concepts.