Markus Curry2025-11-05T22:45:09+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Parent Advice
How Much Tutoring Does My Child Need?Students will require different amounts of tuition based on several factors:Current academic standing: The worse their current performance, the more effort it will take to improve.Goals: The more ambitious their goals, the more effort it will take to reach them.Grade level: The ..
Gene2025-11-06T21:33:26+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor, Structuring Lessons
Dealing with a Student Who Chooses Free School Tutoring Over Private TuitionOne student stopped her tutoring because she gained access to free tutoring at her school. Despite my efforts to convince her and her parents that continuing with me would be better since she was accustomed to my ..
Markus Curry2025-11-06T06:31:29+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning
Effective Tutoring Techniques for Primary and High School StudentsTutoring is an incredibly rewarding experience, especially when we help students overcome challenges using our teaching skills. However, the problems faced by students in primary school versus high school are very different, and this requires tutors to adjust their techniques ..
Markus Curry2025-11-06T21:00:50+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Senior & High School Learning
Understanding the Challenges 📚Sometimes it can be a variety of reasons why your child isn't reaching their potential in high school. Due to a nexus of factors, some students might not perform to their best ability at certain times. There are a lot of reasons for this which ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T06:33:01+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Senior & High School Learning
Why Holiday Tutoring is EssentialI have a couple of students who are going into year 11 next year. They absolutely need tutoring during the holidays to make next year less stressful for them. There are many gaps to cover, and working ahead will give them a confidence boost. ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:29:58+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
One student’s parents want to stop tutoring after his exam but i think he needs to continue as we've only really just begun and i feel he will just forget everything and go back to how he was before.This is a really common situation 🤔. There are two ..
EzyMath2025-11-04T22:11:15+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Structuring Lessons
A Busy Time AheadQuite a busy time is approaching for me with work and exams. I'm not sure yet when i will be available and when i won't be - not sure what to tell my clients? Don't want to let anybody down but not sure what i ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T20:19:08+11:00Posted in All Categories, Remembering Stuff, Structuring Lessons
One of my students tends to understand a topic one week but forgets most of it the next. Should I administer more regular homework so concepts I teach in class are not forgotten? Homework is quite a specific matter. 🤔 While some students are open to it others ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T21:25:20+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Structuring Lessons
One of my students, Sarah, has just performed very poorly in her exam, scoring in the 40s. We’ve been working together for a few months and it seemed to going ok but her performance was FAR below expectations. I’m not sure what to say to the client ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T20:35:06+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons
Our daughter Georgie has been working with David for a few months now and some great progress has been made. We are thinking of taking a break over the holidays but don’t want her to forget all the work. Do you have any policies to do with holidays?A ..
