Markus Curry2025-11-06T06:54:14+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons
Maximizing Learning Over the HolidaysTo avoid starting the New Year feeling rusty, tuition over the holidays can play a crucial role in a student's success. The longer the student goes without revising the material from tutorials, the more likely they are to forget key concepts, techniques, and study ..
Gene2025-11-06T22:50:21+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Confidence
Parents' Concerns: Youngest Students in ClassMany parents worry about their child being the youngest in the class, especially when deciding between entering kindergarten early or waiting. The concerns are understandable, especially when it comes to grades, attention, productivity, social networking, and maturity levels.Reassuring ParentsSome parents feel that enrolling ..
Markus Curry2025-11-05T21:57:55+11:00Posted in All Categories, Study Habits
I was wondering how to work well with students who are very muddled with their work 🤔 A student who is very “muddled” or messy can be helped by been shown some organisation tactics. Students who are disorganised have a hard time keeping track of their ..
Markus Curry2025-11-06T06:40:34+11:00Posted in All Categories, Concentration & Focus
How to Keep ADHD-Driven, Younger, Less Focused Children Interested and EngagedTeaching students with ADD or ADHD can be a challenge, however with patience and an effective plan, your student can remain engaged for tuition lessons. Students who exhibit ADD/ADHD’s hallmark symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity can be ..
Gene2025-11-05T21:47:34+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Study Habits
How do I get my student to speak in class and also use ‘speaking aloud’ with me during lessons? ✨Understanding Student CharacteristicsThis is a great question as it brings in personal characteristics of the student in conjunction with how comfortable they are with the learned material. It considers ..
Markus Curry2025-11-06T21:23:31+11:00Posted in All Categories, Structuring Lessons
How do I cover the majority of what is necessary within a one hour span?✨Being able to cover the material each lesson is quite a feat! Being able to cover most of the material each lesson is very important and can be done when lesson planning is used. ..
Gene2025-11-06T22:31:21+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Organizing Lessons, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
A 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. ✨ It is probably a good idea to speak ..
Gene2025-11-06T06:51:37+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Starting Tutoring, Structuring Lessons
One of my students has been sick for the last few weeks and has thus missed a substantial amount of maths - any tips for catching them up?This is a fairly common scenario in tutoring. Here are some suggestions.1. Get the Student on Side 💪First get the student ..
Gene2025-11-07T23:53:32+11:00Posted in All About Exams
Methods to get students more comfortable with tests? 🎯A short answer is *practice practice practice*. Maths tutoring is not just about drilling content into the heads of students – we need to teach students how to study effectively, find their own learning strategies, how to prepare for exams, ..
Gene2025-11-07T20:47:47+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Senior & High School Learning, Study Habits
I now have a struggling student who will be in yr 11 this year. Things will be far more serious and I want to make sure I do the best possible job I can, that she also is motivated to keep things from going downhill. I have dedicated ..
