Freshwater's tutors feature a British-qualified primary teacher and Humanities Leader with proven success in boosting student achievement, an educational-psychological advisor and former maths/science teacher with dual master's degrees, experienced K–12 maths specialists from top selective schools, accomplished youth mentors and coaches, and high-achieving university students in engineering, education, psychology, and science.
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I think that things are going well- we only had one session so far but Jake seems great and does a great job of explaining things to her. I will definitely comment further once we get a bit further down the line, but happy so far!Krista, Queenscliff
Year 4 student Morgan worked on long division with remainders and began simplifying fractions, focusing on how improper and proper fractions differ.
In Year 8, Zane practised applying negative indices within algebraic expressions and solved problems involving gradients in linear graphs.
Year 9 student Seth tackled advanced algebra topics such as expanding brackets and equations with variables on both sides, alongside revision of circular geometry using targeted practice questions.
In Year 10 Maths, one student showed a tendency to skip showing steps in algebra, which hid sign errors—this made it hard to spot where things went wrong and meant repeated mistakes in multi-step problems.
For a Year 8 student, lack of confidence led them to hesitate before answering statistics questions, even when their reasoning was correct; this slowed progress and left answers unchecked.
In Year 5 English, another learner struggled to extract key points from reading tasks—often missing main ideas because smaller details became distracting.
In each case, the underlying process habits interrupted feedback and caused frustration during review.
One Freshwater tutor noticed a big shift with a Year 11 student who, after lots of targeted practice, now pinpoints where he goes wrong in chemistry problems and can quickly fix his own mistakes—something he used to avoid tackling independently.
In Year 9 maths, another student has become much faster at answering questions accurately and now volunteers for harder problems without waiting to be prompted, showing real initiative compared to earlier sessions.
Meanwhile, a younger primary student who previously hesitated during reading is now extracting key points from stories by herself and happily explains them aloud after finishing each passage.
