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Norman Park's tutors include a PhD mathematician from Cambridge, experienced school teachers and relief teachers with international credentials, primary specialists with postgraduate training, accomplished English and maths mentors, an award-winning science graduate, and seasoned private tutors—many bringing years of K–12 classroom expertise, academic excellence, and proven dedication to student growth.

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Ameesha

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Build a friendly bond with the students. Understand the student, their problems and help them overcome their fears. Make them understand the concept in the easiest way possible. I would say that Communication and understanding are my strengths. Another best of my strengths include me being able to interact with the students in order to know…
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Onasha

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Make the students feel confident on themselves and making them trying out the questions independently first. And let them k know that they can learn more from their mistakes and it’s a normal thing to make mistakes in the classroom. And make them feel comfortable with me and make them feel secure. If they don’t understand the concept I help…
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Gabriel
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Gabriel

English Tutor Herston, QLD
As a tutor, what I believe to be important for a student is the ability to not only push but to better the student in their schooling career. My years of high school were spent with teachers who picked favourites and let me fade into the background. As a tutor, I would enjoy seeing the potential in someone and letting them see that for themselves.…
Saranya
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Saranya

English Tutor Kelvin Grove, QLD
To understand their weakness in a particular subject, explain and teach them in such a way that they feel confident. Clear in explaining the concepts Adaptability Patience Enthusiasm Subject Mastery Effective Communication…
Caitlin
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Caitlin

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
A tutor is a mentor and a friend to a student as they are coming to them when they are struggling and trusting them to build up their skills and their grades so that they can achieve their desired grade. The most important thing is trust between the tutor and student, meaning that the tutor will do right by the student. I used to struggled when I…
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Lachlan

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Ideally, I want to instill the same sense of wonder and love that I have for mathematics in the students. This won't work for all students, of course, so failing that I think a tutor should be able to teach a student how to think for themselves - it's one thing to be shown how to get an answer, and it's another thing entirely to be taught how to…
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Mathew

English Tutor Mount Gravatt, QLD
I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to give them confidence in their abilities and the ability to understand and implement the tools needed to succeed. Over the past 7 years I have been volunteering in a primary school, which has included assisting the teacher in taking students and doing one-on-one and small group…
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Mehdi

English Tutor Carindale, QLD
The most important things a tutor can do for a student are to inspire confidence, nurture a growth mindset, and provide clarity. By creating a supportive and encouraging environment, a tutor can help students believe in their ability to succeed, which is often the foundation for academic improvement. Helping students build a strong understanding…
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Ratnica

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
I think identifying the misunderstanding and making sure their foundation is solid. As long as they understand the content, they will be able to answer the questions! I would say I'm very patient, and due to my fluency in English, I'm able to easily get the child to understand the content. I also excelled throughout school, and have a high GPA at…
Idelle
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Idelle

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
Support them. Sometimes students just need that boost of confidence and support to understand. Frustration in their own learning can often end up being the reason why a concept is not being understood. I was an inclusion support assistant at a primary school, working with various kids with learning difficulties and disabilities. This has given me…
Lanna
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Lanna

English Tutor Mansfield, QLD
I believe the most important things a tutor can do for a student is to encourage them to express their own opinion and be confident in themselves. Providing quality feedback on their work and consistent affirmations are also considered important to me as this not only improve the students' academic result, but also their overall personal growth…
Jared
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Jared

English Tutor Newmarket, QLD
Be interactive by continuously observing where they are at. Show don't tell. Keep challenging them by pushing the boundaries of their knowledge, but be mindful of their confidence level. I like to provide examples and come up with stories when I explain concepts. I show students how to become comfortable with content. And how to become confident…
Daniel
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Daniel

English Tutor Red Hill, QLD
Help them in all aspects of life, not just their academic knowledge, but how to balance study with sport, socialising, sleep, and such. Life is about enjoyment as well as learning! I have 2 years tutoring experience that have helped me become super patient, resilient, and understanding, as I have worked with 40+ different students and parents. I…
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Toby

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
The most important thing that a tutor can do for a student is to build rapport so that they trust in your abilities and in your desire to help them. I also believe that it is important that students feel that the time that they have spent with you has been worth the cost and the effort. One of my tutoring strengths is my ability to explain…
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Roberto

English Tutor Newmarket, QLD
Relate. The student will understand the concept once it resonates with something the student is interested in. A tutor needs to describe the concept, demonstrate the concept and invite the student to attempt the concept. This open dialogue, dispelling fear of failure and welcoming the opportunity to learn is an important attribute a tutor must…
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Shashi

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
help them to learn new skills, time management strategies and assist them to overcome their weaknesses that preventing them to be successful in their studies. I have a several attributes that I see as strengths, such as rapport well with the students, listen to them, understand their weaknesses and strengths easily and I can explain same thing in…
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Jade

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
The most important things I can do for a student: - Be a kind but firm figure, understanding of struggle but still encouraging progress. - Be someone who teaches how to learn just as much as they teach a subject. Learning skills will continue to serve students well after their school years are through. - Be passionate about my subject. A…
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Anna

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
The most important things a tutor can do are to listen to their students and respond accordingly when tutoring them. It is also important to encourage their abilities and help them to succeed. A tutor should also be there to encourage continuous learning and creating a positive learning environment. I believe my strengths as a tutor are working…
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Edward

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is foster an excitement about the learning process. A good tutor can help a student to achieve not only their language goals but to appreciate how important language is to their overall academic achievement. My strengths as a tutor revolve around my communicative style of teaching/tutoring. I'm…
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Brianna

English Tutor Wishart, QLD
Catering to each child/student specifically and making the lessons to their needs. Each child learns different and it is important to be able to understand them on a personal level, understanding what helps them learn as well as memorising information. Being organised, down to earth, a child at heart and working with disabled children. I am…
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Vivekananthan

English Tutor Salisbury, QLD
I firmly believe these are some important things a tutor offers his/her student: 1.Set High expectations. 2. Establish classroom routine 3.Show that the tutor care about each student in the class 4. Be transparent and ready to help I think that my biggest strength is my confidence and willingness to always learn and try new things. This…
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Dana

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
The most important thing I can do as a tutor is to encourage the student to do their best and achieve their goals. If their goal is to get straight A's then I will ensure that I do all I can to help them get there. If their goal is to pass or to improve their grades, it is important that I help them do that. I do not want to give them the answers,…
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Edwin

English Tutor Chelmer, QLD
Listen to feedback. Make sure they understand what they are being taught and determine if a new approach is needed. Sometimes the same information can be summarised and presented in a different way that is just easier for some people to understand. My own capacity for learning. Information retention and comprehensive analysis. Communication…

Local Reviews

Katie has been absolutely amazing to my daughter. Even just on the first trial session my daughter felt she has learned a lot from Katie. My daughter has been stressing out with her Chemistry assessment but with Katie's help she was able to submit it on time and hopefully she will get a high mark for it.
Gianna, Coorparoo

Inside Norman ParkTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Yuvaan worked on probability using Venn diagrams and also practised finding the perimeter of sectors and calculating the volume of cylinders.

Year 10 student Emma focused on graphing logarithmic functions and solving optimisation questions by applying first and second derivatives to real-world scenarios.

For Year 11, Lucas revised probability density functions alongside quartile ranges, tackling practice problems from recent exam papers to strengthen his understanding.

Recent Challenges

A Year 11 student often became overwhelmed by complex calculus questions, "getting lost in formulas" and feeling stress when breaking down chain or substitution rules.

In Year 8, another struggled to recall key steps for algebraic simplification—sometimes forgetting methods mid-task, which led to confusion as problems grew harder.

For a younger primary student, difficulty focusing on one activity at a time showed up during numeracy: he wanted to switch back to writing letters instead of counting, and sometimes mixed up numbers like 15 and 51.

These patterns left gaps in understanding and made exam conditions more challenging.

Recent Achievements

A Norman Park tutor noticed a big shift in a Year 10 student's approach: after struggling to identify errors in their statistics work, they now catch mistakes on their own and use the correct method without prompting.

Meanwhile, a Year 11 student who used to hesitate with integration rules can now quickly simplify expressions and spot derivatives of simple equations much faster than before.

On the primary side, one Year 1 learner—who was previously unsure about blending sounds—now independently blends and decodes new words during reading activities and counts up to fifty without hesitation.

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 New Farm Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Thomas' School.