Have you ever wondered what goes on in each school year? Hope Tutoring’s Guide to the Primary School Years is designed to provide you with a concise overview of the key numeracy and literacy skills children will develop in each year of primary school, from educational expert Justin Clark. Early Stage of Learning Prep and…
by Brisbane Tutor Justin Clark Whether your child is home-schooled or attends mainstream school, engaging with them through home learning activities and games can be a fun and rewarding experience for you both. Structured activities provide clear guidelines about what happens and when during a game, what to do at each stage, what the goal…
Author Justin Clark, Learning Difficulties Tutor in Brisbane. It’s well known that we experience and learn about the world around us through our senses. We use them to gather and respond almost instantly to information about our environment. Each of our senses collects different inputs, which are interpreted in combination by the brain. The brain is…
by Brisbane Tutor Justin Clark Since 2020, with a pandemic and the introduction of lockdowns, we’ve faced many big life changes and new routines that have had to be adapted to quickly. However, something incredibly positive that has come out of it is the increased spotlight on self-care, particularly of our minds. There are countless…
Author Justin Clark, Learning Difficulties Tutor in Brisbane. Children with learning difficulties and disabilities, like ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and auditory, sensory, and visual processing disorders, often find it difficult to concentrate in class. They have to expend extra energy on activities neurotypical children are able to carry out without thinking, like sitting still, tuning out…
by Brisbane Learning Difficulties Tutor Justin Clark As is the case with how we understand most things these days, it is believed that people fall somewhere on the spectrum of preference for each of these styles. As an educator, to have the best chances of success with a student, it is important to not only…
by Brisbane Learning Difficulties Tutor Justin Clark Learning difficulties present in a multitude of different ways and vary wildly from child to child. There are a plethora of different signs that a child with learning difficulties can display, which change with factors such as age, gender, personality type and, naturally, the type of learning difficulty.…
There are so many benefits of a private tutor beyond just the one-on-one interaction and more focussed learning opportunities. Having just one student means the work can be tailored specifically to that child. It also means that we can take breaks whenever it is best suited to. If a child becomes too tired, we can…
Having had school closures and loss of teaching time and other ways that COVID-19 has impacted on our lives we understand these are difficult and uncertain times for our children and their learning. However, Hope Tutoring can help families maintain normality and minimise upheaval in their children’s lives. We can help support parents by offering…
by Brisbane Learning Difficulties Tutor Justin Clark There is a great deal of confusion as to what is dyslexia, this the best definition in my opinion. Dyslexia is a complex learning difficulty that varies widely from one individual to another. However, all students with dyslexia will experience some difficulties with reading, spelling and writing. Some…