Last updated: May 2026 What is One-to-One Tutoring? One-to-one tutoring (or one-on-one) involves a student interacting with and learning from an educator, teacher, or tutor individually, who delivers personalised tuition tailored specifically to the student’s learning goals and needs. Tutoring is a valuable educational tool. It both supplements children’s school learning and enables them to…
Last Updated: September 2026 Primary school is when children build the core literacy, numeracy, communication and learning skills they will use throughout their education. From Prep through Year 6, children gradually move from early reading, writing and number skills towards more independent writing, mathematical reasoning, research, problem-solving and preparation for high school. Exactly what children…
by Brisbane Tutor Justin Clark Last Updated: October 2026 Home learning games can be a fun way for autistic children to practise skills such as counting, recognising letters and numbers, following instructions, taking turns and solving problems. The best games are not necessarily the most complicated ones. Simple activities can often be adapted to suit…
by Justin Clark, Learning Difficulties Tutor in Brisbane. Last Updated: October 2026 Multi-sensory learning is an approach that uses more than one sense during a learning activity. Instead of relying only on listening, reading or looking at information, a child might see, hear, say, touch, write or physically interact with the concept they are learning. For…
by Brisbane Tutor Justin Clark Last Updated: October 2026 Positive affirmations are short, encouraging statements that help children practise a more supportive way of talking to themselves. Phrases such as “I can learn this one step at a time” or “Making mistakes helps me improve” can give children a helpful reminder when schoolwork feels difficult,…
Author Justin Clark, Learning Difficulties Tutor in Brisbane Last Updated: October 2026 Children with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and other learning differences may benefit from resources that make everyday learning more accessible. Depending on a child’s needs, these might include visual schedules, audiobooks, assistive technology, sensory tools, structured learning activities or individualised educational support. The…
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…