Julia N.

Hi there! I'm Julia - a Y11 & 12 HSC Biology Specialist with 8+ years of teaching experience who is committed to help you get the marks, build confidence & establish good study habits. ✅ What I can do for you I am a science tutor specialist for HSC Biology - Year 11 & 12 (focusing on the new syllabus) and junior science across Years 7 to 10. I offer tutoring for both individual or group and use all my own personalised topic notebooks which can be tailored to follow the teaching schedule specific to the student’s school curriculum. I can tutor face-to-face (at the student’s place or local library - if within the South West Sydney or Strathfield/North Strathfield/Concord area) or online via Zoom, depending on the student’s availability & convenience. 👩‍🏫 My teaching approach Collaborative learning is the proven success formula I use for helping guide students to understand even the most complex stuff! Tutoring shouldn’t just be a one-way highway of only knowledge sharing from tutor to student. For me, learning is an active, constructive process: to learn new information, ideas or skills, you have to work engage with the content in purposeful & interactive ways that match the student’s learning style e.g. whether via verbal discussion, whiteboard mind mapping or Kahoot quizzes. With 7+ years of teaching experience in collaborative classrooms, I’ve seen first hand the success my students have had as they actively work with the course material to go beyond memorising theory and develop their own independent thinking. ✍️Typical Lesson breakdown Lessons are typically 1 H 30 MINS however I’m happy to accommodate to the preferences of the student (either for longer or shorter sessions). The general teaching structure of my lessons are: 1. Introduction & Refresher - 10 min We discuss what’s working well, what’s tricky and the focus for the week as well as review the prior week to reinforce learning. 2. Theory Explainer & Discussion - 40 min We take a deep dive into the learning topic, breaking up the material so that it is easy to understand with step-by-step guidance. 3. Put-Into-Practice - 30 min We apply the theory we learn to exam—style questions together. Insightful feedback on answers are provided to all questions to help build exam technique and confidence. 4. Recap & Questions - 10 min
 We summarise the key takeaways for the lesson and create a plan of next steps to continue the learning independently for the rest of the week. Opportunity to ask questions you are unsure of to clarify your understanding. 🤓 About me I’ve been a private tutor for over 7 years, teaching students from across Years 7 to 12. I've worked as a head science tutor at two tutoring centres, running small collaborative classrooms as well as leading training development by creating my own teaching resources to personalise to my students' needs. I started tutoring because I'm passionate about making a positive difference to students in their learning journey. My joy is getting to see students find their confidence recognising their improvements overtime as they learn to become well-rounded, independent & strong thinkers. I draw from my own experiences of having felt lost and confused in my high school learning journey. It was largely due to the powerful guidance and help I received from tutoring that I became a HSC All-Rounder and DUX of my high school (having ranked 1st internally for 5 subjects - Biology, Earth & Environmental Science, English Advanced, Legal Studies & Ancient History). Since then I have tutored over 50+ students in HSC Science & English - 80% of whom have gone on to achieve Band 6 results. Recently, I completed a Bachelor of Commerce and Arts at the University of Sydney and am now currently working as a strategy management consultant in the tech space. 💎 Rates Rates for one-on-one tutoring - Y7 to 10 Science: $50/hr - Y11 & 12 HSC Biology: $60/hr Rates for groups (minimum 2 students) - Y7 to 10 Science: $40/hr per student - Y11 & 12 HSC Biology: $40/hr per student Please do contact me using the message function and ask if you're interested in knowing more. I usually reply within the hour.