Boost your confidence and maximise your
Year 8 English
grades with an expert one-on-one tutor in
Collingwood
Our tutors will teach Year 8 students following the Australian curriculum, ensuring they develop key skills in reading, writing, and communication. By the end of Year 8, students interact with others and create spoken and multimodal texts for different purposes and audiences. They analyse how texts reflect or challenge their contexts and use language features, including literary devices, to shape meaning. They create detailed written and multimodal texts, selecting structures and language features to organise and develop their ideas, using supporting evidence where needed.
Language:
Year 8 students learn how language can shape relationships, identities, and roles, and how text structures vary according to purpose. They explore cohesive devices like paragraph organisation and examine how complex sentences and nominalisation can expand ideas. They also investigate how visual texts use intertextual references to enhance meaning and learn academic vocabulary suited to formal writing.
Literature:
Students engage with literature by discussing how stories reflect cultural and historical contexts, including works by First Nations Australian authors. They explore literary devices like similes, metaphors, and imagery, analysing how these elements create tone and evoke responses. Students also experiment with their own creative writing, using literary techniques to develop characters, plots, and settings.
Literacy:
Students practise listening and speaking in discussions, adapting their language for different audiences and purposes. They analyse how texts use language features to position readers, evaluate arguments, and interpret information from various sources. Writing tasks include creating and refining texts for a range of purposes, using advanced grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary. They also create multimodal presentations, combining visual and verbal elements to enhance their message.
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Absolutely! Students are able to choose online or in-person tutoring. We serve our customers in what ever way best works for them.
To start tutoring with Apex, please fill out this form. One of our Operations Managers will receive and process it. They will get all the necessary details from you and then begin the process of finding the perfect tutor for you.
Tutoring can happen anywhere based on your individual needs. We have tutors that can travel to your home or a nearby meeting spot. Alternatively, if you prefer or if we have no tutors in the area, we can arrange online tutoring. All tutors are trained to use online tools to maintain tutoring quality.
Currently, we are providing in-person tutoring services in Melbourne and Sydney. Additionally, we have online tutoring offerred for students in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
We recommend that tutoring occurs once a week. This allows the tutor and the student to get to know each other well and form a bond. However, the frequency of tutoring is completely up to you. If you would prefer to have multiple sessions a week or just need a tutor once a month, that can also be arranged.
Private tutoring is extremely effective for all types of students. The major benefit of private tutoring is the personalised, one-on-one support. Often in schools, a teacher has to teach 20+ students at once, as a result, if you miss something or fall behind it can be tough to catch up. With a private tutor, students can learn at their own pace, take time to explore new topics and ask as many questions as they want.
Whether you are a top achiever striving for the best marks or a student who is just looking to keep up, private tutoring with Apex Tuition Australia provides an intimate learning environment that builds confidence, promotes curiosity and improves grades.
At Apex Tuition Australia, the cost of tutoring depends on the student's age and preference of location. There are four different prices:
Further, if you want to purchase a package of lessons, we can give you a discount! For full details, please check out our pricing page.
Most of our tutors are recently graduated high school students who finished in the top 3% of their subjects with a median ATAR of 99.00. Many of them have gone on to further study the subjects they tutor at university. All our tutors are passionate educators and pride themselves on their knowledge in their chosen subjects. To become a tutor with Apex, all tutors go through a rigorous application and interview process as well supply us with a valid Working With Children's Check.
Moreover, we also have tutors as part of our team who are qualified teachers or in the process of becoming a qualified teacher.
Before you begin tutoring, you will be asked to do two things:
If you do not want to set up a direct debit, please alert us and our Finance team will provide alternative payment options.
Stopping tutoring is super easy. There are no lock-in contracts or extra fees so you can stop whenever you would like. If you do decide to stop, please let us know so that we can update our records.
Of course! Sometimes, the learning styles or the personalities of the tutor and the student do not match. In these instances, we will find you a replacement tutor right away.
Yes, all of our tutors are familiar with the current curriculum. We recognise how important it is that your tutor is an expert in the curriculum they are teaching.
Each curriculum in Australia is slightly different and has its own nuances that are important for the tutor to know. We will always endeavour to match you with a tutor who is intimately familiar with the curriculum your child is completing.
At the moment, we have tutors who have completed the VCE, HSC, QCE, SACE, WACE and IB.
For younger year levels, we will endeavour to find a tutor who has completed the same course but this is less vital.
Finding the right private tutor involves understanding your educational needs and selecting a tutor with the appropriate expertise. Apex Tuition simplifies this process by offering a range of qualified tutors to match your requirements.
At Apex Tuition Australia, we offer a first session satisfaction guarantee! This means if you are not happy with your first session, we will give you a 100% refund and find you another tutor. For full details on the first sessions satisfaction guarantee, you can read out terms and conditions here.
With 200+ tutors achieving an average ATAR of 99.00,
our tutors know exactly what it takes to succeed!