We mainly tutor Years 7 - 13 students, across a range of school subjects.We can also assist adult students, and university students.From time to time, we also take on younger students (Years 4, 5, and 6 students) where we feel that we can add value to that student's learning and that we have a tutor with the requisite expertise.If you're trying to figure out if tutoring is right for your child, reach out and we can have a chat.

We tutor numeracy, literacy (reading and writing), pre-NCEA, NCEA, Cambridge and Scholarship up to Year 13 level. All subjects that we tutor, we can tutor up to Excellence level.The full list of school subjects that we teach can be found here.Tutoring can be for a single subject or across multiple subjects. It's up to you as the parent/student, in consultation with the tutor, to determine how tutorial time is spent.

Our tutors are agile to the needs of each student, and are experienced in identifying students' unique learning style.Lessons often begin with a brief bit of information gathering: our tutor will discuss with your child about how they have been going with their classwork in the week forgone, talk through any teacher feedback they’ve received recently, and find out what assessments they have upcoming. This helps the student stay organised, accountable, and helps our tutors make a lesson plan for the student.After that, lessons mainly consist of:guiding students through the requirements of specific assessments;introducing or developing students' understanding of curriculum/assessment content;providing feedback on work produced in, or out, of class; andPRACTICE: setting work for student at the appropriate level, and providing real-time feedback.

Yes, we set homework after almost every lesson. Homework is an important part of our tutoring method. We only have limited time together during the tutorial, so part of our job as tutor is to, as best we can, make sure our students are maximising their time outside of tutorials.

Yes. Lessons can take place at your home, local library, or at your child's school.We travel to you, throughout Christchurch. Travel is already built in to our prices except where travel is required to outer Christchurch suburbs. More info about Locations.

No, unfortunately we do not. We specialise in in-person tuition, where we believe we can make far more of an impact as compared to online tuition.

One lesson a week is generally a good frequency. It allows time in between tutorials for the student to do their homework and come to the next lesson with their motivation levels high.A higher frequency of tuition is also possible (i.e. 2 or 3 lessons a week) for students wanting the extra support.

For Years 7 - 10 students, we recommend 1 hour lessons. For Years 11 - 13 students, lessons up to 1 ½ hours can be suitable, depending on the needs of the student. After 90 minutes of tutoring, you will generally find that a student's attention starts to drop off.If you're unsure, start with 1 hour and see how it goes from there. You can always change!

After you get in touch, we will reach out to you (by email or phone - depending on your preference). We'll ask you to fill in a form so that we can gather a bit more info about your child, so that we can place them with a tutor who suits their specific needs and schedule.Within about 48 hours we will find a suitable tutor for your child, and we'll organise with you a time/day that suits for the free first lesson. After the free first lesson, if you and your child are keen to continue, lessons will continue every week.You stay updated on your child's learning from week-to-week via our Parent Portal.Any queries? Just want to talk things over? Reach out and we can have a chat:jacob@trajectory.co.nz0278620678

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