Primary School Tutoring Hoppers Crossing

Hoppers Crossing is a mature suburb with a stable set of schools, and a lot of our Hoppers Crossing families come to us by word of mouth from a neighbour or a cousin. Because the centre is only ten minutes up the road, most choose in-person sessions after school and keep the same tutor for years.

Primary school tutoring for Hoppers Crossing families

The primary schools in Hoppers Crossing are large, and a large class is exactly where a quiet gap goes unnoticed for a term or two. That is the gap we look for: a Year 4 who still counts on their fingers, a Year 2 who guesses words from the first letter, a Year 6 who writes long pieces with no paragraphs. Our free Skills Check, pitched at the top of the year level, finds it, and our primary tutors are trained to rebuild the foundation with short, frequent practice rather than worksheets.

In Prep to Year 2 we work one-to-one, because the tutor needs to hear the child read and watch them count every session. Reading is systematic phonics, decodable texts and fluency; maths is counting, subitising, place value and the first number facts, taught with counters, cards and games. Sessions are forty-five minutes to an hour with plenty of variety, and the homework is five to ten minutes a night: a decodable reader or a few number facts.

In Years 3 to 6 the focus shifts to fluency and structure: automatic number facts, fractions and decimals, worded problems; and in English, comprehension, spelling and grammar, and how to plan and write a paragraph and then a whole piece. Groups of three to five at the same level are from $25 an hour; one-to-one is $35. NAPLAN in Years 3 and 5 is handled with a few sessions on format on top of the normal work; scholarship and selective-entry preparation in Years 5 and 6 is a separate, longer program.

After the bell, most of the students walking into the centre from Hoppers Crossing come from Hoppers Crossing Secondary College, The Grange P-12 College, Mossfiel Primary School and Bellbridge Primary School. Tutors see the same schools' worksheets and tests week after week, so they recognise the sequence a class is on.

From Hoppers Crossing it is about 10 minutes to 17/47 Apex Drive, Truganina VIC 3029, via Hoppers Lane or Sayers Road. The centre is also about four minutes from Tarneit station, which is the easiest option for secondary students who travel on their own after school. There is free parking at the door on Apex Drive, so pick-up and drop-off take a minute, not a lap of a shopping centre car park. After-school sessions at the centre run from 3:30 pm to 7 pm Monday to Thursday and 3:30 pm to 6 pm on Friday. In practice for Hoppers Crossing families the 4:30 pm and 5 pm slots are the most popular, because the 10-minute drive after a 3:15 pm school finish makes 3:30 pm too tight. Sessions are an hour, and students who arrive early sit in the quiet room and start their homework.

Schools our Hoppers Crossing students come from

Hoppers Crossing Secondary College
The Grange P-12 College
Mossfiel Primary School
Bellbridge Primary School
Cambridge Primary School
Baden Powell College

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How it works

Free Skills Check. Your child does the free online Skills Check (10–15 minutes) pitched at the top of their year level. You get a topic-by-topic report the same day.

Free consultation. We call you for a free consultation, go through the result together and suggest a starting point and a format. Nothing is charged until you decide to go ahead.

Targeted sessions. Sessions begin with a matched tutor who already teaches other Hoppers Crossing students, with a plain-English progress note to you after every session.

Pricing

One-to-one tutoring is $35–$45 an hour depending on the year level; small groups of up to five are from $25 an hour. Plans are monthly, you choose how many sessions a week, and you can cancel any time. The Skills Check and the consultation are free. Online and in-person sessions cost the same.

Frequently asked questions

What age can a child start tutoring?

From Prep. Prep to Year 2 sessions are one-to-one, shorter and hands-on, and are usually about phonics and early number. Most families in Hoppers Crossing start between Year 3 and Year 5, when a gap becomes visible.

Do you prepare primary students for NAPLAN?

Yes, for Years 3 and 5: we make sure the year's content is secure, spend a few sessions on the test format and on persuasive and narrative writing, and treat the March test as a check rather than a target.

Do you do scholarship and selective-entry preparation?

Yes, for Year 5 and 6 students aiming at independent-school scholarships or the selective-entry test: a three-to-six-month run-up with weekly timed practice in reasoning and writing, and honest feedback on where the child sits.

Where is the primary tutoring held for Hoppers Crossing families?

At our Truganina centre, 17/47 Apex Drive, Truganina VIC 3029, about 10 minutes from Hoppers Crossing (via Hoppers Lane or Sayers Road), or online with the same tutor. The centre is four minutes from Tarneit station with free parking outside.

What does it cost?

Small groups of three to five students are from $25 an hour. One-to-one is $35 to $45 an hour depending on year level, with VCE at the top of the range. The Skills Check and the consultation are free, plans are monthly and you can cancel any time.

How do we start?

Your child does the free online Skills Check (10 to 15 minutes, at home). A tutor calls you for a free consultation, goes through the result and recommends a format and a starting point. Nothing is charged until you decide to go ahead.