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"AHeadStart was an amazing find! I wish I'd found it sooner! =) It helped me so much, it gave me confidance in maths!! made science interesting!!! and above all improved my school grades, to a level at which I'm winning an award for
exellence in science! I came top of my class this year, and AHeadStart helped me there. I can't believe I'm typing this, but I now enjoy maths and science = P Thank you very much!"
Year 10 Student, December 2009
Mathematics & Science
"I learnt how to take a question and work through it simply and correctly. I was taught how to properly use the formulas given, to understand and answer selected questions. I was taught
the information which i needed to know for the exam which i had not been properly taught."
Danielle Mather, December 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Physics
"I would really like to thank AHeadStart tutoring as i had been to other tuition over other years and had felt that it didn't feel i had gained anything from this but form the tutoring and help you gave to me i felt i had grasped the subject
better and it gave me more confidence in my ability which prepared me better for my exams."
Emily Farquhar, December 2009
Year 13, Level 3 Physics
"The tutors were fantastic and I am very happy with the quality of teaching they all provide. Thank you."
Year 13 Student, December 2009
Level 3 Physics & Statistics
"Melanie has a very approchable attitude towards me which makes it easy to learn."
Amuri Hughey, December 2009
Year 11, Level 1 Chemistry & Physics
"I repeated year 12 physics as I need it for Medical Imaging. I had already learnt the material, I just wasn't grasping ideas as well as I could have. Having tuition from Mel refreshed the topics and went into detail so that I had a clear
idea of all of the concepts. I believe that getting tuition from Mel meant I could go into my exams with confidence and I am quite confident that I will get the grades I am looking for!"
Alice C, December 2009
Year 13, Level 2 Physics
"[Tuition] gave me a better understanding of things. John made everything clear unlike my teacher. He continously went over the questions i found hard so that he knew i could do them well and always explained the process really
simply....thank you so much for all your help, John really helped me to understand everything it was such a big help and really made me feel great when i got back tests that i actually passed."
Kate Barry, December 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Maths & Physics
"Just thanks heaps for all the help, even emailing was great as it meant i didn't have to come all the way in to ask just one question!."
Year 13 Student, December 2009
Level 3 Biology
"I found the high level of knowledge from my tutor, and the use of past ncea examinations from my chosen subject, increased my ability to answer previously difficult questions in my chosen subject with ease."
Jackson Henry, December 2009
Year 11, Level 1 Physical Science
"[Tuition] helped with motivation and preparation for exams and exam study. Learned better study techniques. Got a lot more done through out the year and coming up to exams than if i hadn't done tutoring."
Year 13 Student, December 2009
Level 3 Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Statistics
"The Tutors are doing a great job with helping students to learn new study techniques."
Neil Viegas, December 2009
Year 11, Level 2 Mathematics
"Having the tuition mainly in physics allowed me to gain a much deeper and clearer understanding of the subject. Having Mel helping me through papers and questions enabled me to gain more confidence and feel prepared going into the
exam."
Emily Farquhar, December 2009
Year 13, Level 3 Physics
"Heya melanie itz bri n john uzt 2 giv me physicz tutorin. I wld lyk 2 say fanku so much 4 it realli helped me. I cldnt hav done it wifout aheadstart!"
Brianna Millward, January 2010
Year 12, Level 2 Physics
"I repeated year 12 physics as I need it for Medical Imaging. I had already learnt the material, I just wasn't grasping ideas as well as I could have. Having tuition from Mel refreshed the topics and went into detail so that I had a clear
idea of all of the concepts. I believe that getting tuition from Mel meant I could go into my exams with confidence and I am quite confident that I will get the grades I am looking for!."
Alice, December 2010
Year 13, Level 2 Physics
"Hi Melanie. You will be pleased to know that I passed all of my maths papers and even managed two merits for graphs and sequences. There is no doubt that these results stemmed from the tutoring you gave me so thanks again for you
help."
Briar, January 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"I passed all my maths and science papers with achieveds and merits."
Kieran, January 2009
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics & Science
"Thanks and thank you, you really helped me!"
Ngaio Hughey-Cockerall, January 2009
Year 13, Level 3 Biology
"[I enjoyed] how Mel went into alot of detail and didn't give up until I was very comfortable with the subject. Also how Mel is more fun than teachers at school which makes the lessons more
enjoyable."
Alice Christensen, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"There are many things I understand better due to tuition. Firstly and most importantly, I found the most improvement in my electronics and magnetism test compared to the section of electronics and magnetism in the end of year exam (I got
full marks in that section compared to the 65% I got in the unit test). I believe I struggled with it when I did the unit test but I found it far easier in the exam due to the tuition lessons I had been taking. Secondly I remember the huge improvement in geology. Geology was
probably one of my weakest science subjects but due to tuition I actually started to enjoy it. I think that is because I actually didn't understand it properly before I started tuition. I learnt that you can really dislike a subject because you simply don't understand it but on
the contrary, once you understand the principles, it could be very enjoyable. I also got good marks for that in the end of year exam."
Shalini Abeykoon, December 2008
Year 10, Mathematics & Science
"[Tuition] also helped me have a better understanding of the maths subjects I wasn't doing too well in and also helped me set realistic goals for the subjects. Once I got what I wasn't getting it made my confidence go up as I
knew that I could actually do it."
Alice Cameron, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"Thank you for the help over the past few years. [It] made things a lot easier."
Alex Lawry, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Biology & Statistics
"My tutor was very helpful and went the extra mile by giving [me] lots of exam papers. I passed all my unit standards and internals - the ones I failed before I started tutoring. It was nice how everything was taught step by step. I had more
understanding and wasn't rushed. Thanks."
Nastassja Schoeman, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus
"I think my tuition helped me understand the basics of the topics [and] then learn how to put that understanding to use when given a question. Over all it helped me to understand what
questions I was going to get asked and how to solve them the fastest way without making lots of silly mistakes."
Kate McDonald, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Statistics
"Everything that Mel went over with me is so much clearer now. She went into detail to help me grasp the concepts I was struggling with. I felt alot more confident going into my exams as a
result of Mel's help. I am also fairly confident that my NCEA marks will have improved from my mock exams when I hadn't had any tuition from Mel."
Alice Christensen, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"As a result of my tuition, answering differect kinds of exams, 1) has improved my confidence, 2) has taught me easier ways to solve problems. And step by step I have found myself loving the
subject, and test marks have improved successfully."
Donia Hend, December 2008
Year 13, Level 2 Chemistry & Calculus
"I understand Algebra better after having Melanie as a tutor because she explained everything I needed to know in simple steps before continuing onto more complicated and merit excellence questions. I felt that after having tuition my
marks were much better and I felt more confident in what I was doing."
Lucie, December 2008
Year 10, Mathematics
"My exams went surprisingly well. I passed everything and got a merit in waves and algebra. Thanks so much for your help."
Rachael Peri, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
" I understand all of the subjects that I was struggling in alot better like algebra especially and number especially as we went through what I wasn't getting at a good pace so I could grasp it better. I also understand NCEA
maths a bit better also as Mel explained to me what I generally needed in order to pass, which was good as I could then aim for getting those right. Getting an understanding in all if this helped me feel more confident in all areas of my maths not just the subjects that I was
struggling in. I was in a relaxed environment which helps me learn better. Mel was also very patient with the things I didn't get."
Alice Cameron, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"Tuition really helped me with physics and chemistry. In my chemistry and physics internals I found the tuition Melanie provided helped me work out harder problems and understand them, and therefore I was pleased with my
results."
Georgie, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"I have seen my results online and all I can tell you is that Chemistry and Calculus were the best results I had of all!! And that was my mum and dad said too..."
Donia Hend, January 2009
Year 13, Level 2 Chemistry & Calculus
"As a result of having tutoring I feel I understand every topic a lot better. Before I started tutoring I thought I understood the topic but test results said a different story. After having
tuition I found I had a better understanding of the topics in general and most of the time I understood what the question was asking.
I thought that Melanie was very helpful in explaining easy ways to understand what the question meant. In Solving Probability problems during the year my report was not achieving at the end of
the year it changed to Achieving well my results changed from a not achieved to a merit. Understanding the language they used in Probability was my biggest problem I feel tutoring really helped this subject improve as I grasped what they were really trying to
ask.
In the subject Applying probability Distributions my results changed from not achieving to a merit. This is because I learnt when to apply binomial or Poisson or normal distributions. I
learned the difference between these three distributions and it helped improve my test results.
In the topic Using Confidence intervals my results changed from not achieved to an achieved but I feel that the practice and revision I did between the last school results and the final NCEA
exam that hopefully my results are higher than that. I feel more confident with this topic now.
Finally with the topic solving equation I could only ever do the simultaneous equations and not the graph part. I use to avoid this paper and did not do it in the school practice exam. So I do
not have any results to show how I have improved but I feel with the lessons I have received that I can now answer all questions in this topic and I find it the most enjoyable and the easiest topic to do out of all of them."
Kate McDonald, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Statistics
"I received my results for maths and have achieved all and also got two merits (in arithmetic and geometric sequences and non-linear graphs) :) I would like to take lessons again this year. "
Donia Hend, January 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"I am from St Andrew's College and have received tutoring from Melanie for the past two years, in Chemistry, Physics, [Mathematics] and Calculus in NCEA levels 2 & 3. I have found it very helpful to revise work that I was unsure of and for practical problem
solving. I Found Melanie easy to relate to, and she had a wide knowledge of all the above subjects."
Tom Whitehead, December 2007
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus, Chemistry & Physics
"Thanks for the tutoring, it was much appreciated and most helpful."
Tom Busler, November 2007
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus
"I did OK in my exams. I only got one of the three science papers, but I did do better than I expected and I've passed with 106 credits and I'm very proud of myself. Thanks for all your help. Without it I wouldn't have achieved as much as I
did."
Lexie McKellar, 2007
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics and Science
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