What students have to say about tutoring from AHeadStart.
“Just a note to thank you very much for all your help with supporting Daisy via Helena again this year. Daisy’s confidence and love of science due to Helena’s expert and engaging tuition has blossomed. From the Year 10 girl I called you about two years ago, starting to lose her understanding of concepts and needing support, to the confident Excellence level student we have now, has been a transformation. Daisy has always loved science and that love has grown ten-fold in the past two years. She managed to gain 100% Excellences in all her internals this year… not just for her 3 sciences but in all 6 subjects and is already way past the 50 Excellence credits needed for her Level 2 Excellence endorsement, and only 6 credits shy of gaining her second Gold Bar at St Margaret’s (70 E credits).
Many thanks once more. Please tell Helena that Daisy will be in touch with her when she gets her results in January!”
Daisy’s mother Lorelei, December 2015
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"Melanie has a very approachable attitude towards me which makes it easy to learn."
Amuri, December 2009
Year 11, Level 1 Chemistry & Physics
“We are very happy with Claudia’s lessons and that her test results in class have improved considerably, with her end of year report and conversations with her science teacher supporting her growth in this subject. Claudia’s confidence has grown heaps!
Claudia is a quiet student who struggles to ask for help when she needs it, so the one on one lessons have been amazing for her. Marwah is fantastic and Claudia just loves her, which makes her lessons a delight rather than a chore.
Thank you for our short time with you last year and we really look forward to 2014 with AHeadStart.”
Claudia’s mother Trish, January 2014
Year 11, Mathematics & Science
“We have been very happy with how it all went. Sarah was very patient and related really well with Nicole. She went into NCEA exams quite confident which is something I didn't think I would see. Previous to the meeting Sarah she would stress out at thoughts of any test.
She has managed over 80 credits already without even relying on credits from her external exams and is really proud of herself. I know Sarah thought there was always so much to get through in a session and felt rushed but she did a great job and we really appreciated her help.
I have recommended your business to a couple of friends with students heading into exams next year and will be in contact."
Nicole’s mother Alison, November 2013
Year 11 English, Mathematics & Science
“Hey Marwah, I got my NCEA results back and thought you might like to know that I got achieved on life processes at the cellular level, as well as genetic variation and a merit on gene expression! Thank you for your help!!”
Annelise, January 2017
Year 12, Biology
“I couldn't speak more highly of AHeadStart and my tutors, they were so friendly, so helpful and they both truly wanted me to succeed in English and Mathematics by continually giving me every opportunity to improve and prepare. Even in English when I first started tutoring in Level 1 - I went from getting 'achieved' in internals to suddenly getting 'Excellences' for the rest of the year and for Level 2 I received all Excellences for all of my internals and passed all of my exams.”
Mikayla, January 2016
Year 12, English & Mathematics
“Hi Melanie
Harry said the tutorial with Hayden was really really good. He said Hayden is was clear and kept moving (didn't waste time on stuff Harry knew) but made sure he understood before moving on.
Thanks so much Melanie - I felt the stress draining away after Harry told me the above about Hayden. It makes such a huge difference when I can be confident Harry has such great help to pass his exams. I am so impressed with how you run AHeadStart, so organised and on to it. I hope you are getting lots of students - I certainly have told quite a few people now.
Thanks and kind regards
Judith.”
Harry’s mother Judith, May 2016
Year 12, Chemistry & Physics
"Scott seems quite happy with the exams so far. I am very appreciative of the skills and abilities of the tutors as Scott has certainly become more confident in the knowledge that he does know things. Both Helena and Kirsten have helped greatly in developing his skills and techniques in both subjects.
I don’t know how children get on who don’t get tutoring, especially when the lack of knowledge comes down to the teacher that the student currently has. I firmly believe that Scott would probably have struggled to get an achieved in both subjects if we hadn’t approached you.
Please pass on our thanks and best wishes to Helena and Kirsten."
Scott’s parents Susan & Bruce, November 2014
Year 11, English & Mathematics
“The most helpful thing about tutoring is when I don't get something my tutor will explain it in another way until I understand it. It is also useful to be able to ask as many questions as you want to.
In chemistry I found it really useful to be able to have someone explain directly a concept I didn't understand in class. I enjoyed eventually feeling confident with chemistry!”
Laura, January 2014
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry & Mathematics
"Thank you very much for tutoring me the last few terms. It has helped me a lot."
Bec, November 2009
Year 13, Level 3 Biology
"Daniel was great yesterday, I really enjoyed it and learnt a lot. He went out of his way to make sure I understood things and I thought his style of tutoring was really suited to me and my learning style. Thank you for all your help."
Kitty, March 2012
Year 13, Chemistry & 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, December 2008
Year 10, Mathematics & Science
“I contacted AHeadStart to get some extra support for my son about a month prior to NCEA exams. He is a capable student but finds some aspects of English difficult. In 4 or 5 sessions he worked alongside Paula and gained valuable knowledge about completing English exam papers. He was very pleased to get English endorsed with excellence and so were his parents!!.”
Isaac’s mother Jenny, January 2014
Year 11, English
“Hi Melanie, tutorials have been going really well this term! I’ve found tutoring has been helping lots and Robert definitely knows what he’s talking about and can answer every question I have for him.”
Ruby, July 2014
Year 12, Biology & Mathematics
“Hey they went really well thanks. I got merit in all my papers and one E in the reactivity chem paper. So overall I got merit endorsed in Chemistry, Physics, Calculus and English. Definitely improved because of tutoring. Thank you so much :)”
Thea to Marwah, January 2017
Year 12, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"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, December 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Physics
"[My son] found going over the specific areas that he didn't understand [helpful]...again the ability to personalise teaching to his specific learning needs."
Mother of student December 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry
“I gained a lot of knowledge about chemistry, my grades were achieved at the start of the year and i ended up receiving excellence in all my internals. If it wasn't for AHeadStart I most likely would have barely passed level 2 chemistry.”
Matthew, January 2016
Year 12, Chemistry
“I wanted to ensure that I would pass the MCAT with at least a Merit, and I passed with excellence! Max explained things better than my teacher at school- in a different way, which helped me, and having 1-1 help was great for me.
Without the tutoring from Max, I don't think I would have achieved as well as I did.”
Lauren, January 2014
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics
"The tutors are doing a great job with helping students to learn new study techniques."
Neil Viegas, December 2009
Year 11, Level 2 Mathematics
“To our favourite person…
We’ve really appreciated the last few years, couldn’t have done it without you! Tutorials were always a laugh and we’re going to miss you heaps! Whenever we come back to Chch we hope to see you in that little car zooming around. Love from Ashleigh and Cassie”
Ashleigh & Cassie, November 2014
Year 13, Chemistry
“I had my Chemistry exam yesterday and my Statistics exam today. I was surprised that I wasn't worried about the chem one, but I was a bit for the stats one. They both went better than expected. I was especially proud of my knowledge of aqueous solutions, and even helped some people out before the exam. I wanted to thank you because I have improved not only in my knowledge but in my study habits!”
Alex, November 2013
Year 13, Chemistry & Statistics
"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, December 2009
Year 11, Level 1 Physical Science
“The tutoring is excellent and the regular communication from AHeadStart to check up and make sure it is going well is very good.”
Alex, January 2016
Year 13, Calculus
"Hi Melanie
I wanted to say a special thank you to you and Antonio for helping Sarah out this past year and giving her the confidence to continue with French. When we found you, she was struggling with motivation and almost ready to give up on trying to navigate her new world of correspondence learning.
But her results show she has done really well on her assignments. Of the three who started the year, she is the only remaining student sitting the Level 2 French exams at her high school today. I am so proud of her for sticking with it.
Sarah has opted to continue to Level 3, so if there is a French tutor available, we will probably be contacting you again next year.
I hope you have a good summer break.
Lisa"
Sarah's mother Lisa, November 2024
Year 12, French
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