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Year 9 English

Year 9 English involves a range of texts - novels and newspapers, poems and plays, films and short stories. There will be new kinds of vocabulary and assessments, not to mention new perspectives from around the world.

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Structured around your individual needs and goals, our learning programmes adapt over time to build your confidence and offer the right help at the right time.

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  • We use a range of approaches to meet the needs of different students. Our approach is always clear and unambiguous, and designed to help you thrive.
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Meet Dr Selina Samuels

Dr Samuels and her Education team developed Cluey's unique CENTRE approach, and have created interactive learning programs that map to the curriculum and allow students to work at their own level and pace.

English Tutoring Program Based on the Curriculum

Cluey's Secondary English learning programmes are based on the New Zealand Curriculum for K-6 and focus on core literacy skills, including reading and writing techniques in the early years, and grammar and punctuation in the senior years. Our personalised approach gives your child the opportunity to slow down in the areas they find challenging to ensure they ‘get it’.

Meet some of our 2,521+ expert Secondary English tutors

Our tutors are all qualified teachers, exceptional NCEA achievers or experts in their respective fields.

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Meredith

Teacher

Mathematics: Primary & Intermediate

English: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Meredith is a qualified teacher. She taught across all Primary year levels and she is currently teaching in High School. Meredith enjoys seeing her students gain confidence with their learning and having some fun along the way.

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Georgia

Tutor (Sessional Academic / LLB (Hons) and B of Env Sc)

English: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Georgia graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Environment Science. She has over 2 years of experience as an English Tutor. Georgia likes to keep her lessons fun and engaging, so that her students learning becomes second nature along the way.

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Lori

Tutor (BA Linguistics)

English: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Lori completed her Bachelor's degree in Linguistics in 1998. In 2010 she completed her Bachelor of Law & Graduate Diplomas in Legal Practice at Charles Darwin University. In 2010 she commenced studying her TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers Of another Language) Certificate. Lori has worked for over 20 years assisting people aged 15-64 years with skills needed to enter or return to mainstream education. Lori is confident in building relationships with a variety of students, identify their needs and solving these needs with acquired expertise and mentorship.

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His tutor was able to identify his challenges

“My Y9 student has seen fantastic results from his English tutoring with an increase of 20% in his assessment marks. His tutor has been able to drill down to the specific problem areas and work on them each week until he is confident.”
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