Tutoring in Berwick, Prep to Year 12

Until they can do it on their own.

Dilan Perera, smiling, sits beside a secondary student at a table by the window while she works in her exercise book.
Dilan with a Year 8 student, maths

Example margin note: Fractions, on her own now

Reading, writing and maths for primary students. English and maths to VCE. At our centre or online.

$60 for 45 minutes and a written plan.

(03) 5550 0529

Mon to Fri 3.30pm to 8pm, Sat 9am to 1pm

Year levels and subjects

Pick a year level for the subjects, what lessons cover, and the tutor who would teach your child. The red notes in the margin are the kind of feedback we write: what a student can now do without us.

Years 3 to 6

Example margin note: You found the main idea without a hint

Reading and writing

Spelling, understanding what they read, and planning a story.

Taught by Maeve Gallagher

Example margin note: You checked it with an estimate first

Maths

Times tables, fractions and worded problems, step by step.

Taught by Dilan Perera

Example margin note: Homework list, no reminder needed

Study organisation

Years 5 and 6: a planner, and homework without reminders.

Taught by Dilan Perera

Who’ll teach your child

Dilan takes every first session, then matches your child with the tutor for their year level and subject. They keep that tutor, week after week.

Dilan Perera, smiling, in a navy jumper and glasses.

Dilan Perera

Owner and lead tutor

Studied
Bachelor of Education
Teaches
Primary maths, secondary English including VCE, and study organisation

Dilan runs the centre and meets every new student at their first session, so he knows each one before they start.

Maeve Gallagher

Literacy tutor

Studied
Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and linguistics
Teaches
Reading and writing, Prep to Year 6

Farid Haidari

Maths tutor

Studied
Bachelor of Science, majoring in mathematics. Now studying a Master of Teaching (Secondary).
Teaches
Maths, Years 7 to 12, including VCE General Mathematics and Mathematical Methods

Jacinta Moore

Family coordinator, part time

Looks after
The phone, timetables, make-up lessons and term invoices. Jacinta doesn’t tutor.

If the match isn’t right

Tell Dilan. We’ll change the time, the group or, where we can, the tutor. If it still isn’t working, you can stop at the end of the term.

Tutoring isn’t a registered profession, so it’s fair to ask what a tutor has studied. Ours is listed above, exactly as held. Everyone here also holds a Victorian Working with Children Check: how lessons run.

Start with one session

45 minutes with Dilan for $60, at the centre or online. There’s no test to pass, and nothing to sign up to.

  1. Book a timeOnline or by phone. Tell us the year level and subject, and anything school has said.
  2. Sit down with DilanHe works through some reading, writing or maths with your child and asks what they find hard. You’re welcome to sit in.
  3. Get a short written planBy email within two days. It says what to work on first and who would teach them.
  4. Then decideIf you go ahead, lessons are paid one term at a time, and you can stop at the end of any term.

Yours to keep, whatever you decide

The written plan covers

  • What to work on first
  • Who would teach your child
  • Small group or one to one
  • A day and time that suits
  • How we’ll show you progress

Fees, in full

Each price is the total, including GST, and lessons are paid by the term. There’s no enrolment fee, no materials fee, and nothing added later.

First session and written plan
$60once
45 minutes with Dilan, at the centre or online. Paid on the day.
Small group, up to three
$55a lesson
60 minutes. Everyone in the group is in the same year level and subject. Each student pays $55.
One to one
$85a lesson
60 minutes, at the centre or online.
Missed a lesson?
Let us know before it starts, by text or a call, and we’ll book a make-up lesson, in the same term where we can. Lessons missed without notice aren’t made up.
If we cancel
You choose a make-up lesson or a refund for that lesson.
Stopping
Tell us before the next term starts. Nothing more is owed after the term you’ve paid for.

None of this changes your rights under the Australian Consumer Law.

Work out a term

Lessons
How often
Weeks in the term
10 weeks

$850for the term: 10 one-to-one lessons at $85. That’s the whole amount.

What progress looks like

Twice a term you get a short note by email. Read the margin first: what your child can now do without help, and what still needs a prompt. We don’t promise marks.

Example

Progress note

Year 5, maths, small group

Can find a fraction of an amount aloneWorked on: fractions of an amount, and checking each answer with an estimate.

Still needs a prompt to start theseNext: worded problems. The maths is fine once she knows which step comes first.

What we won’t promise, and won’t do

Marks, ATARs or a selective school place

Your child’s teacher does most of the teaching, and their own effort counts for a lot. Lessons here add an hour or two a week. Nobody can say how much of a result came from each, so we don’t claim it.

Assessed work

We’ll help a student understand a task and plan it, and we follow the school’s rules on what help is allowed. What they hand in is their own work.

How lessons run

Every lesson happens where it can be seen, by people who have been checked. If anything worries you, talk to Dilan.

One of the tutoring rooms: round tables with coloured chairs, a whiteboard and bookshelves, a glass wall on one side and the shopfront window on the other.

Our rooms have glass walls, in sight of the front desk.

Worried about something?

Talk to Dilan Perera in person, on (03) 5550 0529 or at dilan@inkwelllane.example. If it’s about Dilan, write to Jacinta Moore at jacinta@inkwelllane.example. We’ll write back to tell you what we’ve done.

Questions parents ask

Do lessons follow what they’re doing at school?

Yes. Up to Year 10 we follow the Victorian Curriculum, and in Years 11 and 12 the VCE course for English, General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods. Bring their workbook or a recent task and we’ll start from there.

Small group or one to one?

Small groups suit students who like company and need practice. One to one suits a student who is a long way behind or ahead, or who finds it hard to ask questions. Dilan will suggest one in the written plan, and you choose.

What if my child needs things done differently?

Tell us at the first session. We can slow the pace, shorten tasks, read questions aloud or use larger print. We don’t diagnose or assess learning difficulties; if we think another professional could help, we’ll say so.

Will you talk to my child’s teacher?

Only if you’d like us to, and with your permission. Otherwise everything goes through you.

Can you help with an assignment that’s due?

We’ll help them understand the task and make a plan, within the school’s rules. They do the writing; we never do assessed work for a student.

What about the school holidays?

We open by appointment, mostly for catch-up and revision, at the same prices. Call or email and Jacinta will find a time.

Find us on High Street

Shop 6, 22 High Street, Berwick VIC 3806. Ground floor, with a step-free entrance from the footpath.

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Monday
3.30pm to 8pm
Tuesday
3.30pm to 8pm
Wednesday
3.30pm to 8pm
Thursday
3.30pm to 8pm
Friday
3.30pm to 8pm
Saturday
9am to 1pm
Sunday
Closed

Mon to Fri 3.30pm to 8pm, Sat 9am to 1pm. These are school-term hours.

Lessons onlineThey run in the browser, on a laptop or tablet with a camera. We test the link with you before the first lesson.

Tell us the year level and subject

Call (03) 5550 0529

Rather write? hello@inkwelllane.example

Inkwell LaneMon to Fri 3.30pm to 8pm

Mon to Fri 3.30pm to 8pm, Sat 9am to 1pm

Call (03) 5550 0529

Already with us? Text or call to change a lesson time, and Jacinta will sort it out.

Book a first session

45 minutes with Dilan, $60 on the day.

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What year is your child in?

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