Hey everyone, I had the opportunity to watch Jake tutor Year 7 Maths!

Together, Jake and Sebastian worked on fractions and decimals. Jake was highly accommodating for Sebastian in that as soon as he expressed to him that he’d had a long day at school, he assured him that it wouldn’t be a problem for him at all to snack on something while they went over some theory together. Jake also did awesome to kick the session off with some light banter and chit-chat, to help Sebastian further unwind and prepare him for one more hour of schoolwork before the weekend. They got stuck into work promptly, and it was immediately clear that Sebastian felt super comfortable in asking Jake as many questions as he needed, speaking to Jake’s warmth and comforting prescence.

Jake made great use of the board to show in explicit detail the answer to all of Sebastian’s questions (for example, when illustrating how decimal places move when multiplying two decimals of different values together).

When Jake noticed Sebastian answering a question wrongly, instead of bluntly stopping him and pointing it out, he encouragingly asked him why he did the previous step the way that he did, allowing Sebastian to reflect on his own work and find the error for himself.

Jake also gave Sebastian plenty of praise when he was on a roll and answering a bunch of questions correctly; they clearly have really great chemistry together. It was awesome to watch!

Thanks for letting me sit in, Jake 😀

Thomas Koutavas