Junior FAQs

• An intense, academic focus on content and understanding
• Emphasis on literature essay writing skills
• Preparatory reading
• Homework set and checked
• Notes and annotations
• A storehouse of online resources
• Practice questions
• Critical articles
• Top-scoring exemplars
• A mock exam – done in your own time
• Marking of essays and detailed, individual feedback.
• Absolute confidentiality
• An assessment of your strengths and strategies to improve at the end of the 10 lesson module.
• Responses, within 24 hours, to e-mailed questions from 4-9 pm weekdays.
• Honesty, responsibility and commitment to my students

AT the moment, classes are planned for Friday afternoons, and the whole of Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 6.30pm.

No unfortunately, but please contact [email protected] and I’ll see if I can accommodate you.

Yes, they will. I plan to advertise the timetable for the entire of next year on this site early in December 2019. Scheduling is based on student request so please contact me early at [email protected]

I will accommodate a maximum of 8 students per class.

Yes. Send me an email with your parent’s name and telephone number and I’ll call him/ her.

Absolutely. I will receive them at your car and only allow them out of class if collected by a parent. Private toilet facilities and bottled water etc are available.

All my students will be provided with exercise books, pens, home work diary, file folder, a novel, workbooks and a customised school bag.

Yes, they are. All credit to them. Their real names, schools and current studies and institutions are accurately reflected, with their permission. Unfortunately, for privacy reasons, I can’t divulge their contact details.

I tutor students who are motivated, focused and have high expectations. Most want to study Medicine, Science or Engineering, either in the US, UK, Australia or New Zealand. They are usually from the top 10 schools in NZ, offering CIE, IB or NCEA.

The pre-class assignments or homework will be made available online.

Homework is set a week before a lesson and reviewed/ marked in my own time. This is compulsory and a condition of registration. In other words, you must submit it.

I will mark just an essay per week, free of charge, in detail and provide comprehensive feedback and advice to enrolled students. For those who are not taking the course, but wish to have an essay marked, the cost is $40. Please refer to the “Essay Marking” page for details and advice on how to proceed or contact [email protected]

To be safe, you should try to book lessons at least one week in advance.

To make the payment, you must access the course file and click “Register to the course”, then make the payment. You will receive an e-mail that confirms that the payment has been correctly processed and that you are enrolled in the course.

1. MasterEnglish will receive payments through ANZ Bank Account 01 0190 0486143 00 by deposit or electronic transfer. 2. I am also happy to receive cash, so please contact [email protected] to make arrangements for pick up or drop-off of payments.

A receipt will be generated once you complete the payment.

If you are unable to attend for justified causes., the registration fee can be saved and used for the next edition of the course, or for another course you may be interested in. In this case, you must inform me 24 hours before the start date, using the contacts address. Otherwise, the lesson will be charged to you, regardless of the reason. Unfortunately, postponements are not possible given my schedule is arranged in advance.