Testimonials/FAQ

“We have had the great fortune of working with Jacqui from 2 Talented Teachers since early 2019.

Jacqui’s skills and experience are second to none and the confidence and calm she quietly instills in students is inspiring.
The “classroom” is a welcoming haven and Jacqui’s preparedness to work with the school curriculum and resources means the tutoring experience is as seamless and stress free for me as it is for my daughter.”

“A huge thank you to Jacqui for helping us get over the reading hump with our 10-year old daughter.

She was the first person to do a diagnostic that identified the exact decoding problems we needed to address. Our daughter’s progress has been fantastic. She has learned the art of decoding and the importance of understanding how to break up words comfortable.
Thank you.”

“Jacqui has been working with our son for over 4 years.

In Prep, Liam’s confidence was deeply affected by his inability to understand letters and phonics. He was diagnosed with dyslexia and his school was unable to provide appropriate assistance. Jacqui has been a wonderful addition to Liam’s learning.

He looks forward to seeing her and improving his skills. Jacqui’s expertise, kindness and patience make learning manageable and fun.”

“My 8-year old daughter has been working with Jacqui in maths for 18 months. I have seen a huge improvement, not only in her maths ability, but also her confidence.

Jacqui is kind, patient and encouraging, and has really taken my little one’s fear out of attempting a difficult subject. I love how Jacqui adapts the lessons to suit my daughter’s level and speed of understanding, while providing a friendly and nurturing environment for her to learn.

Jacqui also places a huge emphasis on my daughter’s strengths to create positivity and provide encouragement in each lesson. I have also received consistent feedback on my daughter’s progress from Jacqui, and she in turn encourages my input as to lesson content.

I am so grateful to have found someone who really understands my daughter’s difficulties and works so patiently with her. My anxious little one felt comfortable with Jacqui from the first lesson and now has so much more confidence and ability in a subject she previously feared.”

“It was hard to watch my son struggle with his school work and the dejection he felt at the end of each semester. He tried so hard, but was not quite grasping the basic concepts.

Jacqui and Harry of 2 Talented Teachers skilfully identified the gaps, recognised his strengths and began to re-fortify the basics in a manner that made sense for him. Most importantly, they instil in him the confidence to believe in his own abilities.
They are both genuinely caring, generous and experienced educators who take a personal interest in their pupils. My son enjoys working with them and sincerely looks forward to his regular sessions.”

“It is really difficult for my daughter to keep up with the curriculum in class, as it moves at a pace that she cannot cope with.

Due to her diagnosed cognitive processing learning difficulties, she just needs more time than others do.
My daughter started working with Harry from 2 Talented Teachers to help her re-visit some numeracy foundations she had missed along the way.
Harry was professional and patient, and made the learning fun and game-like, to keep my daughter engaged during the math lessons. Thank you, Harry.”

“Our daughter has worked with 2 Talented Teachers for nearly 3 years and during that time we have watched her confidence and literacy abilities grow significantly.

Jacqui is professional, friendly and open with communication regarding our daughter’s progress and we look forward to continuing with 2 Talented Teachers into the future. Highly recommended.”

“We were referred to see Jacqui after our 7 year old son was diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia.

Jacqui is an incredibly talented, highly skilled teacher. She provides a warm, organised and safe environment for our son to learn.

Jacqui genuinely cares about our son and his learning journey and has taken the time to get to know him and make the sessions both targeted and fun.

It has been incredible for my husband and I to see our son’s confidence grow and watch the gains he has made with his reading and writing since seeing Jacqui.

Jacqui continues to be part of our son’s learning journey. I cannot recommend Jacqui highly enough.”

“Our 9 yr son, who has dyslexia, started weekly sessions with Jacqui in September 2019. In this time (27 sessions) we have seen a marked improvement in our son’s reading, writing and spelling.

Jacqui has a wonderful caring and encouraging way of teaching and has brought out the enthusiasm and love for learning in our son that we have not seen previously.

We are so very grateful for the positive changes in our son’s ability to read and write. It was a magical moment when I found our son reading a book to himself and was too immersed in it to stop reading it to eat his breakfast one morning – a joy and love of reading that has been greatly enhanced by Jacqui’s ability to teach reading in a fun and interactive way.”

“Since Jacqui has been working with Bailey, we have seen a huge improvement in his reading, writing and spelling.

Jacqui is kind and yet methodical, keeping Bailey on task and giving him the confidence to progress in a supported environment. Jacqui’s approach has also given me tips on how to help Bailey at home, with reading and homework. I cannot recommend Jacqui highly enough! Thank you!”

“Harry helps me understand all of the complex maths concepts. He is friendly and easy going and he makes maths fun.”

“Jacqui and Harry have been an incredibly positive influence on my 8-year old son.

At the end of Year 1 he received a provisional diagnosis of dyslexia for literacy, handwriting and mathematics. His sense of self-worth was suffering, he didn’t like going to school and was disengaged with learning.

Within a year of working with Jacqui and Harry my son went from strength to strength. At the end of Year 2 he had adopted a growth mindset, was enjoying school, and was reading and understanding mathematics at an age-appropriate level.

Both Jacqui and Harry successfully identified my son’s strengths, helped develop his self-confidence and from this he was a much happier little boy entering Year 3.”

“Just inspiring
Amazing
Calm
Queen of kind
Understanding
Incredibly patient
Excellent teacher”

“Jacqui has been a fantastic tutor for the past 2 years to our son who has mild dyslexia. He is now in Year 6 and has always struggled with reading and writing but with Jacqui’s support has gained so much confidence in his academics and writing ability. I would highly recommend Jacqui as a tutor – she is patient and thorough and I am so grateful that we have found her.”

“Our son, who is dyslexic and dyscalculic, has been tutored by Harry in maths for two years. He always finds Harry engaging and this helps to keep him interested in maths. Above all, we have seen a great improvement in his maths ability and his ability to keep up in class.”

“Jacqui has been working with our son for over 4 years. In Prep, Liam’s confidence was deeply affected by his inability to understand letters and phonics. He was diagnosed with dyslexia and his school was unable to provide appropriate assistance. Jacqui has been a wonderful addition to Liam’s learning. He looks forward to seeing her and improving his skills. Jacqui’s expertise, kindness and patience makes learning manageable and fun.”

“A huge thank you to Jacqui for helping us get over the reading hump with our 10-year old daughter. She was the first person to do a diagnostic that identified the exact decoding problems we needed to address. Our daughter’s progress has been fantastic. She has learned the art of decoding and the importance of understanding how to break up words comfortable. Thank you.”

“It is really difficult for my daughter to keep up with the curriculum in class as it moves at a pace that she cannot cope with. Due to her diagnosed cognitive processing learning difficulties, she just needs more time than others do. She started working with Harry from 2 Talented Teachers to help her revisit some numeracy foundations she had missed along the way. Harry was professional and patient, and made the learning fun and game-like, to keep my daughter engaged during the math lessons. Thank you, Harry.”

“We were referred to see Jacqui after our 7-year old son was diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia. Jacqui is an incredibly talented, highly skilled teacher. She provides a warm, organised and safe environment for our son to learn. Jacqui genuinely cares about our son and his learning journey and has taken the time to get to know him and make the sessions both targeted and fun. It has been incredible for my husband and I to see our son’s confidence grow and watch the gains he has made with his reading and writing since seeing Jacqui. Jacqui continues to be part of our son’s learning journey. I cannot recommend Jacqui highly enough.”

“Harry is a miracle! My maths-hating daughter looks forward to his sessions every week. He has a clear strategy to build up the basics while also knowing exactly when to adapt to try alternatives to get past her blocks and find ways that click for her.

All the extra efforts with schoolwork we were getting absolutely nowhere, but Jacqui restored my hopes. Her specialist ways of teaching really hit the mark for my daughter. I am still blown away by the development since we started. Plus, my daughter looks forward to it every week - truly amazing! “

And a direct quote from last Friday afternoon “I like Harry and Jacqui’s more than dancing.”

“Jacqui and Harry have been an incredibly positive influence on my 8-year old son. At the end of Year 1 he received a provisional diagnosis of dyslexia for literacy, handwriting and mathematics. His sense of self-worth was suffering, he didn’t like going to school and was disengaged with learning. Within a year of working with Jacqui and Harry, my son went from strength to strength. At the end of Year 2 he had adopted a growth mindset, was enjoying school, and was reading and understanding mathematics at an age-appropriate level. Both Jacqui and Harry successfully identified my son’s strengths, helped develop his self-confidence, and from this, he was a much happier little boy entering Year 3.”

“My daughter has been learning from Jacqui for almost 2 years. Jacqui is a very passionate, patient, kind and understanding teacher. My daughter loves her lessons with Jacqui. She often tells me, “It was fun! It was interesting!” Jacqui understands my daughter and the lessons are based on her unique learning style and personality. This has given my daughter so much support, clarity and confidence to engage in learning and also help her at school.”

“It was hard to watch my son struggle with his schoolwork and the dejection he felt at the end of each semester. He tried hard, but was not quite grasping the basic concepts. Jacqui and Harry of 2 Talented Teachers skilfully identified the gaps, recognised his strengths and began to re-fortify the basics in a manner that made sense for him. Most importantly, they instil in him the confidence to believe in his own abilities. They are both genuinely caring, generous and experienced educators who take a personal interest in their pupils. My son enjoys working with them and sincerely looks forward to his regular sessions.”

“Our daughter has ASD and inattentive ADHD and has always struggled with maths, in particular. She has been seeing Harry for almost a year. Harry is calm and teaches slowly with tactile tools and games in order to establish the math foundations required for our daughter to progress her skills.”

“Our daughter has worked with 2 Talented Teachers for nearly 3 years and during that time we have watched her confidence and literacy abilities grow significantly. Jacqui is professional, friendly and open with communication regarding our daughter’s progress, and we look forward to continuing with 2 Talented Teachers into the future. Highly recommended.”

"Working with Harry (math tutor) has been an absolute game-changer for our teenage son. His warm and engaging approach, coupled with a remarkable level of patience and tolerance, has created an environment where our son feels supported and encouraged to learn. Despite struggling to grasp concepts in the classroom, he's now thriving under Harry’s guidance, showing overwhelming improvement in his understanding and confidence. We're incredibly grateful for the positive impact Harry has had on our son's academic journey."

“Harry has been my daughter’s tutor for a year now. We are so grateful, and it’s made a huge difference for her. Harry is warm and fun and makes the experience enjoyable. He’s obviously very knowledgeable and passionate about maths teaching. Harry did a thorough initial assessment of our daughter’s maths skills and knowledge. He’s been able to help my daughter with the fundamentals of maths as well as explain difficult concepts in a way she can understand. It’s wonderful seeing her going from confused and uncertain to understanding and confident!”

“My son, Harry has dyslexia and in particular has trouble with spelling and writing. He lacked confidence with his schoolwork and would get easily frustrated. Unfortunately, school was unable to provide any specialised assistance. Harry has been working with Jacqui for the past 18 months. Jacqui has been wonderful with Harry. She is kind, caring, patient and fun. Jacqui has taken the time to get to know Harry and this has really helped to engage him in the learning process. Jacqui has also been very flexible with our busy schedules, and Harry completes many of his lessons online. Harry really enjoys his lessons with Jacqui and his understanding of spelling and grammar has definitely improved. With Jacqui’s guidance, Harry has become a more confident learner. Harry is getting the help and support that he needs, which is a great relief to me. Thank you, Jacqui for being such a wonderful teacher; you have made a real difference to our lives.”

“Harry helps me understand all of the complex maths concepts. He is friendly and easy going and he makes maths fun.”

“We have had the great fortune of working with Jacqui from 2 Talented Teachers since early 2019. Jacqui’s skills and experience are second to none and the confidence and calm she quietly instils in students is inspiring. The “classroom” is a welcoming haven and Jacqui’s preparedness to work with the school curriculum and resources means the tutoring experience is as seamless and stress free for me as it is for my daughter.”

“Our 9 year old son, who has dyslexia, started weekly sessions with Jacqui in September 2019. In this time (27 sessions) we have seen a marked improvement in our son’s reading, writing and spelling. Jacqui has a wonderful caring and encouraging way of teaching and has brought out the enthusiasm and love for learning in our son that we have not seen previously.  We are so very grateful for the positive changes in our son’s ability to read and write.  It was a magical moment when I found our son reading a book to himself and was too immersed in it to stop reading it to eat his breakfast one morning – a joy and love of reading that has been greatly enhanced by Jacqui’s ability to teach reading in a fun and interactive way.”

“Just inspiring, Amazing, Calm, Queen of kind, Understanding, Incredibly patient and Excellent teacher.”

“Harry began tutoring my bright and creative daughter in grade 8 after struggling with numbers throughout primary school. My efforts to ‘help’ over the years caused more anxiety and lack of confidence. Harry was able to improve her numerical fluency and confidence in one semester. She is now in her 3rd year of tutoring and is keeping up with her peers. The anxiety has dissipated, and her academic confidence has extended into other subjects.”

“In 2020 my grandson and his family returned to Australia from several years overseas. As he lacked specific skills needed to read and write, it was imperative we find a specialist teacher who was an Orton-Gillingham Practitioner. This was the advice of the Canadian specialist they flew to see in Vancouver. My daughter researched and found Jacqueline Norris-Holt of 2 Talented Teachers and Will was accepted based on his specific learning difficulties being catered for with a program designed for his needs. Will moved along his educational timeline at a good pace and was with Jacqui for 2 years. His results at school improved impressively as he had been taught well at 2 Talented Teachers and mastered the skills he lacked. As a former teacher, I believe that Will would be swallowed up in the system without the specialist intervention of Jacqui. 
Early in 2024 we witnessed his speech for School Sports Captain in front of the primary school group of students he wishes to represent. He did an unbelievably great job at speaking clearly and audibly and is now a School Sports Captain. He wrote the speech himself.  Will wouldn’t be there without the intervention strategies so well taught by Jacqui of 2 Talented Teachers.”

Always Grateful

"We were so relieved to have found our way to Jacqui after our son was diagnosed with dyslexia. Even though Jacqui normally provides in-person tutoring, she was more than willing and able to meet our needs for virtual tutoring; which have helped our son enormously. We have been so grateful for Jacqui's patience, understanding, and flexibility and how she has been able to develop a strong rapport with our son, even from a distance. By far, the best part about Jacqui is her passion for her craft; she is constantly applying new learning and skills, adjusting her techniques to suit our son's needs, and provides us with timely feedback and follow-up resources to support our son's ongoing progress at home. Thankyou Jacqui for all of the care you bring to your students!”

“When my son first started working with Harry, he had very little concept of what numbers were. Harry found a way to teach him and kept persevering and now I couldn’t be prouder of what my son has achieved. Whilst our learning journey is far but over, I would highly recommend Harry and will forever be grateful for the support he has provided my son.”

“My daughter has always struggled with maths and has never enjoyed it. She also has dyscalculia. In the year she has been seeing Harry her grades have improved but more importantly so has her confidence. She never complains about going to tutoring because Harry makes things interesting and fun. Harry is an exceptional, passionate and kind teacher and relates well to kids. You can see he hates to see kids struggle and does everything he can to help them grow in confidence. I can’t recommend him enough.”

“Our son started seeing Harry halfway through Year 5, when he was needing extensive support at school & we were told he was years behind & unlikely to ever access the curriculum at his year level. Now in Year 8, Jack continues to see Harry weekly during school term & we marvel at the progress. Without exception, Jack is always happy to go and after an hour he comes out laughing and so full of praise towards Harry. Harry has created a wonderful connection & makes the learning interesting and fun. Harry built foundational skills, in a diverse way, that has resulted in Jack building & growing in confidence and passing his year-level maths! We cannot recommend highly enough how valuable the investment in our son’s, learning with Harry at 2 Talented Teachers has, and continues to be.”

“Harry has been a tremendous help in first diagnosing my 9-year-old’s knowledge gaps, then teaching the foundations to enable basic understanding of concepts which were missed in class. He teaches with extraordinary expertise, kindness and patience creating a safe and effective learning space. Through gamification strategies, iterative practice, and hands-on materials using cards and dice, abstract concepts are solidified which builds confidence we have seen applied back into the classroom. Our child's strongest subject is now math, and we couldn't be happier.”

"We are immensely grateful for the invaluable support and expertise provided by both Jacqui and Harry. For our 9-year-old son. Their compassionate approach, tailored strategies, and endless encouragement have not only helped our child to navigate challenges but have also instilled in him a sense of confidence and determination. We cannot thank Harry and Jacqui enough for their dedication and commitment to our child's growth and well-being. We thoroughly recommend them to any parent seeking specialised support for their child with learning differences."

“My son greatly benefited from Jacquie's support and expert knowledge. Her tools and strategies are deeply embedded in how he approaches his work and he now has the mindset that he is competent and confident to give anything go. He often referred to Jacquie as his ‘secret weapon’ in schoolwork! An extra and lovely bonus was how he looked forward to every lesson for 3 years and built a special bond with her that was such a positive influence on his learning journey. Thank you!! “