Maths tutoring in Epping · Years 3–12

Understand deeply.
Practise deliberately.

Personalised 1:1 and small-group maths tutoring designed to build mastery, confidence and high performance.

OC & Selective preparation · High-school maths · HSC Advanced · Extension 1 · Extension 2

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Why THE HAKWON?

A Korean word.
A clear learning philosophy.

Hakwon (학원, 學院) is the Korean word for a private learning academy. Our name reflects the disciplined, systematic and mastery-driven study culture that has made private education such a visible part of Korean learning.

Bring the best of that mindset to Australia.

We combine deep understanding with persistence, structured practice and the expectation that important skills should be mastered — not merely encountered once and forgotten.

Not a mass lecture.

Australian schools, classes and students progress at very different speeds. That is why our model is intentionally small: 1:1 tutoring or groups of no more than five.

Understand.See the idea clearly, from more than one angle.
Practise.Repeat until techniques become fluent and reliable.
Master.Use what you know accurately, independently and under pressure.
A pathway from Year 3 to Year 12

The right challenge.
At the right stage.

Students are grouped by year level, school progress and demonstrated achievement — not by age alone.

Years 3–5

Build the foundations

OC / Selective preparation or school-aligned mathematics.

Year 6

Prepare for high school

A stronger bridge into algebra, reasoning and independent study.

Years 7–9

Selective & Advanced

Separate pathways for high-achieving and advanced learners.

Year 10

Acceleration or Advanced

Prepare early for senior mathematics with a stronger conceptual base.

Years 11–12

HSC Mathematics

Advanced · Extension 1 · Extension 2.

Small groups. Serious attention.

One student should never disappear inside the class.

School pace, topic order and student readiness vary enormously. Our small-group model lets us adjust pace, homework and explanation before small gaps become large ones.

Materials built from experience.

Our own teaching resources have been refined since 2010. We also use widely adopted texts as supplementary material, including Cambridge, Math in Focus and New Senior Mathematics.

School-aligned content
Targeted topic practice
Revision and consolidation
Extension when ready

Visualise first.
Then draw it yourself.

Animations and simulations help students see difficult graphs, vectors, mechanics and 3D geometry. But the goal is not screen dependence. Students then reproduce the idea by hand until they can reason from their own diagram.

“It was just a silly mistake.”

We do not treat recurring errors as random bad luck. They can reveal incomplete fluency, weak checking habits or insufficient repetition. We identify the pattern, correct it and practise until accurate work becomes normal.

See how we teach

Real explanations.
Real teaching materials.

See how we turn difficult mathematics into ideas students can understand, remember and use with confidence.

Sample lesson · HSC Extension 2

Complex ideas, made visible.

Rather than teaching formulas in isolation, we connect mathematical ideas with their historical origins, real-world context and related concepts. This makes learning more engaging and memorable, giving students more ways to recall and apply what they know accurately under exam conditions.

Inside our materials

Clear. Visual. Structured.

A sample page from our complex-number materials, linking definitions and formulas with geometry, vector thinking and the origins of key mathematical terms.

THE HAKWON complex numbers teaching material: modulus and argument form, rendered from the original PowerPoint slide

Sample content is shown to illustrate our teaching style. Materials and examples vary by year level, course and topic.

How learning is reinforced

Understand. Train. Check. Catch up.

01

Explain clearly

Concepts are broken down to the student’s current level, then rebuilt carefully.

02

Practise by hand

Students write, draw, calculate and repeat until the method becomes their own.

03

Quiz every lesson

For Years 10–12, regular quizzes give us a concrete measure of current understanding.

04

Close the gap early

Students who fall behind may be asked to attend targeted catch-up time before or after class.

The teachers

Experience for each stage of learning.

Years 3–9

Mona

M

A former middle-school teacher in Korea, Mona has taught mathematics in Australia for around 15 years and has taught more than 500 students. Calm, patient and highly attentive, she is especially skilled at explaining ideas at the right cognitive level for younger learners and helping them build confidence without relying on flashy shortcuts.

Extensive experience preparing students for OC and Selective entry
AMC preparation alongside school-based mathematics programmes
A large, carefully built resource library drawing on Australian and international problems
Age-appropriate conceptual teaching with close individual follow-up

As both a teacher and a mother, Mona brings a warm, thoughtful and protective approach to her students, treating their progress with the same care she would give her own children. She is patient when students genuinely struggle, but firm about responsibility: copied answers, unfinished homework and repeated excuses are addressed directly. Her aim is to create a classroom where students feel supported, but also learn the discipline, honesty and persistence needed to improve.

Years 10–12

Brian

B

Brian has taught HSC Mathematics Advanced, Extension 1 and Extension 2 in Australia for around 10 years, with a particular focus on Extension 2. His approach is built around visualisation, handwritten reasoning and connecting mathematics to broader ideas.

Regularly teaches students from leading Sydney selective schools
Approximately top 0.1% in Korea’s national university entrance examination — around 800th among approximately 800,000 candidates
Sat 34 units across Mathematics, English, Korean, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geoscience, History, Modern History, Politics & Law, Economics, Finance, Geography and Social & Cultural Studies
Graduate of Seoul National University

This broad academic background shapes a connected, multi-dimensional approach to mathematics. Rather than treating each problem as an isolated formula exercise, Brian helps students see mathematical ideas through different perspectives, link them with other fields of knowledge, and build deeper understanding that can be recalled and applied under exam conditions.

School names describe student backgrounds only and do not imply endorsement or affiliation.

Why mathematics matters

Not just marks.
A stronger way to think.

We still care about measurable results. But the deeper purpose is to develop logic, learning discipline, imagination and the ability to keep learning long after school finishes.

From algebra
to algorithms.

The word “algebra” comes from al-jabr, in the title of the 9th-century work associated with the Persian mathematician al-Khwarizmi. His systematic treatment of quadratic equations helped shape the subject we now call algebra.

x² + bx = c

Completing the square is not just a school trick. It is part of a much longer mathematical story about structure, equations and finding what matters in a problem.

Why find a maximum or minimum?

By Year 12, students meet optimisation directly. The same mathematical habit — define the variables, model the constraints, then find the best feasible outcome — sits behind operations research, logistics and modern supply-chain planning.

Warehouse location, transport routes, staffing, stock allocation and cost control all depend on optimisation. The school problem is smaller; the thinking pattern is the same.

Our philosophy

Learn for the exam.
Train for life.

Understanding matters. Enjoyment matters. So do repetition, patience and accuracy. Real mastery comes when a student can understand an idea, practise it enough to make it reliable, and use it independently when the answer is not obvious.

Visit THE HAKWON

Local, small and focused.

Weekly classes are typically two hours. 1:1 lesson times are arranged separately.

Practical information

AddressSuite 36 / 74 Rawson Street
Epping NSW 2121
HoursMonday–Friday  14:30–21:00
Saturday–Sunday by appointment
Phone0491 684 564
Emailyong7kwon@gmail.com
Instagram@thehakwon

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