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About Smarties

Smarties Private Tutoring was initially established on the Northern Beaches, Sydney in 2006. Having identified a need within the community to give extra support to children experiencing difficulties at school in English and Maths, Gilly tutored from home whilst her twins were infants.
Once they were school-aged, Gilly returned to full time classroom teaching. Fifteen years later, and still passionate about helping students with learning challenges achieve their goals, Gilly reignited Smarties Private Tutoring. Her vision remains the same: to support individual students by providing imaginative, engaging and sequential tutoring sessions within a relaxed environment where students feel safe to ask questions, attempt new concepts and enjoy learning.

Gilly values each student and provides a safe and nurturing place to learn. Parents and care givers are strongly encouraged to attend sessions in order to support learning at home by using skills and vocabulary taught. The teaching studio is bright and spacious with a self-contained garden area allowing for multisensory activities and movement throughout each session. Gilly encourages the individual strengths and interests of each student, setting and reflecting on learning goals together. This environment allows for a positive experience where students have time to ask questions, revisit concepts and feel successful.
Gilly is an educational therapist trained through the Orton-Gillingham Academy in Language and Maths. She is a registered tutor for SPELD NSW, a registered member of the Australian Tutoring Association and the Australian Dyslexia Association.

Imaginative

As a Primary School teacher, Gilly believes that learning advances more quickly in a stimulating, fun and nurturing environment.

Engaging

By providing one-to-one teacher-student tuition, Gilly helps children stay engaged and maintain constant attention.

Sequential

Each session provides appropriate material offering explicit and sequential teaching, making understanding and success an achievable goal.

About Gilly

Smarties Private Tutoring was established in Elanora Heights by Gilly Lynch in 2006. Gilly saw a need within the community to give extra support to children experiencing difficulties at school in English and Mathematics. Born and educated in England, Gilly’s tertiary qualifications include a BA Honours Degree at Hull University and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education from University of Cambridge. Gilly has twenty-five years of classroom teaching experience in primary schools in both England and Australia, teaching across all stages of the primary curriculum.
Gilly’s teaching experience in Australia includes Sydney Grammar Preparatory School, Shore School, St Luke’s Grammar School, Bayview (formally known as Loquat Valley Preparatory School), Abbotsleigh Girls School and Northern Beaches Christian School.

As well as being an experienced classroom teacher, Gilly is also trained in Orton-Gillingham Language Course and the Orton-Gillingham Maths Course through the Orton-Gillingham Academy. She has completed the MULTILIT, Synthetic Phonics – Get Reading Right, THRASS and Advanced THRASS courses and has familiarity with the Nessy, Letterland, Ants in the Apple and Jolly Phonics literacy programs.
Gilly lives on the Northern Beaches, Sydney, is married with teenage twins. Gilly loves chatting with friends at local cafes, being at the beach, swimming in the ocean and walking her black Labrador. She is a long-distance ocean swimmer and in 2020 became the 4th Australian woman to swim an Ice Mile.