Courses / Grade 12 University
SPH4U — Physics
SPH4U tutoring in Glen Abbey, Oakville, Ontario — small groups of no more than 6, twice a week, taught by one instructor.
What it covers
Kinematics and dynamics, energy and momentum, gravitational, electric and magnetic fields, and an introduction to modern physics.
Where students get stuck
Turning a word problem into the right diagram and the right equations. Students who got through SPH3U mostly on memory tend to hit a wall here, because the questions need actual reasoning.
How tutoring SPH4U works
We start from where the student actually is, not where the syllabus says they should be. I check what class is covering, teach the fundamental underneath the trouble, and work problems at the right level until it holds. Between sessions, students can message me when they're stuck on homework or prepping for a test, and I'll send back a hint — or the full solution, when that's what it takes to get past the block.
Ask about SPH4UCommon questions
- My child passed SPH3U but is lost in SPH4U. What changed?
- SPH4U asks for reasoning where SPH3U could be survived on memory. The questions require turning a situation into the right diagram and the right equations before any formula helps, and a student who learned physics as a set of formulas to match has nothing to fall back on.
- How many students are in a group?
- No more than 6, mixed across grades and courses. Everyone works on their own material at their own pace — a Grade 10 student and a Grade 12 student can sit at the same table without either one waiting on the other.
- How long is a session, and how often do students come?
- An hour at a time, twice a week. That cadence is what makes the between-session work possible: there's rarely more than three days between a question coming up and someone working through it with you.
- Can a student join partway through a semester?
- Yes, any time. Most students start after a test has gone badly, which is usually the point at which the real gap becomes visible. A block starts on the student's own start date, not on a fixed intake.
- Is there a trial class?
- The first class is a no-obligation trial. There's no charge for it if the student doesn't continue. If the family goes ahead, that class counts as the first of the first block.
- How is tuition charged?
- By block: eight classes in a subject, paid in advance, by Interac e-Transfer or cash, and used within a month of purchase. There's no contract and no sign-up fee, and a block already paid for is never repriced. Email us the course and grade and we'll send the current rate.
- Do you tutor online?
- Sessions are in person in Glen Abbey, but attendance is hybrid — students who live further out join remotely, and anyone can on a day when the drive or the weather is a problem.