Annette has a wonderful manner with children - exhibiting kindness, empathy and an abundance of patience. She immediately developed a lovely rapport with our 8-year-old son who had been struggling at school with literacy, maths and social skills. We feel very lucky to have found someone who was immediately able to identify our sons’ strengths and weaknesses and develop a programme tailored to his needs. It was also hugely valuable (and somewhat of a relief) to have someone from outside school/ family step in to help as it can be demanding filling both the roles as a parent and teacher to a child with higher learning needs. Over the course of the year that she worked with our son, there was a steady improvement in all the areas he was initially struggling with, but the biggest delight was seeing his love for learning, focus, persistence and self-confidence grow.
Many thanks Annette, you have been a pivotal part of our sons learning journey.
Katie & Bede

We found Annette through a newsletter advertisement from our son’s school.
Having some concerns with our son’s development we contacted Annette to gage her opinion.
From that meeting we have set on a course of one on one training / teaching that has bought about very positive results in a short period of time.
The improvements have been noticeable and have created a new level of confidence in our son which is great.
Thanks for a honest, friendly, and professional approach to helping us with our son’s development, it has been truly appreciated.
 ​Dana and Geoff.


We are so pleased that we discovered Annette - and our sensitive 8 year old son, who struggles at school, is pleased we discovered her too!
 We really appreciate the way Annette has acknowledged the difficulties our son experiences and also listened to our concerns.  She has customised her sessions to meet our sons personality and learning needs - her calm and gentle approach is just what he needs to help him learn and move forward.
He enjoys going to "Annette's Place" every week and tells us "it's fun"!
Thanks Annette - Andrea and Peter.

Child's feedback:  "I think Annette is a brilliant teacher. She understands me and I like her."   Ryan, aged 8.

​Annette worked with our two children (m & f, 5 & 7) for three weeks on a daily basis. The children were beginners in English – they had attended Kenakena School in Paraparaumu for 3.5 months as international students when they met Annette – and the intention was to give them another impulse in their language learning before our return back home. We asked Annette to work with them in an informal way with many activities, games, and stories. Annette provided this – and much more. She was a very professional, well-prepared and imaginative teacher, and at the same time a very warm and kind person. Accordingly, not only did the children learn a lot of English, but also had a lot of fun. They asked every day when the lesson would begin – and this during school holidays!
We can highly recommend Annette’s place, especially also for foreign language children.
Monika Engler, Switzerland

“Our son started seeing Annette when he was 6 due to falling behind with his reading and writing. Annette assessed him and developed a plan to encourage him with his strengths (numbers) and working on his weaknesses. The great thing is he didn’t realise he was seeing a “tutor” or connect it with anything negative, Annette makes the sessions fun with lots of different activities and games. At no time during the time that we visited Annette did our son say he didn’t want to go. He is now back on track with his reading and writing and we would strongly recommend Annette to anyone that feels their child needs assistance.”
 Thanks
Casey