Joanne has been part of TSSM’s Science team since 2026.

Joanne has been teaching since 2007. She is extremely knowledgeable, which gives her the ability to simplify difficult topics helping her students achieve exceptional results throughout their journey.

Her experience in teaching has provided her with the chance to quickly develop as a Science teacher, leading her students towards impressive scores.

Joanne is a motivated teacher who makes use of available resources to enhance and improve her teaching abilities so her students can continue to excel.

At TSSM, Joanne also plays an important role in producing high quality resources in Science Extension, Biology and Investigating Science.

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Joanne is a passionate and ever-learning educator, specialising in science - specifically HSC Science Extension, Investigating Science and Biology. She wants to encourage lifelong skills that will enable students to succeed in any area of their lives.

Interests:

Baking
Decorating cakes - the experimentation with flavours and creativity in solving design challenges complement my professional skills well!

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"This revision program has been so useful! My knowledge of what to write about on the exam is so much broader and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to do really well on the exams!"

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"It was brilliant! Such a good presenter really enjoyed it and learnt a lot. Definitely will come back for the end of year lectures."

- Simone Milenkovski

"TSSM has consolidated my knowledge on the areas of my study and it has significantly increased my confidence in my future exams. I am glad I chose TSSM."

- Anthony Tran

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