Testimonials

3 May 2008

16 April 2008

Dear Fran

12 June 2007

Dear Fran,

Very Much appreciated your lessons and kindness for *** academic improvement in such short period. We feel so lucky to find you and your company.

Kind Regards,

*****

14 April 2007

Dear Fran,

My son **** has just completed his first term at Melbourne High School and I would just like to say thank you for your tuition and training, which I believe resulted in **** being selected at Melbourne High School.

**** was obviously quite an able student, but I certainly believe your training, practice examinations and your helpful study and examination tips gave him the edge. During the time **** was attending the sessions, I felt even though he would have been disappointed not obtaining a position at M.H.S, the information and knowledge he gained was extremely beneficial and I would not have regretted the money spent at all.

However, we are very happy he was successful and I will certainly recommend you and your team at Hendersons.

Yours sincerely,

******

6th August 2006

Dear Staff of Hendersons

I would like to thank all of you for giving your assistance, guidance and experiences to me before I began the Melbourne High Exam test. There were many things I learnt in your specific classes that helped me to propel and do my best.

I believe that it was this help and the support of my family that helped me pass, with truly amazing marks, in the Melbourne High Exam. I would really like to thank the teacher in my English class, because I am not the most confident person in English and with my teacher's help I was able to get a competitive grip in this area as well.

Once again I would like to thank all the staff and teachers for helping me during my preparations before the Exam. The Henderson program is very helpful and can assist anyone with any level of ability and for that I also congratulate you.

Yours sincerely,

***** ****

16^th June 2006

Dear Fran,

Thank you very much for your assistance with my daughter, ***.  She has benefited greatly from attending your courses and will you please pass on my thanks to your staff. ***said she did her best last Saturday at the MacRob exam and I am very proud of her.  I know she had the best possible chance through your exam preparation.  I am not worried whether she gets in or not – I know the courses have assisted her in the long term.  She is a very confident writer and is now writing poetry and stories every day for pleasure.  She has even entered couple of writing competitions.

At the exam, there were at least 1100 Year 8 girls plus many Year 9 and I assume Year 10 students.  It was a bitterly cold day and many students were dressed very inadequately – one was in thongs!  It took over half an hour for them all to go in.  She said she spent her time telling herself she was smart and she would get into MacRob.  I am glad she was so positive.

Thank you again for your help with my children – I really appreciate your support.

Regards,

++++

22^nd June 2006

Dear Fran,

This is to let you know that my son ++++, who attended workshops in March/ April this year at Hendersons has been offered a place in the Acceleration Program of Box Hill High School for Year 7, 2007, though he did not make it to Balwyn High.  I am glad that I did not pull him out of the workshops half way.

++++ thinks studying at HES was very helpful and it was not how much he learnt there but the methods he learnt to use in further studies.  Thank you very much for your work and the other teachers efforts in helping ++++ in his studies.

Kind Regards,

++++++

9th September 2005

Hi Frances, I never actually spoke to you after our daughter was offered a place at Uni High. 

I did want to say that we appreciated the work that ***** did with Hendersons.  You were right in what you said, that coaching wouldn't improve her ability, but would improve her technique, and we are so glad we went through the whole Hendersons process.  It gave us the confidence to know that we really gave it our best shot, and we weren't left wondering ... if only we had.... whatever.

*****  is really looking forward, on a daily basis, to getting into some more challenging work.  She was probably ready to move on six months ago, but that's not the system, so we have had to just remind her that a new phase will be coming soon.  She is busy with other things, though she thinks she is not learning anything new.  This week she competed with her school choir at the Ballarat Eisteddfod (hon mention), performed at her school Piano Recital, sat for her Gr 3 Piano exam, AND got a second at the District Athletics in her 800 metres event.  She's achieving, and I am tired!

She has had to miss her Italian lesson and her swimming class this week though.  So I don't think she is totally bored, just craving the next step.  The waiting is the thing that must be boring.

I feel that we have provided *****   with a lot of opportunities that she has made full use of, and we know that she will always take every opportunity that comes her way, which is why we are thrilled that she is going to Uni High.  I feel that we have got her off to a really good start, and that more and more it will be her responsibility to manage her studies.  I feel we have done a good job in helping her to take charge of her learning, and I am glad that I can say that:  we have done a good job.

So thank you for helping us.  You gave me a lot of heart in our discussions, and I always felt you personally cared about what happened, and that you were a very knowledgeable and experienced educator.  Passionate too.  And you respected our choice about a government school over a private school.

All the very best to you Frances, and to Hendersons too.

19th August 2005

Dear Frances

Please find enclosed ****'s individual report.  I would just like you to reiterate on my phone call yesterday to express our gratitude to Hendersons in helping both #### and **** in gaining entry into Melbourne High.

**** and I are most appreciative of your advice, commitment and encouragement in preparing the boys for the Melbourne High exam.  Both boys are very capable students but we know that without tuition from Hendersons neither would have gained a place in Melbourne High.  Although we got the result we set out to achieve (i.e placement in Melbourne High) we are also very pleased with the skills the boys have learnt throughout the Hendersons program and we know that they will retain them throughout their education.

#### absolutely loves Melbourne High and has done so from day one.  I am sure **** will have the same experience and on behalf of ****, ----,#### and myself we would like to say once again, a big thank you to you personally and the staff at Hendersons.

Keep up the good work.

Kind Regards

**********  

June 20 2005

Dear Fran.

1 just want to say our experience at Hendersons has been an excellent one. When I looked at the brochure listing all the courses you run, I was not quite sure where to start, but you made the process simple and straightforward.  The personal assistance you gave me right from the start when we sat down to plan the classes my daughter would attend was extremely helpful. 

Also the teachers you employ are very experienced and professional and both know and teach the material well.

My daughter has gained a lot from attending both your courses and exam practices.  She is generally not very competitive and is not in a hurry to complete her work, but she has learnt exam techniques from Hendersons that will stand her in good stead now and in the future.  She is confidently able to sit down and complete a three hour exam now; and I think that, in itself, is quite an achievement.

When my daughter was ill and unable to attend one of your classes, you went out of your way to arrange another class for her, and that too was very much appreciated.  I also found your openness and honesty refreshing, regarding the likelihood or not of being successful.

My daughter has won a scholarship to a private school and naturally we are thrilled.  Hendersons was recommended to me by friends and their daughter too was successful a few years ago in gaining a scholarship. 

They told me that they felt their daughter gained valuable skills from attending your courses regardless of the outcome and I feel the same.  I too have recommended Hendersons to friends and look back on the whole experience as a very positive one.  Thank-you very much Fran for your assistance in this whole process – it has been very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

***********