20/08/2026
Hi again 👋
Some exciting news. I’ve promoted myself.
I am now, officially, Chief Fun Officer. (Yes, I made the title up. No, I am not sorry.)
Behind the fun title is a serious mission. I want to help grow confident learners. Not kids who just memorise the right answer, but kids who know how to ask the right question.
That happens through three things:
🔍 Curiosity, because the best learners are the ones still asking “but why?”
❓ Great questions, because knowing what to ask matters more than knowing everything
🧭 Sound judgement, because the world doesn’t need more answers, it needs better thinkers
So that’s me. Coach BT, Chief Fun Officer, still here, still curious, still on a mission to grow kids who think for themselves.
Let’s have some fun with learning. 🎉
20/08/2026
AI isn't coming, it's already here. And it's changing the game faster than most of us can keep up with.
Every parent needs to be asking right now: is my child actually ready for this?
If your child can Google the answer in two seconds, memorising it was never the skill that mattered. Yet that's still the skill in focus at school.
What they need now is sound judgement. It's the one thing AI can't do on its own behalf.
If you want your child ready, surround them with people who will help them build decision-making skills, and who are okay changing their minds when new evidence shows up, not just recall information.
That's what will make them more human, not less, in a world getting more technologically led by the day.
So who do you have in your child's corner?
Read more here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-children-dont-need-out-think-ai-out-judge-do-we-mepyc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via
10/08/2026
Building confidence starts with high standards.
In our Foundation English class, we start with the basics: handwriting first, then thinking and discussion.
Too many students can type and swipe on a screen, but their handwriting is illegible. And no matter how clever your child is, if they can’t communicate their ideas clearly on paper, they’ll struggle to show what they know.
Handwriting reflects headspace, too. Messy handwriting often means a messy, scattered approach. Clean handwriting builds the discipline to structure their thinking, and respect for their own work.
How’s your child’s handwriting?
22/05/2026
For families navigating the Australian school system for the first time, the natural instinct is often to focus heavily on traditional paths to success: top schools, intensive tutoring, and strict exam preparation.
But in the era of AI, information is free and instant. Traditional tutoring is excellent for immediate curriculum compliance, teaching what to think.
However, in modern times, knowing how to think is what truly sets a student apart.
This is where we do things differently by layering coaching into our tutoring. We bridge the gap between hard work and strategic brilliance:
📉 Traditional Tutoring alone is reactive. It focuses strictly on lagging content gaps, immediate homework, and memorising the answers for the next test.
🚀 The INQUISITUTE Coaching layer makes learning proactive. We apply adaptive teaching frameworks that build metacognition, critical thinking, and strategic problem-solving—the exact skills industry leaders use to navigate the real world.
Tutoring prepares your child for the next assessment. INQUISITUTE Coaching equips them with the intellectual independence and curiosity required for everything after.
Give your child the competitive edge that traditional classrooms leave out.
👇 Discover our coaching framework and secure your child's place:
🔗 www.inquisitute.com/tutoringvscoaching
22/04/2026
How many of these skills does your child have?
At Inquisitute, we don’t just prep students for selective exams and ATAR. We’re building the leaders AI can’t replace.
Coach BT brings 15 years of teaching experience and works with leaders daily as Associate Principal at Melbourne Business School.
Reach out for a free chat or assessment. Let’s get your little leader future-ready. 🚀
24/03/2026
Most students walk into scholarship exams not knowing what to expect.
They know their school work. But the exam tests something different — reasoning, patterns, writing under pressure. Things school doesn't prepare them for.
That's exactly what the Scholarship Intensive covers.
3 sessions. 3 skill areas. Everything your child needs before June.
📅 April 8 · Writing Under Pressure
📅 April 13 · Numerical Reasoning
📅 April 15 · Verbal Reasoning
All sessions 5:30–7:30pm. Student workbook included.
Book all 3 for $240, or $95 per session.
👉 www.inquisitute.com
23/03/2026
"My child is smart, but I'm not seeing the best of them, they're either bored, anxious, or just coasting. What can I do?"
If that sounds familiar, you're not alone. So many parents watch their child coast through class, disengage, or start dreading school and can't figure out why.
🧐 Most of the time it's not the child. It's that they're in the wrong environment for their ability.
🐻It's the Goldilocks Problem.
When the work is too easy, kids get bored and coast, they learn to underperform.
When it's too hard, they disengage quietly to protect their confidence and start telling themselves they're just "not good" at the subject.
🍯The sweet spot that's where real learning happens.
At Inquisitute, we assess every student's thinking level, confidence and readiness before placing them in a group. Not by school year. By where they'll actually grow.
🤓 Small groups of 6. 🎊 Expert coaching. 🤝15 years of results.
👉 Book your child's free assessment with Coach BT.
Term 2 starts 18 April and spots are limited. Check our class schedule below.
📍 Bonnie Brook · 📞 0411 458 705 ·
18/03/2026
Several countries like Denmark are removing technology from elementary grades because of the damage.