Year 6 student Will worked on angles homework and consolidated understanding of angle properties, as well as completed revision sessions focused on preparing for an upcoming maths exam.

In Year 9, Layla covered rates and percentages in practical contexts and spent several lessons applying Pythagoras' theorem to solve right-angled triangle problems using diagrams.

For a Year 10 student, sessions included calculating simple interest and working through wage calculations relevant to financial mathematics topics.

A Year 8 student repeatedly forgot to bring necessary materials, once losing a homework sheet and needing the entire session to recover lost ground—"he didn't have his gear for study," noted the tutor.

In Year 10, another student skipped assigned homework multiple times, which limited her chance to apply feedback and consolidate methods with BODMAS and percentages.

For a primary-level learner, written work was described as "messy" and difficult to follow, making it harder to catch calculation slips.

A senior maths student hesitated to ask clarifying questions about assignment requirements, delaying progress until after the lesson ended.

A Brinsmead tutor noticed a Year 11 student, Layla, shifting from needing step-by-step prompts to finishing textbook questions on her own—she even started applying her skills to more complex problems without hesitation.

In another session, a high schooler named Eve went from missing key marks in trigonometry to spotting her mistakes and self-correcting after just two targeted exercises together.

Meanwhile, Sophia (Year 7) surprised her tutor by tackling division problems independently for the first time; before, she'd always waited for guidance but this week worked through several without any help.