Year 10 student Grace worked through balancing chemical equations and explored exothermic versus endothermic reactions in chemistry, using example reactions to illustrate each type.

Year 9 student Liam practised solving quadratic equations with the quadratic formula and tackled simultaneous equations, focusing on algebraic methods.

Meanwhile, Year 7 student Ava revised mixed fractions, decimals, and percentages, including converting between them and solving word problems for each format.

In Year 9 algebra, a student relied on mental calculations but avoided writing out full steps; as noted, "he needs to learn how to write out step by step… making this a habit will help him understand more clearly."

In VCE Physics, another student often defaulted to using a calculator and rearranging equations without always showing their working—this sometimes led to confusion when reviewing errors.

Meanwhile, in Year 3–4 English, one learner hesitated to brainstorm freely for narratives, worrying about messiness and holding back ideas in early drafts. That self-censorship left the page sparse when it was time to plan a story.

A tutor in Toolern Vale noticed a big change with Aaylah (Year 3): after struggling to keep her place and skipping words when reading aloud, she now sounds out most unfamiliar words herself and manages longer sentences with less help.

In Year 7 maths, Kaan used to hesitate with statistics and probability questions but recently applied new strategies on his own to solve problems involving frequency tables—something he'd avoided before.

For VCE English, Ava has shifted from vague ideas to confidently planning body paragraphs for her SAC, even suggesting connections between topic sentences without needing prompting.