Year 4 student Ethan focused on mastering the 9x and 12x tables and used the 24-hour clock to practise telling time.

In Year 8, Olivia worked through linear equations and inequalities, with an emphasis on how to solve for unknowns step-by-step.

Meanwhile, Year 11 student James concentrated on Chemistry by tackling mole calculations and bonding concepts, while also extending his Physics skills with heat absorption questions.

A Year 3 student struggled to complete weekly spelling lists and often avoided attempting harder reading or maths questions, preferring familiar material. "She only wants to work on easy problems," a tutor observed, so division was sometimes left unpractised.

In Year 10 Physics, one student forgot their book for a lesson, making it difficult to reference past questions and prepare effectively for graphing tasks like finding gradients.

A senior student's written answers in Mathematics were overly lengthy and lacked structure, with notes that became hard to revise from later—this made last-minute test preparation especially stressful.

A Bateau Bay tutor recently saw a high school student, Keeley, start identifying and calculating gradients and y-intercepts independently—a big shift from her earlier uncertainty with algebra.

Another win came when Audrey, also in high school, began breezing through times tables games that were once challenging and showed real pride as she understood new statistical concepts on her own.

For a younger student, Charlie—who used to avoid reading higher-level stories—now willingly sits and writes for ten minutes at a stretch and even read several pages by himself after some encouragement.