Year 8 student Chloe worked on scientific notation and trigonometry basics, using visual examples to strengthen understanding.

For Year 10, Jayden focused on financial mathematics concepts such as calculating interest amounts and also practised rates and proportions in real-world contexts.

Meanwhile, Year 12 student Marcus reviewed advanced calculus topics including differentiation for finding maximums and minimums, as well as integration techniques for area under curves while completing HSC practice questions.

During a Year 12 maths session, one student hesitated to attempt "unorthodox" or worded questions, leading to lost time interpreting what was required.

As a tutor noted, "She struggled to apply familiar techniques when the question format changed."

In Year 8, another student's messy working and skipped steps with fractions meant positive/negative sign errors were hard to catch until answers were checked—especially during decimal conversions.

In both cases, incomplete written reasoning made it difficult for them to review mistakes after practice tests or homework.

Confidence dipped quickly after setbacks in unfamiliar scenarios.

A tutor in Blue Haven noticed a big shift with a Year 11 student who used to freeze on tough integration questions; now she breaks down each part confidently and works through them step by step, even choosing harder examples without prompting.

In Year 10 maths, another student went from hesitating over probability to getting through all the set questions quickly and asking for more challenging ones after finishing early.

Meanwhile, a younger student surprised their tutor during decimal multiplication by solving problems independently—last term they always waited for hints but this time completed the whole worksheet solo.