Year 5 student Charlotte focused on rounding numbers and working with addition and subtraction involving decimals, building confidence using step-by-step written methods.

In Year 9, Ethan practised algebraic equations—both familiar and unfamiliar types—and applied index laws while rearranging formulas to solve for unknowns.

Meanwhile, Year 10 student Olivia worked through calculating gradients of lines on a Cartesian plane as well as determining the distance between two points using coordinate geometry.

In Year 9 Maths, a student relied heavily on calculators for linear equations and rarely wrote out steps, which led to gaps when tackling harder problems.

A Year 12 student preparing for exams sometimes skipped planning time during complex questions; as noted, "he dived straight in and got flustered under time pressure."

In Year 5 English, incomplete sentences and inconsistent punctuation made it hard to track ideas across paragraphs.

Another challenge emerged in Year 8 Science—one learner hesitated to write answers unless certain they were correct, often leaving working blank and missing valuable feedback. Confidence wavered after errors, especially in timed settings.

A tutor in Cootharaba noticed a big shift for one Year 10 student who used to hesitate with Pythagoras' theorem—by the end of the session, tackling questions on his own without prompting.

In a recent high school maths lesson, another student quickly rearranged algebraic equations to find missing variables after previously mixing up the steps, and even managed to plot points accurately on a cartesian plane.

Meanwhile, during a Year 4 English session, one child began asking questions whenever unsure about spelling instead of guessing silently and spelled most words correctly during practice.