Year 4 student Claudia worked on reading and converting between 24-hour and analogue time, as well as adding simple fractions using visual diagrams.

Year 5 Nina practiced multiplying and adding fractions, along with revising her times tables through palm card drills.

Leonardo in Year 6 tackled perimeter and area calculations for rectangles, triangles, and composite shapes using formulas, then moved on to solving measurement word problems involving unit conversions.

A Year 7 student struggled to maintain neatness in her maths workbook; as noted, "her handwriting and layout became messy during fraction work," making it harder for her to check answers and spot mistakes.

In Year 9 English, another student found it difficult to transfer ideas from verbal discussions onto paper, leading to incomplete creative writing drafts.

A Year 10 student often skipped written working in algebra due to uncertainty—"she froze when asked for steps on the spot"—which masked small errors and undermined confidence.

Unfinished homework across sessions meant valuable lesson time was spent revisiting old material rather than moving forward.

One Dora Creek tutor recently saw a Year 10 student, Aanika, who used to hesitate with percentage problems, begin tackling questions about GST and discounts much more confidently after extra practice—she even started explaining her working aloud instead of waiting for prompts.

In another session, Jasmine in Year 8 moved from feeling unsure about fractions to independently adding mixed numbers and multiplying fractions without errors.

Meanwhile, Jordan in Year 4 stopped relying on his fingers for basic addition and subtraction; he now solves most sums mentally and checks his answers by drawing number lines himself.