Year 12 student Aimee worked through advanced Chemistry topics including stoichiometry (mole-mass and mass-mole conversions) and revision of Organic Chemistry using practice SACs.

Charli, also in Year 12, focused on the adaptive immune system and evolution by reviewing class notes and tackling relevant exam-style questions.

Alissa, another Year 12 student, revised Food Chemistry ahead of her SAC, practising with targeted questions and reviewing key concepts like thermochemical equations and equilibrium.

A Year 10 English student often rushed to answer comprehension questions before fully processing them, leading to immediate self-correction—"she answered promptly and then realised she had answered incorrectly."

In creative writing, perfectionism held her back from launching ideas, so tasks like memoirs stalled at the planning stage.

Meanwhile, a Year 12 Chemistry student became overwhelmed by multi-step problems, sometimes skipping essential details or not labeling units in calculations.

"Meticulous working was missing when recording compounds," noted one tutor.

Both cases meant time was lost reworking initial drafts or calculations instead of deepening understanding or moving confidently onto new challenges.

One Dowsing Point tutor recently noticed a shift in Aimee's approach to Chemistry—she now asks clarifying questions immediately when unsure, rather than waiting or guessing, which helped her tackle some tough equilibrium and chromatography problems more logically.

Charli, a senior student, has started proactively flagging concepts she finds tricky; this change from staying quiet means sessions are much more targeted and effective for her.

In a younger year group, Scarlett completed the research phase of her biography project entirely on her own and brought insightful facts to the drafting stage without needing reminders.