Year 5 student Jerry worked on converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, then applied these skills to solve profit and loss and GST problems.

In Year 9, Amelie focused on simplifying surds as well as multiplying and dividing surds using practice worksheets for consolidation.

Meanwhile, Clara in Year 12 tackled exam-style questions involving loans and annuities, followed by revision of the normal distribution with emphasis on calculating mean and standard deviation.

In Year 8 Maths, a student frequently omitted working out in exams, leading to lost marks even when answers were correct; as one tutor noted, "he lost a lot of marks in his exam as he did not show his working out."

This habit also surfaced during lessons on algebra and linear graphs—working too quickly meant calculation errors slipped through unchecked.

In upper primary English, another student struggled to identify verbs in context despite understanding the concept intuitively; difficulty arose from not connecting instructions to examples.

Without clear written steps or focused revision strategies, students spent extra time retracing work rather than progressing confidently.

A Fairlight tutor noticed that Clara, a Year 12 student, has started tackling past exam papers on her own initiative and now explains tricky network problems out loud to check her thinking—a big shift from when she'd quietly avoid these questions.

In Year 9, Jerry recently began setting out his algebra working much more clearly and takes time with difficult questions before asking for help, rather than rushing or skipping them.

Meanwhile, a younger student in Year 3 has begun developing her own strategies for times tables after struggling to recall them quickly just a few weeks ago.