Year 8 student Tiffany completed a maths skills assessment to identify focus areas and then worked on core number and algebra skills.

For Year 11, Alex revised the Quadratic Formula and practised completing the square using step-by-step methods for solving quadratic equations.

Meanwhile, a Preliminary HSC student concentrated on exam revision in calculus, functions, polynomials, and trigonometry, working through targeted problems from recent school assessments.

A Year 8 student struggled to show full working in algebra, often skipping steps when solving equations; as noted, "writing down steps & showing working—really need to focus on this one." This led to repeated sign errors that slowed progress during problem-solving.

In Year 11 Chemistry, incomplete review of titration calculations and enthalpy concepts left key gaps before exams, while feedback on practice essays for Year 12 English was not consistently incorporated, resulting in similar mistakes reappearing.

For a Year 5 learner, confusion with multiplication and division arose partly from inconsistent revision habits at home. Moments of frustration surfaced as test deadlines approached and confidence wavered.

One Gateshead tutor recently noticed a big shift with a Year 11 student who, after struggling to interpret worded questions, now writes out every step and can find the correct variables without prompting.

In Year 9 maths, another student has started asking for clarification when confused about indices problems—something she used to avoid—and is now more confident working from the bases up.

Meanwhile, a younger primary student moved from being unsure about terminology at first to correctly naming all main 3D shapes by the end of the session and even tackled two previously incorrect questions on his own.