Things are going well with Steph and she is a terrific and very patient tutor for Fletcher who can be difficult to tutor at times!Bromley
Year 5 student Emily focused on overtime pay and penalty rates, plus strategies for visualizing order of operations.
For Year 10, James worked through solving simultaneous equations and reviewed box and whisker plots alongside bearings and compound interest concepts.
Meanwhile, Year 11 student Sarah completed PSMT assessment tasks, analyzed bivariate statistics using least squares regression lines, and practiced interpreting data with Excel-based technology support.
Several students across Year 6 to Year 11 struggled with maintaining organized, complete notes—one tutor remarked, "I had to keep checking that she was recording these," after noticing a Year 10's sparse notebook during algebra revision.
In a recent senior lesson, missing homework and lack of independent study were highlighted: a student hadn't finished set tasks before the session, making it harder to build exam confidence.
A tired Year 8 lost focus in late-session algebra; without planned review routines, fatigue blocked retention.
When note-taking is patchy or homework incomplete, concepts remain fragmented and exam preparation becomes stressful rather than strategic.
One Lake Clarendon tutor recently noticed a big shift with a Year 9 student who had always found algebra intimidating; after weeks of hesitation, she now volunteers to tackle new problems on her own and even checks her answers out loud instead of waiting for correction.
A high schooler working on an in-depth assessment has begun expressing her thinking using the right mathematical language—she surprised herself by quickly forming correct sentences when prompted, something she struggled with before.
Meanwhile, a younger student has started showing all his workings step-by-step on paper, moving away from guessing and gaining real exam confidence.