Year 5 student Layla practised converting between fractions and decimals, as well as solving word problems involving percentages.

Year 8 student Sophia focused on simplifying index laws and working with ratios and percentages using questions from her recent school test.

Meanwhile, in Year 9, Will revised trigonometry basics including the Pythagoras theorem, finding side lengths, and calculating angles in triangles through targeted exam preparation.

A Year 8 student arrived without study materials, making it impossible to complete planned revision; as one tutor put it, "did not have gear for study."

In Year 11, lost homework meant a session was spent repeating old material instead of moving ahead.

A Year 5 learner skipped assigned homework and showed gaps in extracting information from word problems—this left her less confident when tackling unfamiliar questions.

Several students across Years 7–10 presented messy or incomplete working (especially with algebra and formula rearrangement), leading to sign errors that went unnoticed until checking time.

Missed practice and poor organization created real setbacks during lessons.

A tutor in Manoora recently saw a Year 9 student come prepared for their session by bringing in their own revision materials and questions, showing much more initiative than before.

Another high school student, who had struggled with applying feedback to assignments, was able to make all the teacher's requested changes independently after discussing them together.

Meanwhile, a Year 5 learner who usually hesitated when stuck on homework started openly asking for help instead of guessing—she even finished her latest worksheet without needing any prompts from the tutor.