Year 8 student Isla worked on ratios and rates, focusing on converting rates into different units and applying best buy strategies to real-world problems.

For Year 10, Daniel practised graphing linear equations and revising trigonometry skills, including solving angle problems using diagrams.

In Year 12, Priya covered networks—specifically spanning trees and minimum spanning trees—and also reviewed critical path analysis by drawing network diagrams from activity tables.

In Year 8, a student often relied on formulas without fully understanding their application in linear equations; as one tutor noted, "he should work on trying to avoid rule dependency and aim to understand the formulas used."

During Year 10 revision, messy or inconsistent working out—particularly in graphing tasks—made it difficult for her to check answers or spot errors.

Meanwhile, a Year 12 student tackling HSC-level finance problems sometimes skimmed questions and missed key details when under time pressure. This meant she would overlook instructions about rounding or fail to justify her answers with clear calculations.

One Back Forest tutor recently saw a big shift with a Year 11 student who used to second-guess her trigonometry skills; after several sessions, she now sketches graphs independently and even explains transformations out loud as she works.

Another win came from a Year 10 student who, after struggling to show working in ratio problems, is now writing clear steps for each answer without reminders—a real change from last term's rushed guesses.

A younger student also made progress by tackling algebra basics confidently and, for the first time, solved two-step equations entirely on his own.