Year 12 student Alex explored differentiation techniques and tangents to equations, then practised sketching cubic functions and discussed approaches for the PSMT task.

Year 10 student Taylor focused on solving trigonometric equations, briefly touching on trig identities while reviewing material from previous lessons.

Meanwhile, Year 7 student Sam worked through problems involving congruent shapes and triangles before moving onto area of circles and a short introduction to indices.

A Year 11 student working on calculus struggled with differentiating accurately, as "a few small mistakes made when differentiating" slowed progress; this meant time was spent rechecking rather than moving forward.

In Year 9 algebra, one student hesitated when tackling a trickier problem and couldn't see the next step, leading to frustration mid-task.

For a primary student, messy layout in written work ("setting out of work needs some improvement") made checking answers difficult and caused confusion during corrections.

A Year 10 relied heavily on calculator use for basic simplifications, which left gaps in manual skills needed for upcoming assessments.

One Godwin Beach tutor noticed a big shift in a Year 10 student who used to get stuck on indices—after some focused practice, she now works through index problems with much less hesitation and even asks for extra challenges.

In a recent high school session, another student who previously struggled with trigonometric equations remembered key rules from earlier lessons and could solve new problems independently without prompting.

Meanwhile, a younger learner showed newfound initiative by bringing her completed maths homework to the session so she and her tutor could focus on sources for an upcoming assignment.