Year 6 student Codi focused on revising circular functions for an upcoming exam and practiced applying Pythagoras' Theorem to worded problems.

Year 9 student Ayelet worked on simplifying surds, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of surds, and also consolidated her understanding of index laws with practical exercises.

Meanwhile, Year 4 student Erin practiced strategies for learning times tables more efficiently and explored different methods to help maintain focus during problem-solving tasks.

In Year 8 maths, a student tended to rely on mental calculations for adding and subtracting large numbers rather than writing out their working, which led to small errors being overlooked.

In VCE English, another student's written expression became overly wordy, causing some sentences to lose meaning—her language is a little too wordy which can result in the sentence losing some meaning and impact.

A Year 10 maths student sometimes avoided using pen-and-paper for calculations, depending instead on calculators; this made it harder to spot and correct misunderstandings with surds or indices during revision sessions.

A tutor in Seville East recently saw some great shifts in how students tackle their learning.

In a high school English session, Lizzie moved from just listening to analysis tips to developing her own nuanced arguments and embedding quotes independently—a big step from her earlier sessions.

Meanwhile, Ayelet (Year 10) is now simplifying surds and applying index laws with little guidance, having relied much more on calculators before.

On the primary side, Maya managed to complete her division speed round in only two minutes—down from over eight—without needing her notes at all this time.