Year 4 student Layla focused on reading analogue and digital clocks as well as converting between 12-hour and 24-hour time formats, using practical examples.

In Year 9, Will revised Pythagoras' theorem and applied it to finding unknown side lengths in triangles, along with exam revision sessions targeting key geometry concepts.

Meanwhile, Year 10 student Sophia worked through index laws—including simplifying expressions with indices—and practiced expanding complex algebraic brackets during her lessons.

In a recent Year 9 maths session, one student arrived without the required materials, which meant time was lost retrieving resources instead of focusing on algebraic rearrangement. As noted by a tutor, "he had to spend the lesson redoing work after losing his previous homework sheet."

In Year 7, a student's note-taking and recall of patterns and formulas were impacted when she hadn't had class since the previous week and was unaware of what unit would be moving on to next—her written work layout also made pattern recognition harder.

Missed homework in Year 10 led to repeated sign errors during algebra practice; confusion lingered until corrections were attempted together.

A Smithfield tutor noticed that a Year 8 student, who previously waited for hints, now brings her own questions to sessions after preparing independently for a maths test—she even tackled some fraction problems without prompting.

In Year 11, Layla used to need step-by-step support with assignments, but recently she's started making teacher-requested changes herself and handled more complex exam revision questions on her own.

Meanwhile, in primary school maths, one student who often rushed through division exercises has begun checking her answers methodically and asking to try extra practice problems before finishing up.