Year 11 student Ryan explored differentiation and tangents to equations, then practised sketching cubic functions and discussed their PSMT task.

In Year 12, Zoe worked on her maths assignment by focusing on finding tangents at a point using calculus and reinforcing derivative techniques.

Meanwhile, Year 8 student Oliver revised congruent shapes and triangles before moving into indices, making use of diagrams to clarify geometric properties.

A Year 11 student showed progress with differentiation but still made minor sign errors, as one tutor observed: "Talking out loud helps with mistakes, there were a few small mistakes made when differentiating."

In Year 10 algebra, hesitation in identifying the next step sometimes stalled progress during more complex problems.

Meanwhile, a Year 7 student struggled to keep written work clearly set out—untidy layout made it harder to catch calculation slips in surface area questions.

In upper primary, incomplete multiplication tables practice led to hesitancy and slower mental maths.

Unfinished homework occasionally meant new concepts felt less familiar in session.

A White Patch tutor noticed a Year 10 student who initially struggled with indices but, after some focused practice, was able to work through problems independently by the end of the session.

In another high school lesson, a student remembered and confidently applied the product, quotient, and chain rules from previous sessions—something that had caused confusion before—and then successfully solved trigonometric equations on her own.

Meanwhile, a younger learner in Year 5 began volunteering ideas during discussions for the first time this term rather than waiting to be prompted and contributed examples to work on together.