Year 8 student Tom focused on identifying and analysing visual symbolism in picture books, using practice texts to strengthen his understanding ahead of English assessments.

For Year 10, Emily practised solving linear equations and graphing linear relationships, then worked through problems involving corresponding and alternate angles.

Meanwhile, Year 9 student Alex reviewed congruent and similar triangles in geometry and tackled simple interest calculations using decimals and percentages as part of his maths lessons.

A Year 8 student's written work in English often lacked paragraph breaks when new speakers appeared, making dialogue hard to follow; as one tutor observed, "run-on sentences made it tricky to set the right tone."

In Year 10 maths, skipping the step-by-step working out—especially when rearranging formulas—meant marks were lost even when the answer was correct.

Meanwhile, a Year 6 student struggled with sentence structuring and punctuation in longer responses, which led to confusion over intended meaning.

For a senior student preparing for exams, notes showed they relied heavily on intuition rather than checking logic or revisiting feedback after mistakes.

One Secret Harbour tutor recently noticed a Year 10 student who, after struggling to analyse visual symbolism in English, is now confidently giving examples of symbolism from both pictures and texts without needing any prompts.

In a Year 7 maths session, a student who previously hesitated with fractions was able to recall last week's techniques independently and apply them correctly when multiplying and dividing.

Meanwhile, a Year 5 student who tended to wait for answers during worded problems has started asking clarifying questions instead of guessing, leading her to solve several division tasks on her own this week.