lessons were cancelled last minute but i had already prepared all the homework for nelly..

cancellation of lessons should be notified both ways at least 24 hrs before the scheduled date.

After looking through his homework, he was able to solve worded math questions that required addition, subtraction and multiplication. Kush has significantly gotten faster at solving simple addition and multiplication questions. He has also gained a bit more confidence in his answers and for some questions, he does not need confirmation on whether the answer is correct or not.

Kush still struggles with multiple digit addition but does attempt on solving them with his fingers. Although it does take more time, he is significantly improving. Sometimes he also skips numbers when he counts with his fingers so it would be good if he tried slowing down when counting.

Nelly was able to quickly grasp how to find the radius when the question only labelled the diameter. It was also really good to see her constantly rewriting the total surface area formula of a cylinder whenever she was doing the questions as it helps her memorise the formulas. Initially, she questioned and asked why she couldn't just use the calculator to solve the answer immediately but after explaining to her the purpose of solving with steps and leaving it in exact form with pi, she was able to understand and solve the questions in exact form first and then put it through the calculator again to achieve the correct answer.

Although she was extremely close, she was struggling to remember the area of a circle. It is important for Nelly to remember the especially area of a circle as it will be greatly used later on. She has told me that it was difficult for her to determine what lines in a shape are equivalent however, the only way to determine this would be to understand how the shapes function. For example, for 2d shapes, a square would mean that all sides are equal length, a rectangle would mean that the two opposite sides are equal and the other two sides are also equal. It would help her understand this if she drew out the shapes when she is solving the questions so that it can help her visualise and solve the question more efficiently.

Nelly was able to recognise how to find the area of a circle and understood how to find the radius by working backwards. After explaining how surface areas work and how it is the area of the 2d shapes that made the 3d figure, she was finding it easier to memorise. She was able to work quickly through surface area questions with sample cylinders. While working with cones, she was also able to easily grasp how to solve the question with the formula when the radius and slant length is given. Overall, Nelly was also able to understand the purpose of exact forms and how to solve the questions correctly with working out and without just putting everything in the calculator.

Especially since most of the previous homework was on algebra, it is important for Nelly to complete her homework as algebra is used universally in her school content and acts as revision of what we did in the sessions so that she doesn't forget how to solve them. Nelly was able to find the radius of a circle by working with just the area, however initially she found rooting the numbers difficult. More practice and knowledge on square numbers can significantly improve her ability to solve questions faster (such as r^2 = 64, therefore r = 8). Nelly was also struggling a bit with Pythagoras theorem. She slightly remembered the formula c^2 = a^2 + b^2 but once she got a^2 + b^2 she forgot to root it, instead she tried squaring the answer again. It would be good if she did more revision for this topic so that she can solve for c correctly. Although it comes with more practice and working through these types of questions, she was also struggling with understanding the diagrams and recognising which length is what (e.g. couldn't tell the difference between the height and the slant). Nelly also mentioned that she was confused about bearings so we worked on it a bit, however she finds it challenging to read the compass and understand what the question is asking for. As there is also a lot of letters and numbers on the compass graphs, she easily gets confused and distracted. Since it was also towards the end of the lesson and it was a difficult topic, she started losing focus.