Today,  I observed Thomas tutor Lucas who is currently in year 9. Thomas tutored him maths today, in preparation to his exam which is scheduled for next Monday. In order to ensure lucas is well prepared, Thomas really focused on all the topics that will appear in his exam which included area and space, measurement and bearings.
Thomas and lucas worked on questions together ranging from more simple and straight forward questions to more complex and challenging questions based on the topic. Since this was Lucas’s first session back since the 2-week school holiday, some of the content was forgotten. Thomas focused on reminding lucas on the formulas and how to work them out by using the board to draw questions and formulas and step-by-step working out to clearly see how the answer was gotten. Thomas used the textbooks available at the centre to get a variety of questions based on the topic and challenge lucas in order to be fully prepared for next Monday.
Lucas initially struggled with understanding the sides of a triangle and understanding the reasoning of why sides are equals and how to work out the angles of the triangle and external angles. Thomas thoroughly explained the concept by breaking down the steps and drawing the triangles in a simpler form in order to be clearly recognised and not confused. By the end of the session, lucas was feeling much more confident and answering the questions more independently.
to finish the class, Thomas providing lucas with various questions to help his at home preparation, the homework included all the topics included in the exam and focused specifically on the content that he struggled with.

Daniella Antoun