Obsidian Delta

First published October 10, 2026 Updated October 10, 2026

This is what comes back.

You send your rough notes after a session. This is the report that comes back — one page, parent-ready, in your own voice. Below each one are the actual notes it was built from, so you can see the turn.

Sample 1 — maths

Learner Theo

Subject Maths — fractions

Session Tuesday 7 October 2026

Tutor Nadia

What we covered

We spent the session on fractions. Theo worked through a full page of sums first — adding, subtracting and simplifying — all on his own, no help from me, then we moved to a set of word problems, where the same maths is wrapped inside a short, everyday story.

What worked

Two things, really. Starting on sums he already knows, so he came into the harder part feeling steady. And reading each word problem aloud together before he picked up his pencil. He stayed calm the whole way through, even on the ones that stopped him, and we finished on a couple he got right by himself. That calm is the thing I most want to build on.

Where they got stuck

It isn’t the arithmetic — that part is secure, and fast. The moment that stops him is turning the words of a problem into the sum to do. He can add 3/4 and 1/8 without blinking, but “a recipe uses 2/3 of a cup and you make half” had him put the pen down. The reading and the maths arriving at the same time is the hard part, not the maths itself.

The one next step

Next time we’ll practise just the set-up — reading a word problem and writing down the sum it needs, without solving it yet. Taking the two jobs apart, so the reading and the calculating don’t have to happen in the same moment.

— Nadia

Written from the tutor’s notes, read by Jason before it went back. Made with MetaDAX.

Sample 2 — reading

Learner Mara

Subject Reading — fluency

Session Thursday 9 October 2026

Tutor Priya

What we covered

We read together for most of the session — a familiar chapter first, then a brand-new book cold, some sight-word cards, and a short timed read to finish.

What worked

Echo reading was the real highlight. I read a line aloud, Mara read it straight back, and it came out so much smoother, with genuine expression this time. Going over the same page a few times helped too — a little quicker and easier with each pass.

Where they got stuck

Every word is accurate — that part is solid, and the reading you’re doing at home is clearly doing its work. What we’re building now is flow. Mara reads one word at a time, quite flat, so a long sentence is hard to hold together all the way to the end. This is stamina, not accuracy, and it builds with mileage.

The one next step

Next time we’ll open with echo reading as the warm-up, and carry that smoothness straight into a newer, less familiar page.

— Priya

Written from the tutor’s notes, read by Jason before it went back. Made with MetaDAX.

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