What is in it
Every lesson has two halves. A Learn deck teaches the idea from the ground up with examples rather than bare rules, and a Practise round gives a child questions to work through, each with a hint that nudges without giving the answer away and an explanation of why the answer is what it is.
There are 32 lessons across maths, English and thinking, plus a Test Day mode that runs a full set of questions at a real pace for a child who wants to try working under the clock.
How it is built
Most practice material is written quickly and checked lightly. This is written the other way round. The questions come from reading the official practice papers published by the NSW Department of Education, question by question, and mapping what they actually ask: the question styles, the topics, and the balance between them.
The wrong answers are not filler. Each one is built from a mistake a child would plausibly make, because learning to catch your own likely slip is half the skill. Every set of questions is checked for three things: that the wording is clear enough for a nine year old to know exactly what is being asked, that there is never a second defensible answer, and that the content is age appropriate.
The content is aligned to the criteria the NSW Opportunity Class and Selective High School tests assess. That alignment is a useful standard to build against rather than the point of the thing: a child who works through this gets better at reading, reasoning and maths, and that is what is worth having.
Questions parents ask
Who made this, and why?
It started at our kitchen table. I built it for my daughter, who is in Year 3. Watching her work through the usual practice books, two things kept happening: they drilled things that did not matter, and when she got a question wrong, nothing explained the thinking she had missed. Every lesson here began as an answer to something she genuinely struggled with. She is still the first tester of everything in it.
What ages is it for?
Roughly 8 to 10, or Years 3 to 6. The reading level assumes a confident reader. Some lessons stretch above that deliberately, because a child who finds school easy needs somewhere to go.
What actually happens in a lesson?
A Learn deck of short slides that builds the idea up with worked examples, then a Practise round of about eighteen questions. Every question offers a hint if it is wanted, and an explanation afterwards whether the answer was right or wrong. Questions a child gets wrong are kept so they can be tried again later.
How do you decide what to teach?
From the official papers rather than from other people's practice books. We read every released paper and counted what it asks. If a topic does not appear in the real papers it is not in the practice questions, however common it is in coaching books. The topics that carry the most weight get the most lessons.
Is it aligned to a curriculum or a test?
The content sits inside the NSW primary curriculum, and it is aligned to what the Opportunity Class and Selective High School tests assess. It is a skill builder rather than a cram course: the Department itself says intensive coaching is not necessary, and we agree.
Does it cost anything?
No. It is free to use, there is no account to create, and nothing asks for payment details.
Do you collect any data about my child?
No. Everything lives on your device. There are no accounts, no tracking and nothing is sent anywhere. Profiles simply let each child keep their own scores and medals, and you can save a backup file whenever you like. See privacy for the detail.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in a browser. If you want it on a home screen you can add it like an app, and it keeps working with no connection once it has been opened.
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