143 short practice sets from Foundation to Year 10, each tagged to the curriculum and built question-first: Ponder asks before it tells.
Yes. Ponder’s 143 built-in practice sets are written for the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 and tagged with its content-description codes, from Foundation to Year 10, plus general maths revision for Years 11 and 12. They cover maths, English and science, with some HASS, wellbeing and study skills.
| Subject | Sets | Example topics |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 61 | Counting to 20, Patterns, sizes and days, Tens, ones and numbers to 120, Measuring and time and Adding and subtracting two-digit numbers |
| English | 38 | Sounds, rhymes and letters, Naming, doing and describing words, Compound words, prefixes and suffixes, Setting, mood and sound words and Conjunctions, connectives and paragraphs |
| Science | 26 | Heat, soils and life cycles, Food chains, forces and materials, Light, particles and survival, Circuits, changes and Earth’s tilt and Mixtures, classification and eclipses |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) | 10 | Me, my family and special places, Then and now, and features of places, Communities, rules and Australia, First Nations, the First Fleet and laws and Federation, government and choices |
| Wellbeing | 4 | Being a kind friend, Mistakes help us grow, Managing stress and staying safe online and Feelings and staying calm |
| Study skills | 4 | Key words and simple notes, Researching with good sources, Revision that works and exam questions and Planning and focus |
The Australian Curriculum calls it Foundation. Ponder uses your state’s name once it knows where you are, and “Foundation” until then.
| State or territory | First year of school |
|---|---|
| Western Australia | Pre-primary |
| New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory | Kindergarten |
| Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania | Prep |
| South Australia | Reception |
| Northern Territory | Transition |
Senior courses are set by each state (WACE, HSC, VCE, QCE, SACE, TCE, the ACT Senior Secondary Certificate and NTCET), so Ponder offers general maths revision for now, clearly labelled as not tied to a state’s course.
Each set has a few short questions. Every question follows the same five problem-solving steps, and the three hints line up with the first three steps, so help builds from a nudge to a worked example of a similar problem. The answer is never the first thing a learner sees.
| Step | The learner asks | A grown-up can ask |
|---|---|---|
| Understand | What is the question asking? | What is the question asking you to find? |
| Plan | How could I work it out? | What could you try first? Would a picture help? |
| Try | Have a go. A guess is a good start. | Have a go, and tell me what you’re thinking. |
| Check | Does my answer make sense? | How could you check that? |
| Reflect | What helped me? What would I do next time? | What helped you? What would you do next time? |
After each answer, Ponder explains why it’s right, or what to look at again. At the end of a set it celebrates the strategies the learner used, such as draw a picture, break it into parts and look for a pattern.
Yes. Every built-in practice set is tagged with Australian Curriculum v9.0 content-description codes, such as AC9M4N02 for a Year 4 maths description, and the codes are checked against ACARA’s published list. Each year page lists the codes set by set.
NSW and Victoria publish their own Foundation to Year 10 syllabuses, built from the same content. Ponder uses the Australian Curriculum codes as the common key, so the sets suit classrooms in every state, though the order of topics varies between schools.
No. Ponder is practice and guidance between lessons. Teachers set the learning; Ponder helps a learner find the next step with questions and hints, so they arrive at the next lesson having done the thinking themselves.
Most sets have 6 short questions, so a set fits into a homework session. Each question has three hints, and Ponder explains every answer.
Content descriptions © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2009 to present, unless otherwise indicated. They were downloaded from the Australian Curriculum website (accessed 27 September 2026) and were not modified, except that a few end early where the website shows a fraction or symbol as an image. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Ponder is not affiliated with or endorsed by ACARA.
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