Australian Curriculum · Current coverage: Year 7
Find the maths gaps
holding your child back.
MathsHarbour identifies weak skills, teaches them step by step and keeps reviewing them until they stick.
No account required. Takes 8 to 12 minutes.
Step 1
Your child completes a short maths check
Step 2
MathsHarbour identifies secure skills and possible gaps
Step 3
You receive a recommended starting point
Step 4
Create a free account to save the result and continue
Why gaps matter
A small gap now can become a much bigger problem later.
Maths topics build on one another. If fractions, decimals, percentages or negative numbers are not secure, later algebra and problem-solving become much harder.
The problem is that gaps are often invisible. A student can appear to be coping in class while quietly missing key foundations that will cause difficulties later.
MathsHarbour helps identify those gaps before they grow - and then works through them in a structured, step-by-step way.
How gaps compound
Fractions not secure
Ratios and percentages become harder
Negative numbers uncertain
Algebra with negatives causes errors
Decimal operations weak
Measurement and statistics tasks suffer
Order of operations missed
Multi-step problems produce wrong answers
The good news
Gaps found early are much easier to address than gaps found late.
What you'll find out
What parents will learn.
After the free maths check, and more fully after a complete pathway assessment, you'll understand exactly where your child is and what to work on next.
Which skills are secure
See which Year 7 topics your child has already grasped well.
Which skills need attention
Know exactly where gaps exist, not just a general "needs to improve".
Likely prerequisite gaps
Understand whether a gap in Year 7 has roots in earlier concepts.
A recommended starting point
Not a guess - a specific first skill to work on, with a reason why.
Progress over time
Track how skills move from attempted to familiar to mastered.
Consistent practice habits
See whether your child is logging in regularly or needs a nudge.
The practice experience
What your child will actually see.
Real curriculum questions, instant feedback with explanations, and a clear picture of what has been mastered and what still needs work.
1. A practice question
Which of the following is equivalent to 1/2?
2. Instant feedback
Which of the following is equivalent to 1/2?
✓ Correct!
Multiplying the numerator and denominator by 2 gives an equivalent fraction: 1/2 = 2/4.
3. Mastery tracking
More than a question bank
A structured pathway through the full Year 7 curriculum.
MathsHarbour covers every current Year 7 skill, but not in a random or purely reactive order. Skills are sequenced so foundations come first, later topics have something solid to stand on, and progress keeps building over time.
See the coverage, sequence, and thinking behind it.
What MathsHarbour includes
Everything needed to find gaps and fill them.
Skill Mastery Tracking
Know exactly which skills your child has mastered and which still need attention. No guesswork.
Parent Dashboard
See your child's progress in real time. Understand exactly where they're struggling and where they're excelling.
Ask a Tutor
When your child gets stuck, they can submit a question and receive a written or video explanation from a tutor. Included with every subscription.
Australian Curriculum
Every question mapped to Australian Curriculum content descriptors. Nothing irrelevant, nothing missing.
Built on learning science
Skills that are mastered stay mastered.
Most maths programs only push forward - new skill, new skill, new skill. That works for a short time, but without review, even mastered topics fade before exams.
MathsHarbour uses spaced repetition: after your child masters a skill, we automatically schedule short review sessions at exactly the right intervals. First after two weeks, then a month, then longer and longer as the memory strengthens.
Each review takes around five minutes. Each one makes the skill harder to forget. By the time exams arrive, mastered skills are genuinely solid - not just "covered last term."
How the review schedule works
Skill mastered
First review scheduled for 2 weeks later.
Review passed
Next review in a month. Then 2 months. Then longer.
Skills that slip
If a skill is forgotten, it drops back to Proficient so your child can rebuild it properly.
~5 minutes per session
Reviews mix questions across multiple mastered skills so nothing is drilled in isolation.
Why MathsHarbour exists
Designed by an Australian secondary maths teacher.
MathsHarbour was built by a secondary mathematics teacher who spent years watching the same pattern repeat: students arrive in Year 7 with small, fixable gaps that nobody has noticed. Those gaps quietly compound through Years 8, 9 and 10 until the subject feels impossible.
The platform was designed to give parents the visibility that classroom teachers simply cannot provide - not just a score, but an understanding of which specific skills are missing, why they matter, and what to work on first.
MathsHarbour is aligned to the Australian Curriculum version 9 and currently covers Year 7 in full. Year 8 content is in development.
Start with the free maths check.
No account required. Takes 8 to 12 minutes. Covers all 12 Year 7 topics and gives a personalised result.